The Baby Show is Expecting You!
Earls Court London, 22-24 October 2010
Join us at The Baby Show, taking place at London’s Earls Court on 22-24 October 2010 – you’ll find everything dedicated to pregnancy, birth, baby and beyond. With unbeatable shopping, exclusive offers, fantastic entertainment plus expert advice and information, The Baby Show really is an essential part of having a baby.
Here’s a sneak preview at just some of the great benefits of attending The Baby Show:
- Hundreds of offers including 10% off at Mothercare and Fisher-Price, plus great deals on all your baby essentials
- Celebrity mum Myleene Klass will be live on stage sharing her pregnancy and parenting tips
- Live talks from Annabel Karmel on nutrition, Prima Baby’s Jo Tantum on sleep routines, and Clare Byam-Cook with breast feeding top tips, plus essential first aid from the British Red Cross
- One to one advice from the midwives at the Tommy’s Meet the Midwives and Health Visitors Centre sponsored by Caffeine Free Diet Coke
- Entertainment for all the family including, the Face of The Baby Show competition, the Sainsbury’s Try Team with live recipe demonstrations, Mothercare Maternity Fashion Show, the Fisher-Price Crèche, play zones and lots more!
To make your day out even more enjoyable we’ve made it completely hassle free – Pampers Changing Room with free wipes and nappies, Tommee Tippee Feeding Area with FREE food plus plenty of areas to put your feet up and recharge the batteries. And once you’ve stocked up on the baby essentials there is the Emma’s Diary shopping drop off point and collect by car service, as well as home delivery.
We’ve teamed up with The Baby Show to provide BSL interpreters each day of The Show from the Deaf Parenting UK stand K55 and on the Persil Non-Bio and Comfort Pure Stage with Prima Baby on Saturday 23 October. See Baby Show leaflet which show Deaf Parenting UK (under Advice & Info section).
To book your tickets simply call 0871 231 0844* or visit www.thebabyshow.co.uk quoting EC146, and don’t forget Kids 0-10 Go Free! Please also email to info@deafparent.org.uk if you have booked your place and on which day to ensure numbers for BSL interpreters.
We look forward to seeing you at The Show!
As part of the ongoing support from our Ambassador – Markku (WFD President), we are exhanging information on Deaf Parenting issues on local, national and international level.
They have sent us WFD newsletter to keep us informed of what is happening in international level. So WFD Newsletter August 2010 is now out, with updates on International Deaf News, First Deaf member of European Parliament (MEP), UN Convention of people with disabilities and many more.
Enjoy reading!
DPUK Team
Asif Iqbal, Media/Project Manager: “Welcome our new Secretary of State of Department of Education – Rt Hon Michael Gove MP who recognised the uniqness of our charity and the work we do in supporting Deaf parents/ families.”
Rt Hon Michael Gove MP, Secretary of State is delighted to give his full endorsement and support to Deaf Parenting UK. In his letter to Deaf Parenting UK, he wrote:
“I know first-hand the difficulities faced by Deaf children and Deaf parents and I also know how brillantly Deaf parents are coping with life’s challenges.
I’m therefore delighted to be able to endorse and support the work of Deaf Parenting UK.
We should all celebrate and support the love and committment of 1000’s of Deaf parents who provide children with a wonderful start in life.
I wish you the best of luck in the future”
The Equality and Human Right Commission (EHRC) is holding a Formal Inquiry into disability-related harassment and we want to hear your views on our draft Terms of Reference.
Below are five BSL videos clips that:
- Introduce to the Inquiry and consultation
- Explain the Inquiry scope
- Provide a summary of the responses to the consultation on Terms of Reference
- List the questions for disabled people and details of how you can respond
If you prefer Easy to Read version, please download the word document
Contact us at EHRC
First time visitors – please register with the site.
Return visitors – please log in.
Deadline for your view is 10th Sept 2010 but can be extended for another week if you are keen to submit your view, please contact EHRC directly.
Sabina Iqbal was invited as a guest speaker at the CODA UK & Ireland Conference 2010 in Brighton Deaf Centre, on Saturday 21st August 2010.
The theme of the conference was ‘Positive Attributes of having Deaf parents’ where CODA (child of Deaf parents, formerly known as HMFD, Hearing [me], Mother, Father – Deaf) shared their positive insight/ experiences of having Deaf parents, explaining how having Deaf parents with rich Deaf culture and heritage have shaped onto CODA’s lives.
Sabina gave a presentation about Deaf Parenting UK and the work they do in enabling, empowering and supporting Deaf parents/ parents to be. Many CODA and Deaf parents were at the conference who found the conference useful in sharing information/ experiences as well as networking with new and old friends.
From there, Sabina (Deaf parent) and another guest speaker – Carmel (CODA) from Australia, were invited to launch the new CODA UK and Ireland website.
Here Marie Dimond, Founder of CODA UK & Ireland explained that there is lack of information on CODA in UK apart from brief info here and there but no central resources of information for CODA. As a result, Marie was involved in obtaining funding and got someone to design the website, she also gathered together all CODA information/ events and some useful resources on CODA issues and added them all onto the website.
Marie also added that the website is useful for:
- Deaf parents with hearing children,
- hearing individuals with one or both parents Deaf (CODA/HMFD),
- Student/Researcher learning/studying CODAs
- Any others who want to show their support and celebrate the launch of the website!
Sabina Iqbal, Chair/Founder of DPUK was one of the Ambassador, said:
“I’m delighted to be working closely with CODA UK & Ireland to exchange our support of our respective organisations in reaching out Deaf parents and their children who are CODA themselves. Through the partnership, we are reaching out to the wider audience and promote positive images of Deaf parents and the well-being of CODA too.
I was also delighted to be at the CODA UK& Ireland conference: Positive Attributes of having Deaf parents, on 21st Aug 2010 at Brighton which was successful.
I have seen many Deaf parents, their children/ CODA, dispersed across UK who are socially isolated with limited access to support and the conference is one of the event which offered a fantastic opportunity for Deaf parents, children/ CODA to get together, learn from one another aswell as to have fun.
I urge all of you Deaf parents, their children/ adults who are CODA to get in touch with us about future events or check out our websites below:
Deaf Parenting UK www.deafparent.org.uk or
CODA UK& Ireland www.codaukireland.co.uk
Tana Ramsay is best known for being married to chef and TV star Gordon Ramsay for 13 years whilst bringing up their brood of four children. She is 36, a chef and has written a number of cooking books, including Home Made, Tana Ramsay’s Family Kitchen and Tana Ramsay’s Real Family Food. She originally trained as a Montessori schoolteacher. Tana has her own kitchen in the family home – and does most of the cooking. Tana has been happy to play the traditional housewife role.
Sabina Iqbal Chair/Founder of Deaf Parenting UK: I’m thrilled to have the support of the fellow Celebrity Mum of the Year, Tana Ramsay, whom I met at the Tesco Mum of the Year 2010. Tana is a well-known celebrity who inspired millions of women with her achievements, juggling from writing cook books, running marathons for charity aswell as a hard working mum of 4 young children.
Tana Ramsay wife of Gordon Ramsay: “I am a proud supporter of Deaf Parenting UK, a charity that does ground-breaking work reaching out to deaf parents who previously hadn’t been given the resources they so desperately needed. Their achievements thus far have been astounding and I wish them a huge amount of success in the future.”
DPUK Newsletters:
Hot off the press – Summer 2010 edition is now available!
Welcome to our Deaf Parenting UK Newsletter (Summer 2010) as attached. In this issue you will find:
- Report from our recent annual conference, “Are We Equal?”
- Information about our new Ambassador, Eileen Hayes
- News of Sabina and Asif Iqbal’s recent visit to Her Majesty, The Queen’s Annual Summer garden party
- News on support received from Lynne Featherstone MP, new Equalities Minister
- An opportunity to take part in Channel 4’s new TV show, Extreme Parental Guidance
- News from the Baby Show held in Birmingham in May
- Stories and pictures from a recent trip to Alton Towers enjoyed by Deaf Parents with their children
- Feature on the life of Deanne Bray, Deaf Parent and Actress
- Report from Dacorum Mela
- And much more news, valuable information and features.
Deaf Parenting UK Newsletters comes out every 3 months and are free for all Deaf parents, families, professionals who work with Deaf parents. If you wish to be kept informed of when the newsletter comes out, please let us know or email to info@deafparent.org.uk.
Wishing you all a very enjoyable Summer, if you are lucky enough to be taking a break with your family, have a wonderful time – don’t forget the deadline for submissions for the next newsletter is 24th September 2010.
We look forward to hearing from you.
DPUK Team
CODA UK and Ireland Conference 2010- (Child of Deaf Adults/Hearing Mother Father Deaf)
When: Saturday, August 21, 2010 at 10:00am and Sunday, August 22, 2010 at 3:00pm
Location: Brighton
Launch of the CODA UK and Ireland Website!!
All are welcome including Deaf parents with hearing children, hearing individuals with one or both parents Deaf (CODA/HMFD), Student/Researcher learning/studying CODAs or anyone who wants to show support and celebrate the launch of the website!!!
Workshops: Drama/Arts and Crafts for Kids CODAs as Interpreters
Presentations by Guest Speakers (to be announced)
CODA Achievements/ Experiences
Ticket: £5 Adults/Kids Free
CODA Conference 2010 flyer
Email: codaukandireland@ live.co.uk for more information about the event, transport and accomodation.
Please pass on this info to anyone you think might be interested.
Sabina Iqbal, Chair/Founder of Deaf Parenting UK with Eileen Hayes, MBE and DPUK Ambassador
Eileen Hayes MBE, DPUK Ambassador joined us at the recent Deaf Parenting Conference 2010 and commented “the conference was a lively, stimulating event and I found the workshops thought-provoking in many ways concerning the need to think about improved access for deaf parents to services many other parents take for granted. I particularly enjoyed the opportunity to meet the work team from DP UK and a number of the other ambassadors, and was really impressed by their energy and commitment.”
More information on our successful conference can be found on: http://www.deafparent.org.uk/services/conference/conference-2010/
DEAF PARENTING UK held A SUCCESSFUL Conference for Deaf parents focusing on ‘are we equal?” at THE RESOURCE CENTRE, HOLLOWAY ROAD, London
Deaf Parenting UK Conference 2010 was held on Wednesday 7th June 2010 in London and attended by mostly Deaf parents and professional/ service providers working with Deaf parents, co-chaired by Professor Waqar Ahmed and Dr Lesley Jones, both well-known in the research field of Deafness & Ethnicity. We also had a range of speakers – Anne Bristow from Association of Director of Adult Social Services (ADASS); Surinder Sharma, Department of Health (Equality & Human Right Unit) and Professor Alys Young from Manchester University; two local Deaf parents/ families on their personal experiences/ perspective, as well as two workshops, one from Child Health programme Unit of Dept of Health jointly with the Family Nursing Partnership programme; and National Association of Family Information Services, who gave presentations on the theme: ‘Are We Equal? in accessing to Health, Social Services and Children’s Education’, of which many Deaf Parents experienced numerous of barriers.
The theme of the conference on ‘Are We Equal?’ have touched the core issues in many Deaf parents and bringing them from across UK aswell as USA. As we all know, the support for all Deaf Parents are vital for Deaf Parenting UK so all Deaf parents and parents to be know that they are not alone in their experiences/ difficulty in accessing to information about their rights and parenting services.
Although, 90% of Deaf parents are likely to have hearing children, accessing to health services, social services and their child’s education (especially in the mainstream) are proving to be the major battles for many parents especially:
- Health – accessing to health services for Deaf parents’ own health aswell as their children’s health. This ranges from maternity care, children’s health and women / men’s health.
- Social Services – accessing to social services for family support to prevent family breakdown aswell as accessing to personalisation. This ranges from Early Years support, children & families services and Adult services
- Education – accessing to nurseries, primary and secondary school.
During the conference and workshop, delegates were given an insight on the following three key areas that affect Deaf parents the most:
- Educating professionals about the needs of Deaf parents across Health, Social Services and Children’s Education;
- Access to Health, Social Services and children’s education is vital for many Deaf parents but are Deaf parents equal?
- Deaf parents to be informed about their rights and entitlements.
In Anne Bristow’s presentation on access to social services for Deaf parents including personalisation, she explained and challenged how Deaf parents can access to personal budget to gain independent and control of their daily lives. Eg, Deaf parents could use Personal budget to purchase parenting support/ workshops and even set up parent support group to gain confidence in their parenting skills and peer support that they needs. Other suggestion is perhaps to buy interpreter support for parents evening if the traditional route prove to be too time-consuming for many Deaf parents arguing with nursery/schools on who should pay for interpreters.
In Professor Alys Young’s presentation, she highlighted the lack of social services support for Deaf adults and children especially if there is no specialist Sensory/ Deaf services team in place. Her research also shows that more than half of local authorities in UK do recognise children of Deaf parents are ‘children in needs’ and support them accordingly however some other local authorities have certain criteria eg if children of Deaf parents are seen as ‘young carers’ or depend on their family situation before they can be classified as ‘children in needs’. The conference calls for all children of Deaf parents to be seen as ‘children in need’, therefore should be supported with appropriate resources to meet the children and Deaf parents’ needs.
Feedback from Deaf parents and professionals have found the conference useful and such eye-opener on the presenting issues and gave them the motivation and drive to do something about it especially the gaps in their local area.
Sabina Iqbal, Chair/Founder of Deaf Parenting UK: “The conference is an excellent opportunity for Deaf parents to share their concerns regarding accessing to Health, Social Services and their children’s education.
Human Right Act emphasised that every parent have the right to enjoy family life. Furthermore, Government’s policies: Every Parents Matter and PEAL confirmed that every parent have the right to be involved in decision making of their children’s educational future but how can they if they are unable to access to information and choices? Furthermore with the Government’s Personalisation Agenda, enabling deaf/ disabled people (including those who are parents) to have more independent and control on their lives but how can they have control if they don’t have access to information/ resources to make it happen?
Despite the Disability Equality Duty & Disability Discrimination Act already in place which also covers Health, Social Services and Education, very little has been done to address the issues that Deaf parents face. For example, inconsistency of policies regarding who pays for BSL interpreters in accessing to health eg GP, family support eg Sure Start centre/ social services and parent’s evening. Lack of Deaf awareness, attitudes and lack of information/ access to those three key services needs to be tackled to enable Deaf parents to participate in their daily lives without barrier, which many other hearing people take for granted”
Professor Waqar Ahmad Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research & Enterprise, Middlesex University & Deaf Parenting UK Ambassador: ‘I was honoured to have the opportunity to chair this excellent conference. Sabina and Asif are an inspiration to us all. Their energy, drive and determination has enabled Deaf Parenting UK to achieve so much with so little resource and in such a short space of time. They and other Deaf parents at the conference demonstrates that Deaf parents, like all other parents, are committed to bringing up their Deaf and hearing children to the best of their ability and resources. It is important for health, education and social services to work with Deaf parents as partners in the design and delivery of outstanding services.’
Anne Bristow, the Joint-Chair of the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services Physical Disabilities Network/ HIV/ and Sensory Network: “This was a vibrant event where deaf parents shared their experience and challenged all professionals to design the services that will give them equal access. They deserve our support”.
Dr Lesley Jones, Senior Lecturer in Social Science, Hull York Medical School, University of York & Deaf Parenting UK Ambassador: “It was an excellent day of lively, informed exchange between parents, policy makers and practitioners. Both deaf and hearing views were represented in a conference which truly felt to be a move towards constructive change for the better. It was an honour to be part of it and we look forward to seeing the impact of the networking and work done on that day in the future provision of services.”
Chris Kubwimana, Social Worker, SPD Team, Wandsworth Council:” I really enjoy the Deaf Parenting UK conference. I thought the conference was a successful and informative. There were key relevant to my current work and my colleague’s. But I also think the information would be very useful for our other colleagues from Children and family department. Congratulations for being such a high figure and for playing a good model to Deaf Community. I am sure many Deaf people include myself can look at your example and be confident enough to say I can do this or I can be this person.”
Debra Dalton, Deaf Parent:” Very informative and the speakers gave me a lot of thought about children services who are totally unaware of deaf issues!”
Sannah Gulamani, ViewTalk Deaf Reporter: “We were honoured to attend the Annual Deaf Parenting Conference this year and capture the events of the day. We spoke to several people; key speakers, deaf parents, organisations on issues discussed in the course of the day, providing a fascinating insight to a great conference.”
Clarissa Williams, Former Head teacher and President of National Association of Head teachers (NAHT) & Deaf Parenting UK Ambassador: ““The latest DPUK conference brought together an impressive line -up of speakers with important up to date information to share on the position of deaf parents in today’s world. However there is still much to be done to fight ignorance and prejudice in some sections of society. Too many deaf parents describe feeling isolated and frustrated in dealing with day to day situations. DPUK has done a great deal to bring this sense of isolation into the open and together we must continue to maintain a strong public voice in bringing about whole scale entitlement for all deaf parents to have equal access and rights. Indeed, I am very proud to be associated with DPUK. “
To see the full video/ photos of the conference, please visit our Conference 2010 page
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