Stories in the Spotlight
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Tickets to the LFC Legends match
Liverpool Football Club kindly donated 20 tickets to MSDP, to enable members of the Deaf community to attend the Legend Football Match on Saturday 22nd March. Due significant interest, LFC increased to number of tickets to 45. Everyone really enjoyed the match, and the feedback has been fantastic. The group signed You’ll Never Walk Alone,…
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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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British Deaf Association (BDA) Conference
On 17th and 18th July 2025 the British Deaf Association held their annual conference, and four staff from MSDP joined as delegates. Ian and Janice have attended the conference before, but it was the first time for Charley and Marc. Below Janice, Marc, Charley and Ian share their experience of the conference (scroll down for…
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Wirral Commitment to Carers’ Conference
We were delighted to attend the Commitment to Carers Conference, hosted by Wirral Carers Alliance at the Floral Pavilion on Wednesday 11th June 2025. The event formed part of Carers UK’s 60th anniversary celebrations, with the themes of Empowered, Connected and Equality reflected throughout the day. The conference offered a fantastic opportunity to connect with…
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Deaf Awareness Week 2025
Celebrating Deaf Awareness Week 2025: Embracing Inclusion and Understanding This week, from 5th to 11th May 2025, we proudly celebrate Deaf Awareness Week across the UK – a time to shine a light on the Deaf community, raise awareness of communication needs, and promote inclusion at every level of society. This year’s theme is ‘Beyond…
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Partnership with the University of Liverpool
Our working partnership with University of Liverpool continues to go from strength to strength, with new cohorts of medical students attending our Deaf Awareness training every September. Background to the partnership The partnership between MSDP and the University of Liverpool began over 20 years ago. The original workshops were set up and jointly delivered by…
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Improving patient care at Aintree Hospital
MSDP work with organisations across Merseyside to ensure voices of the Deaf community are heard. Mark McKenna, Head of Patient and Family Experience at NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, tells us what it means to partner with MSDP. At NHS University of Hospitals of Liverpool Group, we want to provide the best possible experience…
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Beatles Story Museum
We are proud to provide Deaf Awareness training to organisations across Merseyside. We help organisations to improve their understanding and awareness of some of the issues faced by people who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing – and provide some suggestions to help mitigate some of the challenges. We recently held a Deaf Awareness session…
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Bringing Sign Language to Life: Signing puppets
At MSDP, we are always on the lookout for ways to enhance the lives of the d/Deaf and Hard of hearing community. Recently, we received a generous donation of signing puppets from HearFirst, a fantastic Deaf-led organisation who deliver workplace training, who also helped to develop our fantastic Deaf Awareness e-learning course! We are thrilled…
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Introducing: Mandi
Mandi was born prematurely and diagnosed as profoundly deaf at 1 years old. Her mother was devastated and worried about all the things that Mandi couldn’t do. However, through her specialist deaf schools Mandi found support and confidence and in her own words; “the only thing I can’t do is answer the phone.” Mandi’s first…
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Liverpool Apprenticeship Levy
In November 2024, Jo Parr (CEO) attended an event at Liverpool City Football Club to celebrate Liverpool City Region Combined Authority’s Apprenticeship Levy. As a charity, funding for training is limited, so we were delighted when Liverpool Football Club approved our request to fund apprenticeships under the Levy Transfer Scheme. This funding is transforming our…