Leicester Deaf community update - Latest comments

John Coster [Visitor] in response to: Action Deafness AGM Tuesday 12th Jan at 6pm

John Coster [Visitor] — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:26:41 +0000

For your information - Citizens Eye was informed of the AGM on Thursday 7th January. I shall be attending. I also posted the change in venue and timings this morning!

Elaine Loydall [Visitor] in response to: Carol Service

Elaine Loydall [Visitor] — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 11:58:58 +0000

The Carol Sevice was wonderful (if tinged with a little sadness). It was truely a community event with 70 people (including a whole bunch of signing kids!) The youngest person was just a toddler and the eldest 96 years old. Thankyou so much Deaf Community for coming together to support each other and to celebrate the true meaning of Christmas: Hope, Love, Joy and Peace

MAL [Visitor] in response to: Trustees mislead us

MAL [Visitor] — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 22:22:17 +0000

The story didn't add up then and it certainly doesn't now. The announcement last week and the accounts given show the perilous state of finances in the hands of the current management.
There was a small deficit but a healthy set of reserves when the current CEO took over, now the organisation is in dire straights - are the trustees asking why?

deafinsider [Member] in response to: Carol Service

deafinsider [Member] — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:02:59 +0000

Please show your support. The way this is going this will be the last Christmas you can spend at The Church of the Good Shepherd. By Christmas 2010 the Good Shepherd will have been eaten by the Wolf and the Tigers will have built a car park on the site.

deafinsider [Visitor] in response to: AD finance officers.

deafinsider [Visitor] — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:57:12 +0000

And both before the AGM in January. What a strange coincidence.

Elaine Loydall [Visitor] in response to: The Diocese abandon it's loyal congregation

Elaine Loydall [Visitor] — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:40:20 +0000

As I understand it the Diocese has made a committment to continue to support the Deaf Church/Chaplaincy.
Whatever happens you will have a church - our Loughborough Church is still meeting but within another building, and the Chaplain continues to support the Hard of Hearing group services in their new Loughborough venue.
If you lose your Deaf church building there is little the Diocese can do at this stage - that would be down to management decisions at Action Deafness - but it will continue to offer services, wherever they may be based.

david sly [Visitor] in response to: AD Mini-bus going!

david sly [Visitor] — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:46:46 +0000

As usual people are upset about things that are happening in AD.
The problem is that the building is run for the deaf but there is no information about the changes and the AD staff seem to think that they know what best for the deaf community. Without asking us they think they know best and are very surprise at why is every project they set up, suposing to be for the deaf benefit, is a flop.
Why? l thought the staff know what we want and until they ask us it will carry on the same way.

karen [Visitor] in response to: AD Mini-bus going!

karen [Visitor] — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:34:09 +0000

The LDCS knew nothing about this. Our young people will be extremely disappointed we used the minibus for lots of trips etc.

Its also the end of an era - its good free advertising!!! just like the Vista buses and age concern buses!!! thats it the end!

We will just have to pool together and buy our own! we could set up our own little charity and i'm sure we could get plenty volunteers to drive it!

Very disapointed I must say!