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News & Events
ALS Spring Workshop – March, 21st, 2020
Trainer: Darren Townsend-Handscomb RSLI (FASLI) is a highly respected RSLI, Coach, Positive Psychologist, Trainer, Facilitator, and Social Activist. Amongst Darren's many talents he also runs DeafATW.com, a resource on Access to Work (AtW) for Deaf people and the...
9th, November, 2019 – AGM & Workshop
Topic for the workshop – Supervision as part of self care – Suitable for both qualified and trainee Lipspeakers – Trainer Ali Hetherington RSLI/ PGCert Supervision - Time: 10:00 - 16:30 - Location The Priory Rooms, 40 Bull St, Birmingham B4 6AF
21st, October, 2019 – The ALS release their newly refreshed website
The committee would like to thank all concerned for their many hours of hard work in helping to create this more modern looking website which aims to not only promote the wonderful skills of the professional lipspeaker. But also offer a more satisfying user experience...
28th March 2019 – NRCPD Practioners’ Meeting – Face to Face Meeting in York
The NRCPD Practioners' Forum will be meeting as a group in York on the 28th March 2019. Your views are important and matter very much to the ALS. We are therefore delighted to inform you that the ALS will be in attendance on your behalf.
May 20th 2018 – Sign of The Times Poetry – East Sussex Hearing Resource Centre
Lipspeakers will be in attendance - If anyone would like some sign to support their lipreading then please ask. We will be very happy to accommodate. The ALS do hope that as many people as possible can make it on the day.
ATW Budget Cap Increased from the 1st, April, 2018
The DWP has said that the ATW budget will now be raised to 2 x the National average salary. This means that from 1st April 2018 the cap (maximum award) to ATW budgets will be increased from £43,100 to £57,200. For more information please visit www.deafatw.com A Video...
Important information about NRCPD’s requirements regarding the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
Dear registrant or trainee We have received a number of queries from registered practitioners about the DBS enhanced disclosure, which NRCPD currently requires for registration. We are being advised that the DBSis now refusing to provide enhanced disclosure to...
Tributes to our lipspeaker colleague Diana Leigh Barimore – 21st September 1950 ~ 31st August 2017 –
On Sunday, July 30th 2017, Diana was out walking with her beloved dachshund, Bertie, on New Kings Road of Parson Green, London. It was the weekend of Ride London, a popular and largest annual cycling event. She was involved in a collision with a competitor and...
13th May 2017 – RNIB, London … Was a great success. Thank you to all who gave of their free time to man the stand.
Lots of visits to the Lipspeaking Information Table at the ATLA (Association of Teachers of Lipreading to Adults) conference. Many were intrigued as to how professionally trained lipspeakers worked with deaf users of English to access information in a variety of...
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