BSL Zone Glasgow - Well done Tasnim!

BSL Zone Glasgow took place on Friday 21st June at the Scottish Youth Theatre with 120 deaf people from Scotland attending. Deaf Connections Ishara's very own Tasnim Sharif was part of the panel discussing her involvement with Under the Lamp and her support to the Asian Deaf Community. Tasnim has been an ambassador for the rights of deaf minority ethnic people and a role model to many in Scotland - Well done Tasnim!

Framework for Action Inverness

Framework for Action visited Inverness next to ask about support to deaf minority ethnic people and learn more about the practice of agencies in the Highlands. We had a range of agencies including NHS Highlands, Highlands Council, Police Scotland and Highland Multicultural Friends and some great examples of work. We would like to thank you all for attending us and the Hilton Community Centre for hosting us!

 

Training SASLI BSL Interpreters

Training of British Sign Language Interpreters is always important for the Ishara Project. It helps us to ensure deaf minority ethnic people will receive the same standards of support from interpreters and also helps interpreters to deal with culturally sensitive or complex issues. The session was well attended by 12 interpreters in Glasgow and a Deaf Blind Interpreter. We would like to thank all the enthusiasm and learning shared at this session and look forward to followup work with all our interpreters in the future.  Well done to all the interpreters who attended and were awarded with our certificates!

BSL Awareness to ME Communities in Edinburgh

 

Ishara successfully delivered 2 BSL Awareness Sessions in Edinburgh with BEMIS and the Edinburgh and Lothians Sensory Partnership. Around 40 people attended both sessions with interest to follow up and learn more BSL. Thanks to all participants and to Frankie and Tariq for hosting us in RNIB Scotland Head Office.

  

Framework for Action - Glasgow

The Ishara Projects Framework for Action hosted its first event on Tuesday 21st May 2013 with a range of services including Police Scotland, VAF, Victim Support Scotland, Glasgow Community Safety Services and Life Skills. The event was a successful followup to the pilot event in January 2012 with a range of services attending. Ishara and the group explored the current support, gaps and barriers and need to change with supporting the deaf ME community. All feedback was very useful and will be collated for the final report on the consultation. Thank you again for taking the time to attend!

Abuse in Minority Ethnic Communities - Roshni

 

Ishara and the Asian Deaf Club received training about abuse in the minority ethnic communities from our partner Roshni. Roshni supports minority ethnic victims and survivors of abuse within their communities. This covers a range of issues like childhood abuse, forced marriage and general abuse and culture. 

The Roshni training helped us to recognise the signs and how to deal with the cultural stigma as well as explore support for victims and survivors. The session provided a very useful insight on this issue and we look forward to developing our next webpage on this issue in BSL. Thanks to Anela Anwar, Head of Projects who came along to train us all and watch this space for more info!

Deaf Connections Services learn about Asian Cultures

The Ishara Project supported training for our Deaf Connections services Deaf Care and the Hear On Forum.
Key staff and service users enjoyed learning about the cultural diversity in the South Asian communities which helped their understanding about the deaf minority ethnic community they work with. Thanks again to Deaf Care and Hear On for supporting us!