Deaf Awareness Scheme
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Deputy Lord Mayor, Deputy Lady Mayoress and some of the Deaf Awareness Scheme with their award -
Deputy Lord Mayor and Deputy Lady Mayoress at the awards ceremony -
Steph, Melanie and Helen - winners! -
Chantelle, Gail and Sue - congratulations ladies! -
Sammy Williams and Chantelle Dingwall with their teams award -
Rachel and Sammy at the awards -
Chamberlain Awards 2011 -
Chamberlain Awards 2011 -
Picking up their Award
A Sign of Success
On Friday 11 November, members of Birmingham City Councils Deaf Awareness Scheme picked up a Chamberlain Award under the Equalities and Community Cohesion catergory.
The Chamberlain Awards are named after Joseph Chamberlain, one of Birmingham’s most respected civic leaders. The Chamberlain Awards scheme is designed to reward Birmingham City Council employees who go the extra mile to ensure that the people of Birmingham receive quality services. The scheme is funded by sponsorship from local and national organisations.
The Deaf Awareness Scheme championed by the Deputy Lord Mayor and Deputy Lady Mayoress has recruited and trained more than 100 employees and are now more aware of the issues which the deaf community face.
Thanks to the Deaf Awareness Scheme, employees are spreading the importance of deaf awareness amongst the communities in which they work and some have gone on to learn British Sign Language (BSL).
Deputy Lord Mayor, Councillor Len Gregory says: “It is very important for the council to be involved in creating cohesion between the deaf and hearing communities; after all the council has great influence within the city and should lead the way forward. Following the team’s hard work this year, I hope the deaf community now feel more included and are reaping the benefits from the doors of communication between the hearing impaired and city council being opened.”
The schemes Project Manager Sammy Williams commented on the win “This is a huge achievement for the scheme, I am thrilled the Champions and Mentors who have been working hard to increase the communication links between the deaf and hearing world have been recognised. I know all the Deaf Awareness Champions and Mentors are delighted to win such a prestige award”.
