Rose Ayling-Ellis is an outstanding advocate for #bsl and #SignsforChange was brilliantly put together. My own PhD study supports one of the key points that deaf children benefit from learning sign language as a way into mastering communication and speech…https://t.co/EQLFq98MbK
Small charities hate talking about money. The mere mention of it in relation to staff training or organisation development can bring us out in a hot rash of discomfort and unease.
It's as if the very notion of spending money other than on a frontline ser…https://t.co/TK6jb3esF0
If you think this is something that only
matters to the #deafcommunity, you couldn’t be more wrong.
I speak as someone who became a bit deaf as a small child through illness and then have grown more deaf through my adult life. Most of the time I get by…https://t.co/X4neMq0Q2W
We're coming to the end of National Volunteers' Week and it's a moment to celebrate the extraordinary contribution all volunteers make to our charities and society at large.
I've been a volunteer in one role or another most of my life, so I can speak f…https://t.co/fLG5sKL9yE
Even a happy work warrior like me relishes the occasional day off.
Yet even at last week's wonderful Chelsea Flower Show, the charity sector is not far from my mind.
And it struck me as I wandered around, just how many exhibitors were promoting their…https://t.co/ofjRYZDGVX
My sympathy goes out to every organisation in the UK which has been affected by flood damage recently. I know what it feels like, because I've been there. Having a good business continuity plan prevented a bad situation becoming a disaster. https://t.co/XupfxtwMmC