Stories in the Spotlight
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
Volunteer profile: Jackie
MSDP is a charity and we rely on our volunteers to help us run various aspects of our work. One of our volunteers is Jackie Barrow, who joined us in 2022. Jackie was born Deaf to hearing parents and uses speech, but also uses some BSL. Jackie finds it hard sometimes to understand what people…
Stop Loan Sharks
What is a loan shark? Loan sharks’ are people who lend money without permission. This is against the law. The loan shark may be someone you know, like a friend of a friend or someone you meet at the pub. They are often very friendly, but that can change very quickly. They could pressure you to repay,…
RED Caravan exhibition of Liverpool memorabilia
In October 2022 we were pleased to welcome the RED Caravan to MSDP. The RED Caravan was created by Emma Case and is part of The RED Archive, which is a collection of photographs and stories from Liverpool football fans.
Promoting better healthcare for Deaf people
Our focus on improving healthcare access and experience for Deaf individuals has led to several impactful initiatives. By working closely with health service providers and the Deaf community, we’ve highlighted challenges and driven positive changes.