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Coffee Morning with Digital Support
This is an excellent opportunities to meet James Land - from Derbyshire Police Cyber Crime Unit is coming to Deaf-initely Women office in Belper for our coffee and homemade cake mornings. James will be working with a small groups of deaf women to give advice, set up...
Newsletter Autumn 2019
Here are our newsletter for Autumn 2019. We hope you will enjoy reading them. If you would like to received newsletter - please get in touch and join our membership for free. Autumn2019
Newsletter – Autumn
Our new second electronic newsletter for Autumn will be coming out very soon. This newsletter will feature news and future events. Watch this space!
Digital Support
After our event with Keeping Safety Online - few weeks ago. James Land offer to all our members for small group/1-2-1 digital support. He will help us to set up Holly Guard and privacy settings. This is an opportunity not to be missed!
Free Legal Advice for Deaf and Hard of Hearing People
Free Legal Advice for Deaf and Hard of Hearing People Saturday 9th November 2019 | 10am – 2pm Derbyshire Law Centre, Deaf-initely Women and British Deaf Association are organising a FREE Legal Advice Day for deaf and hard of hearing people in Derbyshire, part of...
Crafty Yarns Session Part 2: Knitting
Would you ike to learn how to knit, or know how to knit but want to be better at it? Christine Quayle a talent knitter, looking forward to meet every one and teach us how to knit better. Please book your free place with us by email or text.
Deaf-initely Women has been awarded £50,000 from Comic Relief!
Deaf-initely Women is thrilled to be awarded joint funding from Comic Relief, Esmee Fairbairn Foundation and Clothworkers Foundation for the development of a 12-month project: Deaf Women’s Digi-Hub. This project will develop a website that will explain the different...
‘Crafty Yarns’ session Part 1
Crochet coming to Chesterfield Friday 18th Oct 2019 Chesterfield Market Hall (Room 1) 10am-3pm Exciting new crafty hobby. If you fancy learning how to crochet, or would like to know how to improve your crochet skills.
Keeping Safe Online
Friday 11th Oct 2019 - The Polish Club, Derby 9.45am-3pm - High Tea Lunch included! Derbyshire County Council, Derbyshire Community Police with Cyber Crime support and Deaf-initely Women have put an event about how to stay safe online including dating website,...
Crafty Yarn Sessions
Crafty Yarn Sessions is coming all around Derbyshire! There will be Crochet coming to Chesterfield on Friday 18th October by Lisa Yip. Then next event would be knitting! This will take place in Belper on Saturday 26th October. Finally, Crafty Yarn session would be...
Welcome to Molly!
We are exciting a new team member, Molly O'Brien starting today with Deaf-initely Women. Molly is deaf-blind, her role is Evaluator and Researcher and have excellent knowledge on helping and researching on Deaf-initely Women funding with Teresa Waldron.
We want you! Volunteer with us!
You could be a volunteer for Deaf-initely Women and help support other deaf and hard of hearing women in Derbyshire. You could help us to encourage other deaf women to come to our free events and workshops. All deaf women are welcome to come to our events and...
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Read our latest newsletter – March 2019
– New funding success – Learn basic BSL – Craft cards – Workshop on how to use sign language interpreters –
Read our February 2019 newsletter
Monthly news for Deaf women and women with hearing loss in Derby and Derbyshire
New event – Making Crafty Cards 18th March
Please come and join this workshop if you want to develop your own creativity. Book online here
New event – Making Bath Bombs 13th February
Come and join us making bath bombs. Fully accessible with BSL interpreters, electronic notetakers and loop system. Book online here
Brush up your skills to teach BSL
Brush up your teaching skills to teach basic BSL If you’re not sure whether to teach Deaf women and women with hearing loss to learn basic BSL and communication skills then contact Janet on janet@deafinitelywomen.org.uk for more details. Book onto the Course by...
Job Vacancies
We have job vacancies for a Deputy Project Manager (part-time) and an Office cleaner (art-time). Apply Here. job-vacancies
Assertiveness training
We have an assertiveness training course running on 15th January. To come along book here Assertiveness and Confidence building workshop - Tu 15.1.2019 - Belper (002)
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