October 2018
Chairperson’s Update
By Janie Anderson
Dear All,
I hope you all had a lovely summer. It was
lovely to see so many members at the
AGM last week and I hope you all enjoyed
hearing about the highlights of what CDA
has achieved. I was very proud listening to
Andy presenting the report and I want to
say a big thank you again to all the staff
and volunteers who work very hard to
make everything possible. The trustee
board is very keen to get feedback from
our members about what you think CDA
should concentrate on in the future. I
hope as many members as possible come
to our feedback events to make
suggestions. We will also be collecting
feedback from our service users to find
out their views.
I hope that you all stay safe in the winter
with the darker nights and you enjoy the
autumn colours.
Best wishes.
New Staff
CDA are delighted to welcome some new
staff to the team.
Sally Platt, Rai Epners and Rolands Barkans
has joined as Support workers/Personal
Care Assistants in Huntington and
Cambridge.
Welcome to the team!
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New Volunteering
Project
By Tara Forkin
CDA are very proud of the brilliant start
the volunteering project. It is only 3
months in and we have got 14 volunteers
supporting our Befriending service. We are
still advertising and recruiting new
volunteers.
We support deaf people living in
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough who
live in rural areas and have little contact
with other people.
Our volunteers may accompany a deaf
persons’ hospital and doctor’s
appointment, go shopping, simple form
filling, help with letter writing or transport
to and from some of the deaf clubs or
CDA drop-ins.
All our volunteers have a knowledge of
Deaf culture and the current issues
affecting the Deaf community and we also
provide training.
Please do apply your interest:
https://cambsdeaf.org/2018/08/21/volunt
eer/
 Ø Thursdays at our Huntington Office,
Saxongate, Bradbury Place, Huntington,
Contact Us PE29 3RR
12.00pm - 4.00pm

Email: ruth@cambsdeaf.org Ø 2nd Thursday of the month at March

Make a referral: cambsdeaf.org/make-a- Town Hall, Market Place, March, PE15
referral/ 9JF
For useful contacts see our website: 12.00pm - 4.00pm
www.cambsdeaf.org
We’re 100 STRONG!
Open Support &
Advocacy Service
(OSAS)
Open Support & Advocacy Service covers
Peterborough, Cambridge, Huntington and
March.
Come along to get free legal advice,
advocacy support and information. You
do not need to make an appointment. Our
trained staff support deaf people to
access information, advocacy r can get
advice from a range of specialized 1st October 2018
providers. Great news! CDA has reached a milestone
Issues they support with include: of 100 people actively involved in the
Benefits, bills, correspondence, applying association as members, staff, volunteers
for jobs, housing issues, support to refer or trustees!
Together we can make a positive
for equipment, health issues, accessing
difference to the future for deaf people in
services, financial issues, sign posting,
our area.
emotional support and more.
OSAS Opening Times:
Ø Mondays at our Peterborough Office,
Total Voice, 27 London Road,
Peterborough PE2 8AN
10.00am - 4.00pm
Ø Tuesdays at our CDA Office, 8 Romsey
Terrace, Cambridge, CB1 3NH
10.00am - 4.00pm

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CDA Weekly Timetable
Events Round Up
By Ky Dai
Over 50’s
In June a group of 12 the 50+ club had a
great day at Elgood's Brewery Garden Tour
in Wisbech, they used maps to find some
of interesting places: like a garden where
they touched and smelled flowers and
plants; a Maze where the group split into
two to find their way out; and lunch with
delicious homemade cakes with beer they
could taste test for free, a few of them
stayed with Brewery tour until the end.
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In July a group of 35 people travelled and
met up at Imperial War Museum Duxford
in Cambridge, everyone enjoyed the
exhibition, and learning about the history
of World War 1 where soldiers lived,
fought and died, it had a lots of different
types of displays, there was so much to
see and do there. Most of the group
stayed till 4pm and returned home with
amazing memories of their time there.
August, we went to the Shard in London.
30 of us travelled by train and car from
Peterborough, Huntingdon, Wisbech, Ely
and Cambridge to meet up at the outside
of Shard. There was a 360 view from the
top of the building, and as it is the tallest
building in the city, it was the perfect
place to take many pictures. Everyone was
very excited and took a lots of pictures.
Some of the group even bought the
albums available at the Shard.
Peterborough Deaf Drop In
Naomi Tilley from ‘Leap’ from the
Peterborough City Council gave a
presentation to talk about The Energy and
Money Saving Service, how it works; who
is eligible for the Free home visits from a
qualified Advisor; who can give them day-
to- day energy efficiency hints; install free
with energy bulbs and heating systems to
save their money. Many people have taken
advantage of this opportunity to reduce
their bills.
We also had another presentation from
Bob Marsh, who is from Clarion and Penny
Upton from Peterborough Job Centre. He
talked about University Credit and CV
writing, and explained the do’s and don’ts
of writing a CV.
Andy Palmer and Rory visited, and told us
about the CDAs new logo, he showed us
how different the old and new logos were
and the effect it had on social media.
Everyone is so happy with the new logo
design and we have received positive
feedback about it. Afterwards everyone
received a box with mugs, keyrings and
fridge magnets, all with the new logo.
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The Chinese Artist Mrs Shuang Xu, from
Beijing, visited and showed her art process
from beginning to end, first painting black
and white Shrimps, and then painting some
colourful flowers. She then taught 3
people who were interested in learning to
learn the basic skill, at the end she taught
people how to write their Chinese names
and let them take their work home. Also
she donated 2 of her Art works to the
CDA, where they will hang in our
Huntingdon Office, framed.
Huntingdon Deaf Drop In
Since we have moved to the Saxongate
community centre, there have been many
new people joining us, and the room is
almost always packed with people,
everyone always joins to sign and laugh,
have a cup of tea, and bring up different
topics to talk about each session.
Wisbech Deaf Drop In
It’s much more comfortable and warmer
using the Library room, as opposed to the
hall, where we used to sit. It is much
warmer and friendlier and the bar is right
next door which makes ordering much
easier. Come along and join us in the new
library room.
Fenland Deaf Drop In
The group shared their holiday and
swapped stories about old school times,
Andy Palmer and Rory visited to talk about
new logo and give away their mugs,
keyrings and fridge Magnets.
We are already planning a Christmas buffet
and thinking about a short weekend
holiday trip for CDA in the future.
Ely Deaf Drop In
Many new faces have joined this deaf drop
in, and there was a lot of talk about the
deaf community, even though the weather
was very hot. Most of them purchased
cold drinks to combat the weather. There
was a lot of positive feedback about the
new logo while Andy Palmer visited and
explained the reason why it changed.
Cambridge Deaf Drop In
This event has become popular with many
people joining us, making hot drinks and
eating packed lunch, as well as sharing
information about the deaf community
and events.
Peterborough Coffee Morning
Naomi from the Leap visited and
welcomed any questions people had
about energy saving and the perks they
were eligible for. Many people really liked
to listen and have the information
accessible for them.
Cambridge Coffee Morning
It was very quiet as many people were
away on holiday. We hope to see
everyone back with their family and
friends soon.
BSL Gathering
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This event is the best time to meet up
with friends both old and new, people
who are deaf, and hearing people who
want to learn BSL. It has become very
popular due to the many things that
surround this gathering. It’s the perfect
viewing area for a lot of event in
Peterborough such as Peterborough
Heritage Festival and YMCA music with
stalls. The BSL Gathering has a great
environment and look forward to
increasing the number again.
CDA Membership
A strong membership base is important as
we can campaign
together for better rights, better
accessibility and services for
local deaf people. Our regular member
feedback events will
make sure deaf people’s views are taken
into account and CDA
focuses its efforts on the issues that
matter to the deaf
community.
The annual cost of CDA Membership is £10.
Annual members only social events may
include a reasonable charge for tickets to
cover costs.
You can join at any of our drop in events
or online
https://cambsdeaf.org/about/membership

POSH Deaf
Peterborough United’s Deaf football team
made a winning start to the new season
under new manager Philip Gardner.
They were given a walkover by Bristol after
they couldn’t find a referee. Then they
defeated St Alban’s 6-3 away and in the
first home game beat Charlton Athletic
Youth and Veterans 8-1. At the time of
writing Peterborough were top of the
English Deaf League South Division but still
have to face Reading who are second.
Peterborough youngsters got a deserved
win against a hearing team in a friendly in
September. They beat Thorpe Wood
Rangers with lots of new players getting
involved. The manager of the team, John
Martins, has a deaf son called Simao whose
skills have been likened to Lionel Messi!
Deaf Sports News
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Deaf Sports in Peterborough and
Cambridgeshire get £17K Boost Funding!
After receiving funding from Sport
England, Santander Bank and the Boshier-
Hinton Foundation, CDA will recruit a part-
time Deaf Sports and Leisure coordinator
to serve the area’s deaf population.
The new coordinator’s role will be to
support the running of Peterborough
United’s deaf football team and The
Peterborough Raptors basketball team as
well as organise a whole host of new
activity.
The new activity will likely include sports
for women and girls, martial arts, walking
football and other ways to keep active,
like group gardening and walks. The
funding will also go towards the
continuation of Sammy’s Sports Club. A
sports and activity club aimed at younger
deaf people.
Recruiting a new sports coordinator will
begin soon.
Ruth Godden - 5 years
of service
Ruth Godden was awarded for 5-years of
service in August.
Ruth has worked for CDA in a variety of
roles. She joined as an Advocate and has
since risen through the ranks. She has
developed our Support and Advocacy
team and is now working on secondment
with our CDA Life Team. In September
Ruth became the Deputy Managing
Director.
Andrew Palmer, Managing Director said:
"We were able to present Ruth with a
lovely award to thank her for 5-years
service. She has been really important to
CDA since she joined and become a well-
known and popular professional who is
always looking for ways we can improve
our services. Well done Ruth and here's to
the next 5 years!"

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