Community Reporters
Web Connect Community Reporters cover the area they live in and people they know.
Their reports feature on local websites, their own personal websites and potentially on other local media like the BBC. Reports can be in the form of words, pictures, sound and video.
For more background information on the programme go to Web Connect Community Reporters. You can read some sample community reporter stories at our community reporter website at www.mywebconnect.info You can also see samples of other community reporters' blogs and sign up for a blog of your own as part of our community reporter programme.
If you would like to contribute to our community news service then click on the Contribute to Feeds link above.
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1.Deaf at the top?(Friday 09th of May 2008 10:01:52 AM
1 week ago )
Hello! I hope you found last month’s blog entry interesting! This month, I want to discuss whether Deaf BSL users can achieve high-level positions, and become directors, MPs or doctors, etc.
I would certainly say they can, as long as they’ve had good education and training. Recently, I saw a...
2.The Future of BSL?(Tuesday 01st of April 2008 08:40:18 PM
1 month, 2 weeks ago )
Hello and welcome to my April blog post! I hope you read last month’s entry too!
This month, I’ll be looking at British Sign Language (BSL) and Sign Supported English (SSE). BSL is a comprehensive visual language with its own grammar and expressions. It tends to be...
3.Life about Deaf and hearing people(Monday 03rd of March 2008 07:01:13 PM
2 months, 1 week ago )
Hello and welcome to my March blog entry. This month I’ll be considering some of the frustrations that Deaf people face in a world that is simply not geared up for them, and I’ll be turning the tables to speculate on how things might be for hearing people in an...
4.Deaf English and BSL(Monday 04th of February 2008 04:40:29 PM
3 months, 1 week ago )
Hello and welcome to my February blog post!
My latest topic is Deaf English and BSL (and SSE). ‘Deaf English’ refers to Deaf people’s written and spoken English skills. BSL – British Sign Language – is a visual-gestural language that relies heavily on facial expressions to convey emotions. SSE...
5.BSL Act(Friday 04th of January 2008 02:55:45 PM
4 months, 1 week ago )
Hello again. Happy New Year! I hope you all had a great Christmas and enjoyed feasting on your Christmas dinner – turkey and all the trimmings. I love that Christmas feeling! Seeing the tree with all those presents underneath. It’s so exciting and I’m sure you feel the same.
6.The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill(Tuesday 04th of December 2007 11:53:06 AM
5 months, 2 weeks ago )
Hello and welcome to my December blog entry! In my last post, I said I’d be discussing the British Sign Language Act this month, but something’s come up since then so I’d like to put it on hold for now. That ‘something’ is the new Human Fertilisation and...
7.Parktastic Blog Coming soon(Monday 19th of November 2007 01:33:05 PM
5 months, 4 weeks ago )
I am working with 4CT in East Manchester to set up a blog for the Parktastic project.
You can find out more about the work of 4CT here.
8.Metrolink(Thursday 15th of November 2007 02:23:36 PM
6 months ago )
A group of Deaf people from Bury have produced a short video about the problems faced by Deaf people using Metrolink services.
9.Deaf schools vs. mainstream schools(Tuesday 06th of November 2007 06:11:50 PM
6 months, 1 week ago )
Hello! I hope you’ve all enjoyed Halloween and the fireworks! My November blog entry is going to tackle the great ‘Deaf schools versus mainstream schools debate’. Let me start by explaining about Deaf schools…
In the past, there were many Deaf schools all over the country; most...
10.Mill Street Venture Centre IT courses(Wednesday 10th of October 2007 11:59:32 AM
7 months, 1 week ago )
I called in to the Mill Street Venture Centre to speak to Lynn, the IT tutor, about the Community Reporters Programme.
The Centre is open on a Wednesday morning 10.00am-12.00noon offering FREE courses from basic to Level 2.
For more information just call in any Wednesday or call...