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    England Deaf Rugby Team coming to Cambridge on Sunday

      England’s Deaf men’s squad will take part in a festival of rugby in the centre of Cambridge on Sunday 12th July 2015. (From the England Deaf Rugby Website) Parkers Piece is a famous section of land in the centre of Cambridge and is hosting a weekend long festival of music, sport and various cultural

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  • BSL appointments at Citizens Advice Bureau in Peterborough available

    https://www.facebook.com/CambridgeshireDeaf/videos/844741628908220/ Are you a British Sign Language user? Do you need advice on benefits, debt, education, family, health, housing or immigration? Book an appointment with Citizens’ Advice Bureau with a free BSL interpreter for appointments on Tuesday 14th July from 1pm to 4pm. You must pre-book. To book an appointment, get in contact directly with

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  • Cambridge City Council Needs Assessment Survey

    Do you live in the Cambridge City area and have a disability? Cambridge City Council is carrying out a Disability Needs Assessment – a survey to find out about who lives in the city and what their needs are. It asks local people their views on what they think about living in the City. This

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  • This month's local NHS magazine features CDA's Andy Palmer

    This month’s CCG News from the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group, which controls health spending across the county, has an interview with CDA Managing Director Andy Palmer who talks about the additional challenges for deaf patients in healthcare and how the the two organisations can work together to improve the situation locally. The article comes hot on

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  • BSL Volunteer Information Officer sought for CAB in Peterborough

    Peterborough Citizens Advice Bureau are advertising for a Volunteer Information Officer and would welcome applications from members of the BSL community for the role. CAB in Peterborough have been working with CDA to provide free confidential interpreted advice at our drop-ins and now that service is to be provided at CAB offices in Peterborough which

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  • Big thanks to UK Members of Head-Fi who donate £1300 to CDA.

    UK members of audio enthusiasts forum Head-Fi have donated money the Cambridgeshire Deaf Association for the second time. A spokesperson for the group said: “On Saturday 25th April 2015 a group of audio enthusiasts held their annual meeting in Bar Hill Village Hall. “We are members of an online forum (www.head-fi.org) that concentrates on personal

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  • March Deaf Club's 2015-16 programme of events is available now!

    March and District Deaf Club’s activities for 2015-16 are online now! See them below. For more information on March Deaf Club, see their page here: http://cambsdeaf.org/services/cambridgeshire-deaf-clubs/march-deaf-club/ [scribd id=269664988 key=key-ipOIKblFypAYMlUHnLcl mode=scroll]

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  • BBC star comes to Cambridge for deaf tennis and more pics!

    BBC Breakfasts’ Mike Bushell was in Cambridge today interviewing players from the Great Britain Deaf Tennis team who are preparing for next month’s world championship. Here he’s talking to Beth Simmons about the sport and the interview should be aired this or next week. UK Deaf Sport arranged the event in conjunction with the Tennis

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  • Summer edition of Cambridgeshire Deaf News out now

    Here’s the latest edition of the Cambridgeshire Deaf New with Terri-Ann Walker and her beautiful dog Billy on the cover plus lots of information inside. It will be emailed to all our subscribers and sent in the post too. If you would like a copy posted to you, please get in touch.  Check out our

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