CDA News

All the news from the Cambridgeshire Deaf Association

Winter 2014

Can you help

with our building
work?
We need your support to help pay for the refurbishment of
CDA. Can you help with a donation?
so we have a building that
Cambridgeshires deaf
community can be proud. We
will be able to use the building
for more events for deaf people
and rent it out to other groups to
make more money for CDA to
spend on services for deaf
people.

Work has begun on our building

in Cambridge to bring it up to a
good standard. The work needs
to be done as there is damp
around the building, the floor
was dangerous and toilets in a

poor condition. The wheelchair

lift was also unusable by some
of the larger wheelchairs and
the front door inaccessible to
wheelchairs.
Now all that is being corrected

Please see the donation form at

the back and send anything you
can. Gifts small or large, it
doesn't matter. Everything
helps.
Donate online
www.cambsdeaf.org

Big Thank you to Jamie Billam

Jamie Billam, Community
Manager, is leaving CDA after 15
years of service. Jamie will
continue to teach sign language
and deaf awareness in
Cambridgeshire.
Here are some pictures from his
leaving celebration at
Peterborough Drop in on
Wednesday 5th November.

Thank you and good

luck to Jamie from
everyone at CDA

We will miss you Jamie!

It is with sadness that we have
said goodbye to Jamie. He has
looked after CDA for 15 years and
deserves his retirement.
I want to take this opportunity to
say a big thank you from all of the
trustees for all of his hard work
over the years. We will miss you
Jamie.
As many of you know Andy
Palmer has been covering his role
and he will be continuing to cover
until we have finished recruiting a
permanent replacement.

He will also be at Cambridge

Drop in on 19th to wish
everyone well after the
presentation by Sign Health. At
2:30pm

By Dr Janie Prince,

CDA Chairperson
will need to fundraise for it. We
have already started to raise
money for the refurbishment and
there are more details about how
you can help in the newsletter.
I am delighted with our new
website and soon we will have
little videos introducing the
trustees to the community.

If you have any ideas about what

for the future. As soon as we have you would like to see on it then
a new case worker we will let
let us know. I am looking forward
everyone know on our Facebook to the new CDA Carol service this
page.
year and hopefully I will see you
there.
We have also said goodbye to
All of the building work is very
Helen Money so again I would like exciting and CDA is looking as
There are a lot of changes
to say thank you for her hard
good as new. We are delighted
happening but it will make us
work and we wish her all the best that it is looking so good but we stronger in the future.

News from around Cambridgeshire

He was a German prisoner of
war & its all to their credit that
despite language problems they
clicked. They were married on
4th September 1948 and had a
long & happy marriage of 45
years until Gus died in 1993.

Hilda Boehm passes

away
It is with much sadness that we
give the details of our friend,
Hilda Boehms, funeral. Hilda
Boehm (Nee Hotson) was a much
loved
member
of
the
community. She passed away on
2nd September 2014. The service
was at the Fenland Crematorium
in March on 25th September.
(Interpreted by Jan Smith.)
deaf & 1 hearing. Her elder sister
died long time ago. She went to
the East Anglian School for the
deaf at Gorleston-on-Sea. Her
first job was a domestic worker
th
She was born on 6 January where she met Gustav (Gus)
1922 at Wisbech. Her Father died (literally over the garden fence).
shortly after she was born. She
was the youngest of 5 sisters, 4
Afterwards we went to the
Gallery House restaurant in
Wisbech. About 24 deaf people
came to support Hildas family.

Johns History Visit

BDA Heritage Officer, John Hay,
came to Cambridge Deaf Club
on Saturday 18th October to see
if we could help him identify
some of the faces in the BDA
film archive.
BDA are working on a project to
identify the hundreds of people
on the old film footage from the
archive and John said the visit to
Cambridge was worthwhile as
some new people were identified. It is all part of a lottery
funded scheme to preserve and
understand deaf history.

Some people may already know

John Hay from his time presenting BBCs See Hear.
See the calendar for Johns other
visits to Cambridgeshire.

They had a daughter Mary & a

son in law Brian. The family grew
to include three grandchildren
and one great grandchild. She
was proud of her family which
included a lot of nieces &
nephews two of which were
Peter Chapman and Kathleen
Gilbert (Nee Arnold)
Before they died she spent a lot
of time with her 2 sisters. They
went on holiday, visited deaf
clubs and shopped together.
Her brother in law Arthur
Cracknell has been a great
companion. She moved to a flat

Christmas Carol
Service at Hope
Hall
There will be a BSL Carol Service
at CDA on Sunday 7th December.
Jan Smith, the Deaf Church coordinator for Cambridgeshire
will be leading the event which
begins at 4pm.
There will be soup, mulled wine
and mince pies to add to the
Christmassy feeling!

News from around Cambridgeshire

Hundreds attend
Debbie Powell
Funeral
Deaf people from across
Peterborough and
Cambridgeshire attended the
funeral of Debbie Powell who
died from cancer at home on
October 1st.
Debbie was a volunteer and a
great friend for CDA and
established the popular coffee
mornings in Peterborough. She
met many people through her
work as a sign language teacher
and kept many friends.
The church was full with around
200 mourners. Gifts in Debbies
memory can be made to the
Peterborough and District Deaf
Childrens Society or Guide Dogs
via the Funeral Directors office.
Our thoughts are with Debbies
family and friends. We will miss
her.
Smiths Funeral Directors
Church View House
75 High Street
Fletton
Peteborough
PE2 8DT
Debbie will be sorely missed by
all staff, members and volunteers
of CDA. Our thoughts are with
her family.

Christmas Buffet Games & Raffle at

March & District Deaf Club
Friday 5th December 2014 at St Peters Church Hall High Street
March PE15 9JR
Doors open at 7pm for 7.30pm.
Price 2.50 for members and 3.50 for non-members.

New Services
from CDA
We are pleased to announce
the new name for our sign
language teaching CDA Sign
Language Academy. We will be
using this brand to encourage
people to sign up to our
courses in Peterborough and
Huntingdon.

We have three teachers

currently signed up. Charlene
Spires will be delivering Level 1
in Peterborough (welcome to
the team) Jamie Billam will be

March Deaf Club

Talk about World
War I
On Friday September 5th 2014 we
had a talk about the 1st World
War. The speaker was Pat Case
who is a member of the British
Legion Club.
She brought some books
containing names & photos of
local people who went to war.
She gave a fantastic talk. Some of

delivering Level 1 in Cambridge

and Sarah Clarke will be doing
level 2 in Cambridge. Yvonne
Brookes will also join if enough
people want to learn in
Cambridge.
We will also be launching an
interpreting agency service
called CDA Connect offering
interpreting services at low cost
See out website
www.cambsdeaf.org for more
information.

our members brought family

photos of this time. Thanks to
Anna Baker for interpreting. I
wish I had taken my camera with
me.

News from around Cambridgeshire

Elaines Visit to
Wine-making
France
I went to visit Civray with a group
of people from Downham
Market this summer. Civray is
the twin town with Downham
Market. I stayed with a nice lady
known as Ginette as I spent one
week at her house two years ago
and same again this year.
One of the French hosts is JeanMarie Guillot whose parents
were deaf so we were able to
communicate in sign language,
most of it is similar and we were
able to have long conversations
in BSL and French sign language.

interpreting for me on all the

trips.

We went to St. Emilion in the

Bordeaux area, where we visited
the vineyards, he did the

You can see from the

photo Jean-Marie is holding the
booklet 'Sign Here', inside I
wrote words in French
alongside all the BSL signs.

Peterborough
Drop In News

Afterward we had a delicious

dinner at Beijing Palace.

The summer of July we were

interesting outing in Spalding
with David kettle showed us
around his history Ayscoughfee
Garden Q Victoria Silver Jubilee.

Thank you David Kettle with

your time and kind to direct us.
August was UK Deaf Sport Lee
and Rebecca from Living Sport
came and sharing our thoughts
on sports.

It was a good trip and I would

like to thank all the Civraisiens
for being so welcoming, friendly
and hospitable.

By Elaine Heath
We enjoyed the discussion and
we are looking forward The Deaf
Sport in Peterborough in the
future.
September was quiet with most
of the families were too busy
with their children back to school
and some of them to learn new
course to gain their skill.

You can contact CDA by

email if you want
support
office@cambsdeaf.org

News from around Cambridgeshire

Peterborough
Deaf Club get
knitting
In August Peterborough Deaf
Club met at Ferry Meadows for
their annual
BBQ. The question of 'how many
men does it take to start a BBQ'
is answered in the photos.
Knitting in September was good.
Thank you to David and Rita for
all of their help showing everyone how to knit. We especially
loved the fancy headgear that
they had made themselves to
show everyone.

Janet and Simons

New Baby
Congratulations to Simon and
Janet on the birth of their
daughter Eva Lily Richardson.
Everyone loved seeing her at
Deaf Club when they visited
recently. Isnt she adorable?

New CDA
Program assist
deaf people
with cochlear
implants
CDA have launched a program
to assist cochlear implant users
practice their speech.
Cochlear implant users need the
chance to practice their speech
but sometimes this isnt
possible to do at home.
CDA have recruited and trained
a volunteer to provide speech
training support to Simon
Richardson from Peterborough
via Skype a few times a week.
The sessions only last about 15

minutes and can be done from

home for the volunteer and for
the deaf person.
So far things are going well with
Simon reporting he is more
confident and the volunteer
learning some new sign language
from Simon.
If all goes well, we will be
expanding the programme next
year and looking for more
volunteers and more deaf people
with cochlear implants who
would like more speech practice.

As the project is being done by

Skype it is possible to provide
support to people anywhere in
the UK.

Have you got an idea for

CDA? Email
office@cambsdeaf.org

News from around Cambridgeshire

CDA BSL Courses enrolling now

A Warm Welcome
from SignPost
Nigel Frisby from SignPost says
that all deaf people are welcome
to come along to their services.

Tell your friends! People can learn BSL with the CDA Sign
Language Academy from January. We will be running Level 1
and 2 in Cambridge and a new BSL Level 1 course in

Doors open at 5:30om and there

are games, socialising, demonstrations and talks. Afterwards
there is also time to share Gods
work from the Bible.

Peterborough.
If people are interested, please ask them to contact
office@cambsdeaf.org or visit our website
www.cambsdeaf.org

Lauren is fundraising for CDA

Lauren Mansfield , who is deaf ,
is going to do a fun run with her
daughter to raise money for
CDA to put to wards our new
building work.
Lauren has been supported by
CDAs Ruth Godden and wanted

to show how much she

appreciated our work.
You can sponsor her online via
the giving website:
https://localgiving.com/
fundraising/
harveyandrubysfunrun

More details about latest events,

news and Bible talks at Sign Post
can be found on Sign Post website: //sites.google.com/site/
signpostdeeping
We provide free DVDs of talks
interpreted at deaf services. If
you would like copies, please ask
using the Sign Post address above
or through Sign Post email:deeping_baptist@btinternet.com
Both meetings are Sign language
supported. Live typing and loop
system also included.

News from around Cambridgeshire

Sign Health are coming to Cambridge

Watch out for

to talk about deaf health report

criminals on

National charity SignHealth will be coming to Cambridge to talk

about health issues for deaf people and people who use sign
language. They are coming to talk about their report called Sick Of
It which looks into how the health of deaf people can suffer because
of access problems and take questions.

They will be at CDA on Wednesday 19th November from 11:30am

until 2:30pm. Afterwards, we will be having a farewell celebration for
outgoing Community Manager Jamie Billam.

Deaf football
sessions in
Cambridgeshire
There are now two places to go
and play football for deaf people
in Cambridgeshire.
Session run every Friday at 7pm
with Peterborough United at the
Nene Park Academy. The
sessions are run by PDDCS with
Peterborough United with Coach
Steve Long. There is an
interpreter present.

The Peterborough United Deaf

Team have their first game on
19th November at 7pm at their
new home ground at Northern
Star Football Club in Dogsthorpe,
Peterborough.
Eventually the team will enter
into national deaf competitions.
There are also deaf football

sessions at Cambridge Regional

College on Thursday evenings
from 6:15pm from 6th
November. These sessions are
being arranged with
Cambridgeshire FA and young
Cambridge based deaf
footballer Will Rolls.

Deaf Boxing

Facebook
CDA would like to warn deaf
people in Cambridgeshire about
criminals on Facebook
pretending to be deaf people.
There have been cases recently
of deaf people making friends
with people on Facebook who
have then asked for money.
In once case, the fake person
was pretending to work with
the BDA and eventually asked
for money to be sent.
It is important that users of
Facebook are careful about
people they make friends with
and do not actually know and
never arrange to send money.
Tips for safety online

Deaf-friendly boxing sessions

are now available in
Peterborough. The sessions are
on Wednesdays at Middleton
School and on Fridays at Jack
Hunt School in Peterborough.
The classes are run by ABA
official coaches Sam Stockwell
and James Chappell.

Always make sure that

you know the person
before becoming friends

Never send money to

people online.

Never send any personal

information like bank
details or your address

To find out more, please email

Teresa Quail
tquail@jackhunt.net or text
07920 160404.

Check to see if the person

has lots of friends already

If you are unsure, please

ask CDA staff

Diary Dates Pin me to the noticeboard!

November
th

Monday 10
Peterborough Coffee Morning
Tuesday 11th
Open Support Services, CDA
Thursday 13th
November Fenland Deaf Drop- In

Thursday 4th
Huntingdon Deaf Lunchtime
Group
Friday 5th
March & District Deaf Club
Christmas Buffet
Saturday 6th
CDA Christmas Party at
Cambridge

Wednesday 19th
Sunday 7th
November Cambridge Deaf
Signed Service, St James Church,
Lunchtime Group (With
SignHealth and Jamies leaving get Hemingford Grey, 11am
together)
BSL Carol Service at CDA in
th
Cambridge 4pm
Wednesday 19
Peterborough Deaf Drop in
Monday 8th
Peterborough United Deaf vs
Northern Star 7pm Kick Off. Mick Peterborough Coffee Morning
George Arena, Chestnut Avenue,
Tuesday 9th
Peterborough.
Open Support Services, CDA
Thursday 20th
Thursday 11th
Peterborough Skills Club
Fenland Deaf Drop- In
st
Friday 21
Saturday 13th
March & District Deaf Club
Peterborough Deaf Club
Christmas Meal
Christmas Party, Games & Bingo
th
Monday 24
Sunday 14th
Peterborough Coffee Morning
Signed Service, St Andrews
th
Church, Soham 10am
Tuesday 25
Ely Deaf Lunchtime Group
Tuesday 16th
Ely Deaf Lunchtime Group
Tuesday 25th
Open Support Services, CDA
Wednesday 17th
Cambridge Deaf Lunchtime Group
Saturday 29th
Sign Post Deeping. Craft Evening Peterborough Deaf Drop in
Peterborough Skills Club

December
Wednesday 3rd
Peterborough Deaf Drop in
Peterborough Skills Club

Saturday 20th
Cambridge Deaf Club
Monday 22nd
Peterborough Coffee Morning

Saturday 27th
Sign Post Deeping. Christmas
Fellowship with Free Food
Cambridge Hard of Hearing Club
Club Christmas Lunch venue TBC

January
Friday 2nd
March Deaf Clubchase the ace

Sunday 4th
Signed Service, St James Church,
Hemingford Grey, 11am
Thursday 8th
Fenland Deaf Drop In
Wednesday 14th
Peterborough Deaf Drop In
Saturday 17th
Cambridge Deaf Club

Saturday 10th
Peterborough Deaf Club, event
TBC
Sunday 11th
Signed Service, St Andrews
Church, Soham 10am
Sunday 25th
Signed Service, St Marys Church,
Godmanchester, 9:30am
Tuesday 27th
Cambridge Deaf Lunchtime Group
Wednesday 28th
Peterborough Deaf Drop In
Thursday 29th
Cambridge Hard of Hearing Club
Talk in CCTV Cameras in
Cambridge

Useful contact details are

on the reverse of this page

Useful Contacts and addresses

Addenbrookes audiology
Box: 94
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS
Foundation Trust
Hills Road,
Cambridge,
CB2 0QQ
Tel: 01223 217 797
Fax: 01223 586 912
Minicom: 01223 274 494
audiology@addenbrookes.nhs.uk
Cambridge Deaf Drop in
At CDA, monthly. Contact CDA for
more information.
Cambridge Deaf Club
Held at Cambridge Deaf Association.
8 Romsey Terrace. Third Saturday of
the month. Contact CDA for more
information.
Cambridgeshire Social Services for
D/deaf children and young people
Disabled Childrens Team Box SS1012
Babbage House Castle Park Castle Hill
Cambridge CB3 0AT
Telephone: 0345 045 5203 (General
enquiries) Fax: 01480 376748
Minicom: 01480 376743 Text: 07901
226 356
Email:
mary.godden@cambridgeshire.gov.u
k
Cambridgeshire Sensory Services
Disability Service
Amundsen House
Compass Point Business Park
Stocks Bridge Way
St Ives PE27 5JL
Phone: 0345 045 5221
Fax: 01480 498066
Send a text: 07765 898732
Minicom: 01480 376743
Email:
sensory.services@cambridgeshire.go
v.uk

CDA Connect (BSL Interpreter

Services)
Anna Baker 07895 072132
anna@cambsdeaf.org
CDA Sign Language Academy (BSL
Course and Deaf Awareness
Courses)
Charlene
Spires charlenes@cambsdeaf.org
Cambridgeshire Deaf Church
For any information about services or
advice concerning Weddings,
Funerals or Baptisms please contact
me, Jan Smith, on 07596 652077 or
cambsdeafchurch@gmail.com.

Cambridge Hard of Hearing Club

Meetings are held at the Meadows
Community Centre, 1 St. Catherines
Road, Cambridge CB4 3XJ.
Phone Pam on 235547 or text Chris
07876108963
Cambridgeshire Hearing Help
8a Romsey Terrace, Cambrudge
Tel / Text 01223 416141
MonFri 9am to 2pm
Deeping Signpost
Nigel Frisby Deeping Baptist Church,
42 Bridge Street, Deeping St James,
Peterborough, PE6 8HA.
deeping_baptist@btinternet.com
Ely Deaf Drop In
Elizabeth Presnell Cosson 07584
659044

Emmeline Implant Centre

Box: 163
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS
Foundation Trust
Hills Road,
Cambridge,
CB2 0QQ
CDA Support and Advocacy Services Tel/minicom: 01223 217 589
8 Romsey Terrace, Cambridge. Tel
Appointments line: 01223 348 973
01223 246237 Fax 01223
Fax: 01223 586 735
411701 office@cambsdeaf.org
07902 281668
Huntingdon Deaf and Hearing Club
& Huntingdon Deaf Drop in

Contact CDA for more information

March Deaf Club & March Drop In
Deaf Club
St Peters Church Hall, March,
Cambs. Meets first Friday each
month from 711pm. Contact
Godfrey Palmer by email
godfrey44@btopenworld.com or
Christine Pape 07902 282390
Peterborough Deaf Club
Kingfisher Centre, Bretton,
Peterborough. Meets second
Saturday each month. Dan McMillan
dan@controlthefuture.co.uk
Peterborough Deaf Drop In
2 weekly at City College
Peterborough, Ky Dai 07548 667944
Peterborough Deaf Skills Club
2 weekly at Quaker House. Charlene
Spires, charlenes@cambsdeaf.org
Peterborough Coffee Morning
Gemma Dixon 07889 386324
dixonclan5@yahoo.co.uk
Peterborough Social Services
2nd Floor, Town Hall
Bridge Street
Peterborough
PE1 1HF
General Referrals: (01733) 747474
Sensory Duty: (01733) 454448
Fax: (01733) 454445
Minicom: (01733) 454449
Text: 07917 133170
Email: ask@peterborough.gov.uk
Peterborough Deaf Football
Andy Palmer 07949 571173
andypalmer177@hotmail.com

Would you like your

contact details here or
is something missing?
Please let us know.
Office@cambsdeaf.org

Please support our urgent

refurbishment project

We need lots of support to help pay for the costs of refurbishing our hall. There is lots
of work being done including dealing with damp and making the floors safe and more
accessible for wheelchairs.

People who donate over 100 can have their name put on a plaque in the building

People who donate over 500 will become an Honorary Vice President of CDA, have
their name on a plaque and be invited to a special VIP dinner to mark the opening of
the hall with a special guest speaker.

Please donate if you can, any amount big or small is welcome. It all makes a difference.
I would like to donate ____________ to the CDA Building work.
I enclose a cheque / postal order.

Name:
Address:

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Building Appeal
Cambridgeshire Deaf Association
8 Romsey Terrace
Cambridge
CB1 3NH