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is available in Sheffield?
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Travel Pass in South Yorkshire
- South Yorkshire Police SMS number
- Deaf Clubs (Central and Grange
Crescent)
- Social Services - Sensory
Impairment Team
- Deaf Equipment
- Hearing Aid Batteries / Hallamshire
Audiology
- Sheffield Deaf Children
Society
- Dering Employment
- Counselling / Emotional Issues
- Mercury
Taxi: SMS service to book a taxi in Sheffield
- RAC Breakdown SMS number
- AA Breakdown SMS number
- Courses for Deaf people
at Sheffield College
- Learning to Drive: Highway Code
- Deaf Education
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Public Payphones with minicoms (this
information opens on a new page)
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Local British Sign Language Interpreters / Support Workers
(this
information opens on a new page)
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Access to Work for Deaf employess (this information
opens on a new page)
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Subtitled Cinema (this information opens on a new page)
- Buy one Cinema
ticket, get the second cinema ticket free for 3 years,
only if you have Disability Living Allowance Benefit
(this information opens on a new page)
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Stagetext / Subtitled / Signed Theatre (this information
opens on a new page)
Travel Pass in South Yorkshire - Mobilty
Pass / English National Concession Pass
Registered Deaf people can travel around
South Yorkshire (Sheffield, Barnsley, Doncaster and
Rotherham) for FREE OF CHARGE
on buses, trains and trams ALL
DAY.
Train Travel to West Yorkshire is FREE
only on Northern Trains (slow trains).
Bus Travel around England is FREE only on local Buses
NOT National Express Buses.
If you already got a Mobility pass you
should have had an application form posted to you,
for the English National Concession Pass, the Mobility
Pass will not work from 1st October 2008. It is important
that you try and fill in an application form from
the SYPTE or travel centres.
You can get a English National Concession
Pass application form if you go to Howden House reception
(where Social services are based) to collect and fill
in a Mobility Pass application form. Sheffield City
Council will check if you are registered deaf before
posting you the Approval Letter.
You will have to wait for the approval
letter to be posted to your home address. You will
need the Approval Letter from Sheffield City Council,
One Passport photo and proof that you are living in
South Yorkshire (E.g. Electricity Bill, water bill,
any offical document with your address).
SMS to South Yorkshire Police
If
you need to contact the South Yorkshire Police in
emergency - send an SMS to 07786 220022
from your mobile. Please save this number on your
mobile.
(Please note that
this number is not reliable. If you NEED to text the
police, send a message and if you get a reply within
2 minutes - then the system is working. If you do
not get a reply within 2 minutes, the system is broken
- get someone to call 999 or call typetalk on 18000
immediately. The Police are planning to replace this
old SMS system later this year)
Or REGISTER with Typetalk / TextRelay
999 Service on your mobile. You will need to send
a SMS "REGISTER" to 999 on your mobile then
reply with "ACCEPT" to 999.
Deaf Clubs
Mainly BSL users.
Meet up every Wednesday and Saturdays evenings.
Bingo Night is 3rd Saturday every Month from 7pm.
Mainly Hard-of-Hearing users.
Meet up Wednesday/Thursdays/Fridays 10 - 2.30pm.
Saturday Evenings.
Tuesdays: Demonstration of Deaf Equipment
Drop in times:
Thursday 2.00pm - 4.30pm.
Deaf Equipment
Video recorders are no longer sold on
the market because of the Digital Tv switch over happening
in 2011.
You have two options:
Expensive option: SKY+ pay monthly (minimum
£20 per month - you must pay for a minimum of
12 months)
Cheaper option: Freeview and buy a Humax
Personal Video Recorder (PVR9200TBX) for about £200.
It is also a digital set-top box, you might have to
install a freeview satellite dish outside your home
to receive the digital tv signals. You can buy PVR
9200TBX from John Lewis, Currys and amazon.co.uk.
Hearing Aid Batteries / Audiology
Battery collection: 9am - 4pm.
If you are unable to collect batteries
from Hallamshire Hospital personally, you can post
your hearing aid brown book to audiology department,
they will post you 6 batteries to your address.
Audiology Opening hours:
Monday morning: 9-12pm
Monday evening: 4-7pm
Tuesday afternoon: 12pm-4pm
Wednesday afternoon: 12pm-4pm
Thursday morning: 9-12pm
Friday afternoon: 12-4pm
Batteries and Re-tubing service
at Central Deaf Club
You can collect Hearing Aid Batteries
at Central Deaf Club, you need to bring your brown hearing
aid record booklet with you.
Batteries / re-tubing service on the following
days:
Wednesday: 10am to 2pm
Thursday: 10am to 1pm
Friday: 10am to 1pm
Children Society
Website: http://www.sheffielddeafchildrenssociety.co.uk/
Please click on website for events with
deaf children.
Counselling
for Deaf people / Emotional Support
Free Counselling:
Samaritans - 24 hours
SMS Text service: 07725 909090
Minicom: 08457 909192
Email: jo@samaritans.org
British Deaf Association Counselling Service - nationwide,
contact Yvonne at email: yvonnet@bda.org.uk or minicom:
01925 652529.
You will need to ask your NHS Doctor to refer you
to have free counselling - you might have to pay for
travel to another city.
Private Counselling:
Caroline Bickerton - Counsellor
Tel/Fax: 01768 896312
Mobile: 07792 963146
Email: info@f2f.eu.com
Website: www.f2f.eu.com
Service provided: One-to-one Counselling in Manchester
Membership of professional body: BACP
Client groups: Deaf adults and young people.
(You will have to travel to her office
in Central Manchester for a private session)
Westminster Diocese Deaf Counselling
Service, London
Tel: 020 7798 9152
Fax: 020 7798 9151
SMS: 07940 280404
Mincom: 020 7798 9150
Email: nikkidhillonk@rcdow.org.uk
Service provided: One-to-one counselling in BSL, SSE
Deafblind Manual Alphabet and spoken English.
Nikki Dhillon Keane (Counsellor) is the coordinator
of the service and can help clients get funding for
their counselling or offer free counselling with
a trainee volunteer counsellor.
SMS Service to book Mercury Taxis
in Sheffield - 83399
Ever
wanted to book a taxi but could not telephone a taxi
and had to rely on hearing people to book it for you.
Not any more - now you can send a SMS
/ Mobile message to Mercury taxis. Send the following
information to 83399:
- MERCURY(SPACE)
- House Number(SPACE)Postcode OR
Pub Name + Road
- Name of person who needs the taxi
- Time you need the taxi
Make sure you start the SMS with the
word MERCURY and keep the message simple otherwise
you will get an error message. Mercury Taxi will send
you a message to let you know when the taxi has arrived.
RAC Breakdown SMS number - 07855 82
82 82
If
you are a registered member of RAC and your car has
broken down, send a SMS to 07855 828282 saying you
are deaf, your name and what you think is wrong with
the car. RAC will locate your mobile signal and a
RAC Breakdown Van should be with
you within 40 minutes.
AA Breakdown SMS number - 07900 444
999
If you
are a registered member of AA and your car has broken
down, send a SMS to 07900 444 999 saying you are deaf,
your name and what you think is wrong with the car.
AA will locate your mobile signal and a AA Breakdown
Van should be with you within 60 minutes.
Courses for Deaf people at Sheffield
College
Sheffield
College offers Deaf people Basic English and Maths
classes taught by tutors who teach using British Sign
Language. Please check with Sheffield College website
(www.sheffcol.ac.uk).
Driving: Highway Code in British Sign
Language
Learning
the Highway Code with British Sign Language - The
Official DSA DVD and Book Pack. You may get both the
DVDs and book for £9.99
at Amazon.co.uk.
Deaf Education:
Please
CLICK HERE for more information on Deaf Primary and
Secondary Education: Sheffield Deaf Education Web-link.
Head of Service for Hearing Impaired
Children in Sheffield (pre-school to Secondary Educaiton)
is Tina Wakefield.
Service for Hearing Impaired Children,
Sheffield Specialist Support Services,
Prince Edward Primary School,
City Road,
Sheffield, S12 2AA
Tel/Fax: 0114 239 8336
Email: tina.wakefield@sheffield.gov.uk
Primary Schools with Hearing impaired Unit
Angram Bank Primary & Nursery School
- Oral Unit
Kinsey Road
High Green,
Sheffield, S35 4HN
Tel: 0114 2848553
Fax: 0114 2848553
Email: angrambankunit@yahoo.co.uk
Lower Meadow Nursery & Primary School
- Signing Unit
Batemoor Road
Sheffield, S8 8EE
Tel: 0114 2372700
Email: kdurbin@lowermeadow.sheffield.sch.uk
Greystones Primary School - Oral Unit
Tullibardine Road,
Sheffield, S11 7GL
Tel: 0114 2670271
Fax: 0114 2686235
Email: greystonesunit@hotmail.co.uk
Secondary Schools with Hearing impaired Unit
Ecclesfield School - Oral Unit
Chapletown Road,
Ecclesfield S35 9WD
Tel: 0114 2461156
Email: gclarke@ecclesfield.sheffield.sch.uk
High Storrs School - Oral Unit
18 High Storrs Road,
Sheffield, S11 7LH
Tel: 0114 2670000
Fax: 0114 2663624
Email: highstorrsunit@yahoo.co.uk
Silverdale School - Signing Unit
Bents Crescent
Sheffield, S11 9QH
Tel : 0114 2369991
Fax : 0114 2620627
Email: silverdaleu@yahoo.co.uk
Colleges
Sheffield College - provides Interpreters and Notetakers
Castle College, Granville Road,
Sheffield S2 2RL
Tel: 0114 2602102
Fax: 0114 260 2101
Doncaster College for the Deaf - Signing Education
Leger Way
Doncaster, DN2 6AY
Tel: 01302 386700
Fax: 01302 361808
Email: enquiries@ddt-deaf.org.uk
Royal School For The Deaf (Derby) - Signing Education
180 Ashbourne Rd,
Derby, DE22 3BH,
Tel: 01332 362512
Website: www.rsd-derby.org
Universities with deaf support
Sheffield Hallam University
Disabled Student Support
Student and Academic Services
Level 5, Owen Building
City Campus
Sheffield Hallam University
Sheffield, S1 1WB
Tel: 0114 2253813
Minicom: 0114 2253964
Fax: 0114 2252161
E-mail: disability-support@shu.ac.uk
Sheffield University
Disability and Dyslexia Support Service
The Hillsborough Centre
Alfred Denny Building
Western Bank
Sheffield, S10 2TN
Tel: 0114 222 1303
Minicom: 0114 2221320
Fax: 0114 2221373
Email: Disability.Info@sheffield.ac.uk
Public
Payphones with Minicoms
Please
click on this link to go to another page listing all
the locations of minicom payphones.
British
Sign Language Interpreters
Please click
on this link to open a new webpage with all British
Sign Language Interpreters that are prepared to travel
to Sheffield / Yorkshire. Please check their minimum
charges before booking.
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