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2024 Recap and Achievements

What an incredible year it’s been for Nottinghamshire Deaf Society!

We’ve had the privilege of making a difference in our deaf community, achieving new milestones, and growing together. Here are our 2024 recap and achievements:

  • Three members of our interpreting team became qualified. Well done Crystal, Franny, and Chloe!
  • We launched the Deaf Connections project with Nottinghamshire County Council and set up 8 monthly coffee mornings. We also recently created a new craft club.
  • We received 3 years of funding to set up free BSL courses for parents and carers of deaf children in February 2025.
  • We partnered with Nottingham Central Library to provide BSL interpreters, making their Totstime & Storytime sessions accessible for deaf parents and children.
  • We sold our building to Portland College, but we are fortunate to continue using our main office and halls for our courses and groups.
  • We taught many deaf awareness courses to organisations and schools. We also taught BSL Levels 1-3 and lipreading courses.
  • We were shortlisted for the Integrated Care System’s Partnership Award with the Nottinghamshire County Council ADVIS team and Nottinghamshire Health Trust, for our work on improving health and care for the deaf residents in Nottinghamshire.
  • We provided 6,530 hours of interpreting support for the Deaf community, in addition to providing interpreters for SignVideo.
  • Our new Community Development Officer, Edele, Administrator, Rachel, and Marketing & Social Media Worker, Katrina joined the team.

We’re even more excited for 2025 and the impact we will continue to make, including:

  • Brand new BSL Level 6 course starting in January
  • Lipreading course starting in January
  • Free BSL Level 1 and 2 courses for parents of deaf children starting in February
  • BSL Level 1 course starting in February
  • Organising the next BSL Level 2 and 3 courses

Stay tuned with more news to come!

As we look back on an incredible year of achievements, we’re excited for the opportunities & challenges that 2025 will bring. Thank you to everyone who has supported us – let’s continue to make a difference together in 2025!