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International Week of Deaf People
This year we are celebrating the International Week of Deaf People from 21st to 27th September, and the International Day of Deaf on 23rd September. These awareness days are organised by the World Federation of the Deaf and this year the theme is Declaring Deaf People’s Human Rights. At MSDP staff are able to accommodate…
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Successful Healthy Heart Event
On Thursday 25th September, MSDP proudly hosted our Free Heart Health Check Day in partnership with Soroptimist International Liverpool and the Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital. As one of Soroptimist International Liverpool’s Charities of the Year, we’re thrilled to be working together to bring vital health opportunities directly to our Deaf and Hard of Hearing…
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Join Our New Customer Steering Group
Good afternoon, I am from MSDP, my name is Janice. I’ll be talking about our Customer Steering group and recruiting new members. If you become a member of the group you would be involved in making a better future for MSDP. We would appreciate your ideas and input. There are only 4 meetings a year, and…
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Free Heart Health Check
MSDP are currently one of Soroptimist International Liverpool’s charities of the year, and we are thrilled to be working with SI and the Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital to offer a free Heart Health Check for our community in Liverpool. Checks are voluntary, not compulsory, and will be carried out by trained health professionals. During…
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Funding from CAF
2021-22 was a strong year for fundraising. We secured £262,681 from Trusts and Foundations. The majority of the funding came from a bid to the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) Resilience Fund, which we are extremely grateful for. This support has enabled us to implement an 18 month programme of improvements around our internal structures and…
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Launching 999BSL
On 17th June 2022 we hosted a party in partnership with Deafness Resource Centre for the Merseyside Deaf Community to celebrate the launch of 999BSL. The service is the UK’s first ever Video Relay Service (VRS) connecting Deaf people to the emergency services (police, ambulance, fire and coastguard) via a remote British Sign Language interpreter – www.999bsl.co.uk We had…
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Supporting the BSL Bill
January brought the exciting news that the BSL Bill was finally making its journey through parliament, meaning legal recognition of our language for the first time! The bill was an important first step in giving BSL users equal access to public services, and MSDP played an active part in the campaign. The Rt Hon Rosie Cooper MP was responsible…
