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At Signature we like to recognise those who use their platform to increase awareness of deaf issues. This week we would like to introduce you to Asha, a Deaf paediatric nurse who shares weekly medical and general British Sign Language on Instagram. Asha uses her platform to educate people on deaf awareness in healthcare and …

The Eastenders star who wowed judges on Strictly Come Dancing will star and be an executive producer for an adaptation of Will Dean’s Dark Pines, the first novel in the Tuva Moodyson Mysteries. The series follows a deaf reporter who works for a small local paper in her Scottish hometown. The reporter hopes to shine …

Hands4Voices and Unify Sign Choir: On the 28th October Chelsea hosted Brentford in a Premier League match. During half time, Deaf and signing choirs, Unify and Hands 4 Voices performed ‘Blue is the Colour’ with singer James Vickery as part of Cadbury Fingers and the NDCS ‘Sign Fingers Big & Small’ campaign. The on-pitch activities …

Signature recently reached out to Susan Daniels OBE, the Chief Executive of the National Deaf Children’s Society (NDCS). The NDCS commits to trying to overcome the social and educational barriers that hold deaf children and young people back. Indeed, this is very important as it ensures that deaf children are not years behind their hearing …

Martin Glover: Signed Light The UK’s Lumiere returns to Durham and is set to transform the city into a spectacular outdoor gallery of light installations between the 16th-19th of November. One of the commissioned spectacles was created by UK artist Martin Glover. Martin has drawn a passion for education around British Sign Language and his …

Sign Up- Into Football: Recently, Signature reached out to Damaris Cooke, co-presenter of TNT Sports new sign language series Sign Up-Into Football. The show launched on the 6th of October and episodes will air the first Friday of every month. This launch by TNT Sports aims to raise the profile of the deaf community and …

Dolly-Rose Campbell:   In 2019, popular ITV soap Coronation Street introduced a story centred on raising a deaf child. The storyline concentrated on young couple, Chesney (Sam Aston) and Gemma (Dolly-Rose Campbell) and aimed to focus on the experiences of raising a deaf child to hearing parents. The storyline will not only benefit hearing parents, …

British Sign Language Society- University of Manchester: Signature recently reached out to the University of Manchester BSL Society to learn more about the people involved in the society and about their future aims. It is important that Universities across the globe can help to aid their students in learning sign language. Having sign language societies …

At Signature we like to recognise those individuals who are using their platform to raise deaf awareness. This week we reached out to Amy Morton, the person behind Instagram handle ‘Living with Hearing Loss’. We asked Amy to share her experiences of deafness and also wanted to know more about the creation of ‘Pinknoise’. Here …

Interview: Samantha Baines, author of “Living With Hearing Loss and Deafness”.  Signature recently wrote to Samantha Baines, an English actress, author, and comedian. Samantha is a deaf activist and proud hearing aid wearer. In April, Samantha released her bestseller non-fiction book “Living With Hearing Loss and Deafness”. The book acts as a guide that aims …