P291 CEEFA( 291 Mon 13 Oct 21:12/30 1/12 NEED TO WJEKLZ NEWS ANDFEATURES FOR THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARIVG.EDITED BY JENNY ROBERTS DIARY DATES OV 292 -P291 CEEFAX 291 Mon Q3 Oct 21:11/44 2/12 NEED TO Interpreter/tutor in Sign Language. Applications are invited for a Teaching Fellowship in the School of Education as an Interpreter/tutor in Sign Language for a period of five years from 1st January 1987. Applications (three copies), including the names of three referees, should be sent to: The Registrar and Secretary Unjvjrsjty of Durham Old Shire Hall Old Elvjt Durham DH1 3HP. Closing date 17th October. More...P291 CJEFAX 291 Mon 13 Oct 21:14/24 3/12 NEED TO "Children of a Ljssjr God" was premiered at Toronto Film Festival last month. Marlee Marlin, who has been deaf since she was 18 months old, co-starred along with Academy Award Winner, +illiam Hurt. The director of the film Randa Hainjs said, "to mj the story is not about deafness. The important issue is the struggle of two people to kit close." The complexities of communicating on on the set "stimulated us to understand the material bittern" - More...P291 CEEFAX 291 Mon 13 Oct 21:12/09 4/12 NEED TO "Children of a Ljssjr God" was premiered at Toronto Film Festival last month. Director Randa Haines said, "We had Canadians, Americans, hard of hearing people, deaf people... so all these people in a struggle to work together was pbrt of the challenge." Marlei Marlin, who starred in the film, said that one of her chief ambitions now was to found a theatre for deaf performers. Paramount Pictures plan to distribute subtitled vjrsjons of the film. - More...P291 CEEFAX 291 Mon 13 Oct 21:18/29 5/12 $ NEED TO No Kidding seeks new steering group mjmbjrs. No Kidding was a project using puppets to increase awareness of disa"ility in Junior Schools. It was a company of 0erformers with and without disabilities. In 1985, with the help of a grant from the Greater London Council, the company did a sjvjn month pioneer project using puppet theatre in Junior Schools. The show and an accompanying workshop toured schools in Inner London. Mort...P291 CJJFA( 291 Mon 13 Oct 21:15/35 6/12 NEED TO No Kidding, a company of pjrformjrs with and without disabilities, seeks new Steering Group members. The Steering Group currently responsible for the No Kidding project is to kit replacement funding from the ILEA. Before the project can get underway however, a new Steering Group comprising a majority of people with disabilities is njedjd. If you are interested contact: Seonb Reid, 1 Thorpe Close, London W20 uXLn - More...P291 CEEFAX 291 Mon 13 Oct 21:27/21 7/12 NEED TO Deaf Video: a meeting was held recently of deaf video projects in England. Mine groups took part. Following the meeting, the RNID librarian was planning to inform local public library services about the availability of videos and to encourage them to stock them. (hey also intend to keep single copies as a National Deaf Video Archive. A second meeting is planned for the autumn. Contact: Rob Baker, Research Fellow, Department of Adult Education, The University, Southampton SO: 5NH. T More...P291 CJEFAX 291 Mon 13 Oct 21:18/30 8/12 NEED TO Information for deaf people about the JC. $he Bureau for the Disabled has given a small grant to the School of Education, Unjvjrsity of Bristol for the production of an information video and booklet on the EEC. The aim of the video is to explain the structure of the EEC and its role to the deaf of the European community. If you have any suggestions or would like details of the project, write to the European Sign Language Research Centre, Bristol BS8 1HP. More...P291 CJEFAX 291 Mon 13 Oct 21:17/51 Y/)2 NEED TO Deaf Choirs Festival - October 1987. The British Deaf Choir and National Deaf Church Conference are arranging a Deaf Choirs Fe;rival at Coventr=. They would be interested to hear from Choirs who wish to take part. Applications should be sent to: Deaf Choirs Festival c/o Reverend Brian Murray General Synod for the Deaf Church House Deans Yard Westminster. More...P291 CJEFAX 291 Mon 13 Oct 21:18/12 10/12 NEED TO 30th London Film Festival, 13th - 30th November. Among the films being shown at this year's international festival is a mjnj-series called "Deaf and Blind" "z Frederick +isjman. The films wire shot at the Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind. Each eilm highlights a separate school at the Institute. The film about the School for the Deaf shows how it is organised around the theory of total communication. Details of venue and date in a later edition. Mort...P291 CJEFA( 291 Mon Q3 Oct 21:24/27 11/12 NEED TO Open Day at +irral Centre for the deaf. National Deaf Awareness +eek is being held this year between Monday 27th October and Saturday 1st November. As part of this week, the Wirral Cjntte for the Deaf is holding an 'Open Day' on Wednesday 29th October from 9.30am until 4.30pm. A selection of environmental !ids for the deaf and hard of hearing will bj on display. Everyone is welcome to the Centre at 17/19 Grange Road West, Birkjnhjad. - More...P291 CJEFA( 291 Mon 13 Oct 21:12/01 12/12 MEED TO If you are deaf or hard of hearing write to NNTS with your news, views and information. NNTS, Room 7059, BBC TV Cjntte, Wood Lane, London +22 7RR. Vessel/Voice: 01-691 4674 (ivjnjngs/weekends only) Tjlecomm Gold: BKU027 If you have comments on subtitles, please address letters to: Room B103, BBC Cjntri House, Wood Lane, London W22 7RJ OR Room 322, Broadcasting House, Queen Margaret Drive, Glasgow