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Written by CB Team
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Tuesday, 29 August 2006 |
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An initiative to raise awareness of the issues faced by deaf people means local people can gain a nationally recognised qualification. Orpington College, Hands On Access and RNID have joined forces to provide free training across six South London Boroughs leading to the British Sign Language Level One Course.
Under the Disability Discrimination Act anyone who comes into contact with deaf and hard of hearing people as a main part of their job needs to be able to communicate easily with them, including receptionists and shop assistants, as well as supervisors and managers.
According to the blur there are 9 million deaf and hard of hearing people in the UK and this training should hopefuly raise awareness of the issues they face in their daily lives. Held at venues in the Boroughs of Bromley, Croydon, Kingston, Merton, Richmond and Sutton this training is available to employees of small-to-medium sized organisations in these Boroughs.
These one-day courses are being run until December 2007 with Hands on Access delivering the training across Kingston, Merton and Richmond, Orpington College in Bromley and RNID in Croydon and Sutton.
For further information on the training course and the venues it will be held at, please visit the website at http://www.esfsignon.org.uk.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 10 April 2007 )
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