Hands
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The Hands Project has been developed by Deaf Active. We are a small charitable organization who are funded by the Big Lottery to deliver British Sign Language (BSL) sessions into Primary Schools within the Merseyside area, free of charge.
The target age for our sessions is 2 to 11-year-old children and we have delivered our ten week programs into hundreds of schools. This has given over 40,000 children access to BSL and the opportunity to communicate with their Deaf peers. Our continued aim is to break down the communication barriers that still exist within society. We do this by the medium of play and song in an environment that is fun and builds confidence among the children. |
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Our program is designed and delivered by both our hearing and Deaf coaches. At the end of the ten weeks the children present to their entire schools a signed performance that includes three songs. It is simply amazing to see how quickly the children learn a new language within a relatively short period of time, not to mention how their confidence levels grow.
We are extremely proud of the children who have been through the ten week programs and their attitudes towards sign language and Deafness. They have opened their minds and hearts to the language and learned a real skill that they can carry with them into their communities. They complete the program with the ability to hold a basic conversation with a Deaf person and support our vision, to reduce the language barrier
If you are a parent of a child attending primary school or a school teacher and would like more information about how the Hands Project can come and deliver sign language session, free of charge in your school, please complete the very brief form below.
We are extremely proud of the children who have been through the ten week programs and their attitudes towards sign language and Deafness. They have opened their minds and hearts to the language and learned a real skill that they can carry with them into their communities. They complete the program with the ability to hold a basic conversation with a Deaf person and support our vision, to reduce the language barrier
If you are a parent of a child attending primary school or a school teacher and would like more information about how the Hands Project can come and deliver sign language session, free of charge in your school, please complete the very brief form below.
