Connections with a
community artist
as part of volunteer’s week, which was visited by Ross
Finnie MSP.
The above projects were supported
by both hearing and hearing-impaired young people and proved
a great success.
We have many young people and volunteers
attending the club, both hearing and hearing-impaired. Select
a name from the list of members below to view their
personal statements
about
deaf
Youth
Central!
- Derek
- Gaynor
- Stephanie
- Stu The young people have videoed, edited
and produced a film on the barriers young deaf people face
everyday. The five-minute video has been used to try and secure
funding to produce a video, which will cover much wider issues
and raise awareness of young deaf people in our community.
Through working with the young people
we have pulled together a project of which we will include
the proposal. We have targeted some of the funding towards
developing this project.
In the early days the idea was to
offer two nights at our Burns Square drop-in facility but this
proved unsuccessful. It was then housed at our facility in
Clyde Square and the young people seemed happier using this
location. However our Clyde Square facility is not purpose
built for drop-ins so we had to target some of the funding
for equipment and building alterations.
Another problem arose when getting
the young people involved in joint workshops and presentations.
We realised that we needed interpreters which we did not cost
for and this proved to be quite an expensive outgoing, so we
has to allocate money from the funding to cover these costs.
The young people have also been to
indoor bowling and these types of activities seems to be their
favoured activity as they get bored using computers or playing
pool. The group are very active and enjoy participating in
group work, workshops and general activities that really involve
them and allow them to participate fully.
The
club has also put a five-member team into a quiz night organised
by the NHS (Ann Cameron).
I feel this will be one of the first events that the club has
been invited to which they will feel included reducing the
barriers and including them socially. The team went on to win £50
at the quiz night, coming in 3rd place!
We face an unsure future due to securing
funding to carry on with the project. However, we remain optimistic
that we will find support and will fully be able to implement
the project Past, Present and Future. This project will also
give the young people 50hrs Millennium Volunteer Awards and
20hrs John Muir Awards building their self-esteem and giving
a sense of achievement.
We would also like to thank a few
people and their organisations that supported the club:
- Morag Irvine and Integrated Children’s
Services who without their support the club would never have
opened.
- Phil Eaglesham Choose Life.
- Nicola Fleming Children’s
Welfare Rights Officer.
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