DEAF PARENTING UK’S AWARD 2011 Videos now out…

Deaf Parenting UK celebrated their 10years anniversary by hosting a fantastic first ever Deaf Parenting UK Awards 2011 at Royal Over-Sea League, Central London on Friday 7th October 2011 and is now on BBC See Hear! programme this week via BBC iPlayer here.

Also our extra video by Remark! can be viewed below (Flash player required):

For more info about the event and who won, see our news online

Asif Iqbal at RADAR Reception with Samantha Cameron, 10 Downing Street

Asif Iqbal MBE, Project Manager of Deaf  Parenting  UK  was mingling with Samantha Cameron, wife of Prime Minister at 10 Downing Street to celebrating the role of disabled leaders.  The event organised by RADAR (Royal Association for Disability and Rights) and was attended by a mixture of community leaders, celebrities, MPs and Sponsors. includes Maria Miller MP, Minister for Disabled People, Jeremy Hunt MP, Baroness Tanni Grey Thompson and David Blunkett MP.

Asif Iqbal explained of his multiple roles, as one of the Disabled leaders, as a Board of Trustee of RADAR; Public Appointment Ambassador for Government Equalities Office and Cabinet Office; Disability Advisory Panel for the British Council; Board Member of Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee, Department of Transport and President of Harrow Asian Deaf Club.

Not only he stops there, Asif works passionately on voluntary basis as a Media/Project Manager for Deaf Parenting UK. Recently he organised Deaf Parenting UK Award event in central London, a first ever Awards for Deaf parents and professionals working with Deaf parents in history and it was a great success with 150 attendees. 

Asif explained that he managed to mingle with Samantha, who was impressed, his huge achievements which resulted in his gaining his MBE at recent Queen’s birthday. Asif is an inspiring and positive to role models to others.  Asif highlighted the importance of our future generation of deaf and disabled people especially those young people who need excellent role model like us to aspire to, to show what we can achieve and inspire to others. Samantha is in full support of this.

Asif added that their conversation with Samantha moved onto the topic of parenting where Samatha’s daughter Florence is 3 weeks older than Asif’s daughter Rubi. Samantha mentioned that Florence is still crawling and didn’t realise that Rubi, who just started walking, had in fact made her first appearance at No.10 at the tender age of 5 weeks old with her Deaf parents to celebrate Eid Reception that No.10 organised by Prime Minister David Cameron last November 2010.

The organisers of the event explained “The successful evening was to celebrate disabled leaders and the work of Royal Association of Disabled people – and to look ahead to the exciting developments of Disability Rights UK and future partnership work.  A future Leadership Academy. We [Disability Rights UK] are seeking a group of companies to work with us to develop a world class, accredited leadership programme that supports disabled leaders of our organizations (DPOs); at work (enabling talented disabled people to move into management and senior management); and in our communities.” 

The UK’s favourite baby show is back at London’s Earls Court from 28-30 October 2011.

****Hot of the Press!****

We have 16 FREE complimentary tickets up for grabs on first come first serve basis. To get your complimentary tickets – please email your request ASAP to info@deafparent.org.uk (Only two tickets per family).

Also, as a member of Deaf Parenting UK, you can buy tickets for just £12.50, saving £7.50* on each ticket – just quote code EC690. Come and see us on our Deaf Parenting UK stand G71 where BSL interpreters will be available throughout the show.

 More on our DPUK & Baby Show page

300 brands and exclusive show offers

With over 300 must-have brands, including Tommee Tippee, Trunki, SugarJack, Aden & Anais and Britax, The Baby Show is the best place to shop for all your little one’s needs. Plus amazing show offers including 10% off Mothercare, 25% off all Superdrug own brand items and 10% off everything on the M&S stand, as well as a free reusable bag and baby cardigan worth £9 with every purchase (one per customer while stocks last).

The Baby Show Stage

Live on stage leading experts talking on all the key topics for new parents, including Clare Byam-Cook on breastfeeding and if you can’t breastfeed, Annabel Karmel on feeding your baby, Megan Faure on sleep and Dr Julie Coultas on child development and play. Plus there will be hourly give-aways of Fisher-Price Toys on the stage for the duration of the event. On Saturday 29th October, a BSL interpreter will be in attendance on stage and a hearing loop will be sited around the stage area available for us.

Competitions Galore:

Is your baby the future face of The Baby Show 2012? – Enter at H42 and receive a free professional image of your little one and visit the Fisher-Price ‘Win All This’ stand’ next to the stage – where you have the chance to win a £1000 worth of Fisher-Price nursery items and toys.

Hassle Free Day Out

The Baby Show is hassle free, with a helping hand on offer from Emma’s Diary who will be providing a free shopping drop off/collect by car and home delivery service, plus a free crèche courtesy of Fisher-Price and a changing room with nappies at the ready***.

Don’t forget to check out the latest toys at The Vtech Smart Play Zone and the Fisher-Price Stand (F40).

Book today and save £7.50 off the ticket price! Deaf Parenting tickets are available for just £12.50, saving £7.50* on each ticket – just quote code EC690. To book your tickets visit www.thebabyshow.co.uk.

We look forward to seeing you at The Show.

*offer relates to advance ticket sales only. The Advance Ticket Box Office closes midnight on the 27th October 2011.

**Calls cost 10 pence per minute plus network extras. Booking fee applies. For full terms and conditions, visit www.thebabyshow.co.uk.

***Charges apply for Home Delivery service.

Lifetime Achievement Award

Deaf Parenting UK is celebrating their 10 years Anniversary and to make it more special, we are organising an exclusive Lifetime Achievement Award to recognise people for their valuable contribution and positive differences to the lives of Deaf parents, their children and their communities.

The seven judges appointed by DPUK agreed that the Lifetime Achievement Award, sponsored by Royal Association for Deaf people (RAD), needs particular attention in order to encourage informed nominations from the Deaf Community.

We would like to announce a search for a Deaf Parent who achieved a great deal in his / her lifetime, who greatly improved the quality of life and access for Deaf parents and families.

What we need from you, for this significant Award, is to make people look back several decades, (eg 10-100 years) to identify Deaf people who used their parent role in opening up new opportunities for other Deaf parents in achieving equality as hearing parents in family life.

This means “The search for a Lifetime Achieving Deaf Parent” for the most voted Achiever of being a Deaf Parent in supporting Deaf people and their own families by the Deaf/Hearing Communities.

We have about 6months to find the worthy people who meet the criteria of Lifetime Achievement Awards.  It will be like X-Factor where people can nominate themselves or someone worthy of this award. The nomination will be narrowed down to 12 and then we will use the public vote to collect points before announcing the winner in Spring/Summer 2012

We look forward to receiving a broader range of nominations in due time, each one with detailed information of achievements which enabled Deaf parents’ quality of life and access.

Lifetime Achievement Award Winner will be invited to attend the stunning reception in London – details to be announced nearer the time

If you would like to nominate yourself or someone worthy for our Lifetime Achievement Award 2012, please

Nominate online now and email it to media@deafparent.org.uk

or post it to:

Deaf Parenting UK
c/o Gary Morgan
49 Gordon Square
London
WC1H 0PD

Deadline for application is: Friday 2nd March 2012

Please spread the words and get nominating.

DEAF PARENTING UK’S AWARD 2011

Also, BBC See Hear! filmed the event which can be viewed via BBC iPlayer here.

Deaf Parenting UK celebrated their 10years anniversary by hosting a fantastic first ever Deaf Parenting UK Awards 2011 at Royal Over-Sea League, Central London on Friday 7^th October.

The Awards event was located at a grand and stunning venue, which saw 150 people joining the celebration which started with delicious refreshment of tea/ coffee with royal and sky blue cupcakes decorated with stars, rounded off with a luxury buffet together with a ‘DPUK Awards 2011’s Celebrating 10 years anniversary’ celebration cake. It was very much like an Oscar style, very glamorous and luxury feel, everyone enjoyed themselves.

The Awards event was hosted by Sabina Iqbal, Chair/ Founder of Deaf Parenting UK: “For many, who have known of Deaf Parenting UK and those who are new to our work, Deaf Parenting UK started as a small project in April 2001 and now grown to a pioneering organisation and well-known charity across UK and worldwide, providing support to Deaf parents, parent to be and professionals working with Deaf parents.

At the Awards, we gathered together to honour the positive contributions of Deaf Parents, parents to be and professionals who works with Deaf parents to our community. This was a fantastic opportunity to celebrate with a difference, where the Awards are to celebrate and applaud the commitment, dedication and determination of Deaf parents and professionals (who work with Deaf parents) from all over the country and from all walks of life, for their contribution to improve the quality of life for Deaf parents ranging from front-line service, community based and strategy levels.”

All of our finalists were treated with special day and were nervous when the Awards ceremony announced the winners and highly commended of which many were shocked and delighted by the outcome. The Winners were awarded with a large glass trophy and gold-framed certificate and those who were highly commended were also awarded with silver-framed certificate of highly commended by the sponsor and DPUK Ambassador of each category.

Sabina added “Those finalists, who have made an amazing positive difference to all of our lives, are here today and we applaud them for coming this far. It is their passion, energy, courage and determination that inspired all of us. It’s an exciting time to witness such momentum in history of recognising Deaf parents and professionals in field of supporting Deaf parents as well as encourage a growth of people keen to make the difference in our lives too.”

Caroline Parker - Deaf Performer

"So Strong" - Audience joined in the chorus...

Everyone were also treated with a fantastic and powerful performance from Caroline Parker, a Deaf performer who signed the songs into British Sign Language (BSL) including Bette Midler’s ‘Beneath My Wings’; Nina Simone’s ‘Feeling so Good’ and Labi Siffre’s ‘So Strong’ which proved to be so empowering and inspiring, summing up the feeling of the overall Awards Event.

Sue Saxey, President of NCT who presented the Community of Deaf Parents Awards: “NCT, the UK’s largest charity for parents, is delighted to sponsor the Community of Deaf Parents Award.  This award is particularly special to the work we do at NCT as we have been creating communities of support for those in the transition to parenthood for 55 years.  Having a supportive community of others who have had similar experiences to you can often be a real lifeline when you are adjusting to life as a parent.  We would like to congratulate Deaf Parenting UK for their work and those who won awards for their amazing efforts to support parents”.

Mike Penning MP, DPUK Ambassador: “I congratulate all the winners and nominees at the Deaf Parenting UK awards. Since its foundation 10 years ago, DPUK has been an incredible success story. It is truly an inspirational charity that plugs a gap giving assistance, support and advice in an area that only those who have been there can really appreciate the issues. I am delighted to have been invited to attend and play a small part in giving recognition to those who have made life easier for deaf parents – whether that be a single deaf parent or deaf parents as a whole.”

Eileen Hayes, DPUK Ambassador announced winner...

Dr Joanna Downes, a Double Winner: “I was honoured to be a part of it and to be given two awards made me feel very proud of what I have achieved. But this is not the end, hopefully with DPUK support; I can go on to achieve even more for deaf parents.”

David Rose, a Deaf guest at the Awards exclaimed: “Deaf Parenting UK created a really a great, beautiful, inspiring, and wonderful occasion; it was good to see Deaf parents, professionals, and staff being honoured for their work, and achievements. This is something we don’t do enough in recognition for our Deaf Community members who have made significant contributions for the betterment of us all.  I really enjoyed the whole event and it was a wonderful networking opportunity! Well done!”

Full programme with details of all finalists available here

The winners by categories are as follow:

1) Positive Deaf Parents Award, sponsored by Communication ID

Winner: Charlotte Moulton-Thomas

Highly Commended: Melissa Mostyn- Thomas

Winner: Charlotte Moulton Thomas with Collette Hogan (sponsor) and Susan Daniel OBE (DPUK Ambassador)

Highly Commended: Melissa Mostyn-Thomas (Pauline Latchem accepted in Melissa's place)

Charlotte Moulton-Thomas is a Deaf parent with two young sons – Jack, 12, who is hearing and Theo, 10, who has cerebral palsy, is deaf and a wheelchair user – both of whom are bright, engaging and a real credit to their mother. When children were young, Charlotte was raising them by herself which must have been incredibly challenging given their differing circumstances and needs. Charlotte has had to constantly struggle to ensure that Theo receives the necessary support and services. This would be hard enough for a hearing parent but immeasurably more difficult for a deaf parent. Likewise she has had to cope in an all-hearing environment to make sure Jack is being supported at his mainstream school. Charlotte, however, is indefatigable, never gives up and is constantly alert to any opportunity to improve and enhance the progress and wellbeing of both her boys. As Charlotte has said herself ‘In this house there’s no such word as ‘can’t!’

2) Community of Deaf Parents Award, sponsored by NCT

Winner: Conwy and Cyswllt Family Support Group, North Wales Deaf Association

Highly Commended: Cheeky Monkey Family Group

Winner: Conwy and Cyswllt Family Support Group with Sue Saxey (Sponsor) and Eileen Hayes MBE (DPUK Ambassador)

Highly Commended: Cheeky Monkey Family Group

The Conwy and Cyswllt Family Support Group, North Wales Deaf Association organises events for Hearing parents of Deaf children and Deaf parents of Hearing children to meet, gain confidence and learn from each others experiences. The events are usually held once a month and are subsidised for its members. These events have included parties, trips to the theatre, and days at local shows and as they always ensure communication support is available, it gives Deaf parents and children a chance to enjoy the day without the barriers to communication they often face.

3) Professional Support of Deaf Parents Award, sponsored by BSLworks

Winner: Dr Joanna Downes

Highly Commended: Maple Tomlin

Winner: Dr Joanne Downes with Sandra Duguid (Sponsor) and Professor Ulrike Zeshan (DPUK Ambassador)

Highly Commended: Maple Thomas

Dr Joanna Downes is a very positive role model. She is deaf, BSL user, mother to two hearing children and achieved her Doctorate in Child Attachment, the first dissertation of its kind in the UK She also provided one to one support for individual Deaf parents [with various communication needs] through very difficult times in their lives such as child protection procedures, separation, divorce, supporting parents to lodge complaints with the Police. Dr Downes became the first Deaf BSL professional to join Leicester City and Leicestershire Children’s Hearing Service Working Group (CHSWG) in its 12 year history of being established.  Shortly after joining CHSWG, she became Co-Chair of this group and advocated most strongly for INFORMED parental choice for both Deaf and Hearing parents of Deaf and hearing children.

4) Best Practice of Working with Deaf Parents Award, sponsored by Sprue Safety Products Ltd.

Winner: De Montfort University Midwifery Department.

Highly Commended: Science Museum

Winner: De Monfort University Midwifery Dept with John Caudle (Sponsor) and Mike Penning MP (DPUK Ambassador)

Highly Commended: Science Museum

DeMonfort University  Midwifery Department went and beyond the call of duty in providing the first ever bespoke Awareness Training for midwifery students in being able to appropriately support all kinds of Deaf Parents needing to access Midwifery services. Development of a 12 hour Awareness Training programme consisting of what is Deafness, barriers faced by Deaf parents accessing midwifery services, the differing types and standards of communication professionals available. Development of a “fob” of essential signs for midwives to carry with them to assist with informal communications with Deaf parents Sourcing funding to further develop training for other health professionals through the use of e-learning, DVD’s. Supporting d/Deaf Parents as Guest Speakers and acknowledging their previous negative experiences of maternity care. What made the Midwifery Department personnel different were their openness, willingness, commitment, dedication and support of Deaf Parents directly.

5) Campaigner of Deaf Parent Award, sponsored by TFPL

Winner: Dr Joanna Downes

Highly Commended: Melissa Mostyn- Thomas

Winner: Dr Joanne Downes with Darron Chapman (Sponsor) and Lilian Lawson OBE (DPUK Ambassador)

Highly Commended: Melissa Mostyn-Thomas (Pauline Latchem accepted in Melissa's place)

Throughout her campaign work, Dr Joanna Downes was very clear about Deaf parents’ rights and their responsibilities. Dr Downes utilised national and international legal framework when dealing with professionals to ensure they were also made aware of their legal responsibilities in making their services accessible to Deaf Parents. Dr Downes also campaigned on the following issues at a strategic level:

• Bilingual education be considered and further developed for Deaf families in Leicester. The Local Children’s Safeguarding Board undertake an access audit of the services they provide to Deaf families in Leicester, previously Deaf families were not part of their “at risk” priority list.
• That the education / employment / legal / medical / mental health services consider their legal duties under the Equality Act.
• Those hearing children (Coda’s) who have Deaf parents are not used by professionals to act as Interpreters.

6) Friend of Deaf Parents Award, sponsored by Joseph Frasier Solicitors

Winner: Stuart Harrison

Highly Commended: Shazia Nasreen

Winner: Stuart Harrison with Ms Hinna Akhtar (Sponsor) and Clarissa Williams (DPUK Ambassador)

Highly Commended: Shazia Nasreen

Stuart Harrison is Deaf, BSL user and also uses speech. He is also a parent. He has a multitude of different roles including being self-employed. However, it is not his previous history…it is the support he has provided another Deaf parent for several years to assist them through a multitude of complex emotional, legal, mental health, domestic violence issues. Stuart’s support was pivotal to this Deaf parent. He maintained his sense of humour, his respect, his knowledge, skills and experience. He was able to provide appropriate information, advice and guidance for this parent. He was available to “be there” for the parent when times were particularly challenging for several years. The parent concerned is now thriving and a fully functioning member of society, the parent is involved in community activities and professional work.

7) Deaf Parenting UK Dedicated Staff sponsored by Deaf Parenting UK

Winner: Nicole Campbell

Winner: Nicole Campbell with Sabina Iqbal, Chair/ Founder of DPUK

8)Lifetime Achievement Award, sponsored by RAD

As no winner is found, further information on The Search for a Lifetime Achieving Deaf Parent can be found here. Deadline for Lifetime Achievement Award Nomination: Friday 2nd March 2012

“Our award winning Signed Stories website has been shortlisted for another award – this time from Deaf Parenting UK…” Read more with BSL clip from their Signpost website

Click the following  for more info on:

• all finalists that are shortlisted
• Awards event and to buy your tickets

The Awards event will take place on Fri 7th Oct from 10am to 1.30pm in London so come on, buy your tickets and join us!

DEAF PARENTING UK’S SHORTLISTS ANNOUNCEMENT

Deaf Parenting UK is delighted to announce the shortlist of all nominees for our Deaf Parenting UK Awards Event which is due to take place on Friday 7^th October in Central London.

The Awards is to celebrate the 10 years anniversary of Deaf Parenting UK as a unique charity, the only one in UK and worldwide. This is a fantastic opportunity to celebrate with a difference, where the Awards are to celebrate and applaud the commitment, dedication and determination of Deaf parents and professionals (who work with Deaf parents) from all over the country and from all walks of life, for their contribution to improve the quality of life for Deaf parents ranging from front-line service, community based and strategy levels.

The awards recognise all levels of achievement made by Deaf parents and professionals in the UK – whether professional or personal level. As well as increasing a candidate’s own personal profile, these awards are a wonderful opportunity to give your organisation/ company the recognition it deserves.

Sabina Iqbal, Chair/Founder of Deaf Parenting UK explained:  “Deaf Parenting UK was pleased to receive several nominations from individuals and groups across the UK and their independent panel of judges has a difficult job of going through every nomination before making their decision on the shortlist of nominees.

Deaf Parenting UK wish to thank to every one who made their nominations, all were very inspiring and wish to express their congratulations to all nominees who have been shortlisted as finalists for their positive contribution and making differences in many deaf parents’ lives. It’s an exciting time to witness such momentum in history of recognising Deaf parents and professionals in field of supporting Deaf parents.”

Penny Beschizza, Chair of Awards Judging Panel expressed the view of the judges: “The judging process was very interesting and challenging. We focused on the meaning of each Award title, which helped us to narrow down the criteria each time when we looked at the nominations. The way the nominations were presented also helped us to look for clear mention of Deaf Parenting.  All our discussions were unbiased and balanced, aware of the potential implications of each Award in promoting DPUK’s aims for the Awards.”

Congratulation to the following finalists for the following Award categories and all winners will be announced on Friday 7^th October at the Deaf Parenting UK Awards in London:

1) Positive Deaf Parents Award, sponsored by CommunicationID

• Bronwynne Buxton
• Charlotte Moulton-Thomas
• Marie Sneesby
• Melissa Mostyn-Thomas

2) Community of Deaf Parents Award, sponsored by National Childbirth Trust (NCT)

• Conwy and Cyswllt Family Support Group
• Cheeky Monkey Family Group
• Deaf-SELF
• The Arboretum Community Project and BSL Talking Hands

3) Professional Support of Deaf Parents Award, sponsored by BSLworks

4) Best Practice of Working with Deaf Parents Award, sponsored by Sprue Safety Products Ltd.

• Science Museum
• ITV Signed Stories
• DeMontfort University Midwifery Department.

5) Campaigner of Deaf Parent Award, sponsored by TFPL

• Tomato Lichy
• Melissa Mostyn-Thomas
• Dr Joanna Downes

6) Friend of Deaf Parents Award, sponsored by Joseph Frasier Solicitors

• Stuart Harrison

• Shazia Nasreen

7) Lifetime Achievement Award, sponsored by Royal Association for Deaf People (RAD)

Welcome to our Deaf Parenting UK Newsletter (Summer 2011). In this issue you will find:

• News of Asif’s honour on receiving the MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list
• Harrow Asian Deaf Club’s family fun day and their celebrations to mark DPUK’s 10^th birthday
• An update on the Bristol Deaf Parenting Project
• Photos from DPUK’s family fun day to Legoland, Windsor
• Articles from some fascinating blogs of interest to Deaf Parents
• A reminder of DPUK’s 10^th birthday star-studded awards ceremony
• A notice board full of forthcoming events

All links are accessible from our newsletter, but our glossary of websites and email addresses referred to in the newsletter provides quick access to important resources:

• Postive press coverage in The Guardian:
  http://www.deafparent.org.uk/2011/06/deaf-parents-on-the-guardian/
• Families Need Fathers web site: http://www.fnf.org.uk/home
• Melissa Mostyn-Thomas‘ blog site:
  http://themostynjournal.blogspot.com/
• Deaf World News: http://deafworldnews.org/
• Deaf Parenting Awards site: www.deafparent.org.uk/awards2011
• Deaf Parenting UK’s web site: www.deafparent.org.uk
• Deaf Parenting UK’s Facebook page:
  http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=15694229889
• Asif:  media@deafparent.org.uk
• Nicole: info@deafparent.org.uk
• Hilary Sutherland bristol@deafparent.org.uk

At the star-studded Awards, there will be fantastic award ceremony from 10.30am til 1.30pm including entertainment and music with well known Deaf performer Caroline Parker.

Delicious food will be served with tea, coffee, biscuits/pastries on arrival and a luxury hot buffet for lunch and round off with a cool dessert to tickle your taste buds.

Also it is perfect timing to meet new and old friends and support all nominees in recognition of their achievements.

There are more to look forward to including Raffles with some fantastic prizes including meal for 4 at one of stunning restaurant, family trip to Windsor Castle and many more.

And to celebrate Deaf Parenting UK 10^th Anniversary, we have fabulous goodies bags to giveaway for everyone who attends the Awards ceremony!

Come on, buy your tickets now!

When: Friday 7^th October 2011

Time: 10.30am – 1.30pm (Door open at 10am)

Cost: £15 per person.

Dress Code: Smart clothes (no jeans/ trainers please)

How to pay for tickets as follow:

• Pay online via Paypal including Credit/ Debit Card
  http://www.deafparent.org.uk/awards2011/ticket.html

(If you are not sure how to use Paypal, contact us for booking form and complete your payment details, we can process your payment online)

• Cheque/ Postal Order

(Deadline for Cheque is 1^st September 2011 to allow time for cheque to clear into DPUK account)

• Cash in person – please contact us on awards@deafparent.org.uk for more information

Deadline for buying ticket is 16th September 2011.

Hurry, buy your tickets now before it sold out. Its on first come, first served so don’t miss out.

To learn more about DPUK Awards 2011, please go to our website: http://www.deafparent.org.uk/awards2011/index.html

Free Deaf Parent Mentoring Course 

• Are you a parent or someone who has cared for children?
• Would you enjoy supporting other Deaf families or
• are you someone who is already working with Deaf families?

If yes, you may be interested in doing this free course.

Where? 
St Paul’s Children Centre, Bristol
 
When?
17 th  September 2011,
22 nd  October 2011,
5 th  November 2011
3 rd  December 2011
14 th  January 2012,
11 th  February 2012
10 th /11 th  March 2012
 
Deaf speakers / facilitators will lead the course
Free crèche is provided
 
Topics include having fun with families, keeping up the modern time, feelings, alcohol/smoking/drugs, sexual issues and keeping the family healthy.
 
Contact Hilary, DPUK Bristol Coordinator at
hilary@hilarysutherland.co.uk
Or text 07766304998 

Please see our poster  and display them at your local Deaf club, family centres and any other places that Deaf parents goes to generate interests.