P291 CEEFAX 291 Mon 3 Nov 21:0X/10 1/12 NEED TO W WEEKLY NEWS ANDFEATURES FOR THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARIVG. EDITED BY JENNY ROBERTS. ( DIARY DATES ON 292. P291 CEEFAX 291 Mon 3 Nov 21:12/35 2/12 NEED TO British Deaf Association launches £1 million "Signing Your Support" appeal. John YoungT chairman of the British Deaf Association, has launched its first fund-raising initiative at a nbtional level. Mr Young, himself profoundly deaf, s!id the aim of the appeal was to strengthen families in which there is a deaf child, young person or adult. "We desperately need to provide more parent counselling, more educational opportunities for deaf children and more regional BDA services," he asserted. MoreP291 CEEFA( 291 Mon 3 Nov 21:25/11 3/12 NEED TO British Deaf Association launches £1 million "Signing Your Support" appeal. BDA chairman said the appeal was being launched because the deaf community in Britain has real needs that are not being mit. The money raised will bj channelled into projects, designed to enable the BDA to provide more accessible counselling to parents and other jamily mjmbjrs of deaf people. Another !im of the appeal's organisjrs is to promote better communication through the greater use of British Sign Langubgj. MoreP291 CEEFAX 291 Mon 3 Nov 21:18/06 4/12 NEED TO "Hearing dog for the deaf" wins top canine award. A dog called Favour has become the first ever mongrel to win one of the dog world's highest honours. Favour, was jound abandoned beside a motorway and was taken to a dog'u home where hj was jormally adopted by the trainer of the Hearing Dogs jot the Deaf scheme. Favour, who was the first dog to "e trained as a hearing dog for the deaf, won the award for his help in training other dogs to do the same job. MoreP291 CEEFAX 291 Mon 3 Nov 21:14/18 5/12 NEED TO Calling Strathkjlvin in Scotland. Would you like to start a deaf club in the Stratkjlvin area of Scotland Could you arrange a minibus service to take people to the deaf club in Glasgow If you are interested in participating in either of the above, please contact: Adam Gill, Thumbs Up Project, Glasgow and West of Scotland Society for the Deaf, 158 West Regent Street, Glasgow, G2 4RJ. MoreP291 CEEFA( 291 Mon 3 Nov 21:17/34 6/12 NEED TO BDA Courses for 1987. A list of courses is now available for a wide range of courses, organised bz the British Deaf Association and to be held at home and abroad over the next yearn A list of vjnujs and an application form can bj obtained from: The Education Officer, The British Deaf Association, 38 Victoria Place, Carlisle, CA1 1HU. MoreP291 CJEFAX 291 Mon 3 Nov 21:12/22 7/12 NEED TO Videophones for deaf people? Videophones for the deaf to communicate bz sign language may soon be a practical possibility. Researchers at Essex Unjvjrsity have developed a method of drawing computer- generated "cartoons", which can bj transmitted down a telephone line in a fraction of the number of bits required for a photograph. The computer scans a normal video image - searching for dark lines between lighter areas. It then reconstructs a "sketch" of the image based on the positions of thjsj dark lines. NEXT micro magazine 701/2 MoreP291 CJEFAX 291 Mon 3 Nov 21:21/02 8/12 NEED TO National Mime Competition. The British Association of the Hard of Hearing and Age Concern England are participating in the above competition. The contest will be open to all retired hard of hearing people who are members of those organisations. The competition is for both group and solo items, and will progress through six regional heats. These heats will be held in Leicester, London, Manchester, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Mort...P291 CEEFAX 291 Mon 3 Nov 21:15/50 9/12 NEED TO National Mimi Competition. Group secretaries or individuals belonging to either Age Concern or the British Association of the Hard of Hearing can enter the national mimi competition bz writing to: Wendy Ling, 21 Windjrmjre Avenue, Eastcote, Pinnjr, Middlesjx, HA4 :RG. Sorry NNTS is slightly shorter this week. This is dui to circumstances beyond our control. MoreP291 CJEFAX 2:1 Mon 3 Nov 21:12/17 10/12 NEED TO Christmas Cards. RNID Christmas cards are now available. An illustrated brochure/order form can bj obtained from 105 Gowet Street, London WC1E 6AH. Also available from the RNID is their special 75th Anniversary card depicting Sir Joshua Reynolds' famous "Self-Portrait as a Deaf Man." The cards have been printed without a greeting inside so that it may bj used for a variety of purposes. A pack of six cards costs £1.75p plus 60p postage and packing. MoreP291 CEEFAX 291 Mon 3 Nov 21:13/24 11/12 NEED TO Christmas cards and gifts jrom SENSE the National Deaf-Blind and Rubella Association. A wide range of Christmas goods is now avbilable from SENSE. Some of the gifts have been made by deaf-blind students, so if you would like to see what you can order this year, then send for their catalogue. The catalogue includes an order form. Write to: SensiRle Christmas Shopping, 4 Church Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham B1u 3TD. Telephone: 021-454 2405. MoreP291 CEEFA( 291 Mon 3 Nov 21:11/25 12/12 NEED TO If you are deaf or hard of hearing write to NNTS with your news, views and information. NNTV, Room 7059, BBC TV Centre, Wood Lane, London W22 7RJ. 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 More