Centre for the deaf marks 15 year anniversary
Walsall College’s Deaf Base has celebrated its 15th year this week.
The award-winning centre for deaf and deaf-blind learners marked this special occasion with an evening looking at the scheme’s past and present.
Deaf Base was formed to help deaf learners access further education independently alongside their hearing peers. It does this by using educational interpreters, note-takers and one-to-one learning support.
The centre is very proud to be celebrating its 15th year anniversary and believes it allows deaf learners to gain important skills, as well as being a social point for the college’s deaf community.
Deaf Base student Jack Smallwood, who won the National Deaf Children Society’s Young Citizen of the Year in 2008, said the centre helped build up his confidence and allowed him to meet new people.
The centre shows people that deafness has nothing to do with abilities and provides plenty of opportunities for them to achieve future success.
As featured on thisiswalsallonline.co.uk.
