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    Come along to the Deaf Harvest Festival Service!

    It’s Cambridgeshire Deaf Church’s Harvest Festival Service on Sunday 18th October at 1pm. Cambridgeshire Deaf Church will be donating food to Jimmy’s Night Shelter which is a local charity that supports homeless people. Please bring along dried or canned food if you’d like to give too. https://www.facebook.com/CambridgeshireDeaf/videos/880430458672670/ The service will take place in our newly

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  • Pictures from our AGM with Charlie Swinbourne

    Here’s the pick of the pictures from our AGM on Saturday when Charlie Swinbourne came to talk about his career in making films. Apart from the normal AGM business, we also elected a new trustee in Steve Curry and held a workshop looking at the future of CDA and what we should be doing until

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  • YUM! Smashing Bangers and Mash at March Deaf Club

    Members of March and District Deaf Club were treated to a s’mashing time last week with a tremendous bangers and mash banquet! Over 30 people attended to sample some delicious local sausages and finest Fenland mashed potato served up by volunteers Ed Palmer and Emma Kightly. Godfrey Palmer, Honorary Secretary of the March and District

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  • New Deaf Skywatching Club

    A new astronomy club called the Fenland Deaf Astronomy Club has been formed especially for deaf people. Check out all their information here: http://cambsdeaf.org/services/fenland-deaf-skywatching-club/

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  • Peterborough Running coaching with BSL for deaf people

    Would you like to run? It’s a great way to keep fit and spend time with friends. Now you can go along to Peterborough Athletics Track and get started with coaching and BSL communication support. It’s great preparation if you are going to run the Great Eastern Run but anyone can attend. There are only

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  • Memories in the Community

    https://www.facebook.com/CambridgeshireDeaf/videos/vb.175773959138327/858931264155923 There’s a new project called ‘Memories in the Community’ It’s a project involving Cambridgeshire County Council and the Cambridgeshire Deaf Association. The project aims to collect the memories of people over 50 years old who live in Cambridgeshire. The museums of Cambridgeshire will then put together a memory box. A box with historical items

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  • Join in! Sign Language Live coming to Peterborough!

    Are you fascinated by sign language? Wondered about leaning but not sure if its for you? Why not join us for Sign Language Live and see what it’s all about. Join Gem Dixon as she goes through some of the basics of sign language in an easy to learn and no pressure environment so you

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  • Huntingdon Deaf Drop-in at Starbucks in September

      The Huntingdon Deaf Lunchtime Drop-in is moving to Starbucks in the town centre in September to see if the new venue is popular among local deaf people. The group currently meet in a first floor meeting room in the local library but things can get a little congested in there occasionally so one CDA

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  • Full transcript of NHS Deaf Health Forum in Peterborough

    Here’s a full transcript of the CDA Peterborough Deaf Health Forum held last month. The feedback to NHS begins on page 8 and before that there is a comprehensive overview of the problems facing the NHS locally and an introduction from our Managing Director Andy Palmer. Here’s what some people at the forum had to

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