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  • bid services hosted a children’s Party

    Published 23rd December 2009

    On the 12th of December 2009 bid services organised a Christmas party for 30 children living in the Ladywood area. The party was organised to support local children as Ladywood is one of the most deprived areas in the UK and a large number of children live in poverty.

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  • Volunteer Service gains recognition

    Published 8th December 2009

    The Volunteer Service at bid services has been awarded APS recognition. APS, the Approved Provider Standard, is a national quality standard which show evidence of a high quality of service in mentoring and befriending. This recognition will open further opportunities for the Volunteer Service to continue its excellent work.

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  • Interactive Education reaching the wider audience

    Published 8th October 2009

    A conference will be taking place detailing the innovative technologies available to those that work with individuals with learning disabilities or difficulties, such as dyslexia or sensory impairment or groups that are socially excluded. The conference will be held at the Nottingham Council House, Market Square in Nottingham on Tuesday 27th October 2009, with the conference exhibition open from 8.30am-5.00pm.

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  • Heritage Project launch ‘Hands at work’

    Published 1st October 2009

    This lottery funded project has enabled bid services to explore the working life of deaf people during the period of 1920 to 1940. A DVD entitled ‘Hands at Work’ was created by the project and was launched by bid services at the Deaf Cultural Centre on Wednesday 30th September. The aim of the launch was to provide recognition and thanks to those who were involved in the project both in recounting their memories and filming.

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  • Visual record of Deaf people’s working life - 1920-40

    Published 24th September 2009

    An event was to be held celebrating the successful completion of the Deaf Heritage Project at the Deaf Cultural Centre on Wednesday 30th September from 10.00am to 2.00pm.  The main aim of the Deaf Heritage Project, which was funded by the Lottery Heritage fund, was to conduct a range of interviews with deaf people from the West Midlands who were at work during the period 1920 to 1940.

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  • Tinnitus Awareness Day

    Published 16th September 2009

    There will be a Tinnitus Awareness day on Saturday 10th October at 10am to 4pm at Carrs Lane Church Centre in the Birmingham City Centre near Moor Street station. This is an opportunity for sufferers of tinnitus or those who know someone who has this condition, to learn more about it and be introduced to a support network.

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  • Dance to raise money for bid services

    Published 3rd September 2009

    John and Bridget Kane have been members of our lip speaking support group for a number of years. They were very keen to support the group and organised a fund raising event to enable the group to keep going.

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  • City Centre ‘Sign Up’

    Published 2nd September 2009

    Three deaf people from bid services went onto Edgbaston Street in the City centre on Monday 3rd August, aided by their interpreters to promote the ‘Sign Up’ campaign. They were making themselves available to passers-by who were interested in learning basic British Sign Language (BSL). Most of the passers-by learnt how to fingerspell their names and how to introduce themselves in BSL.

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  • Deaf people became 10 Years Younger

    Published 2nd September 2009

    There was a ‘10 Years Younger’ event at the Deaf Cultural Centre on Saturday 18th July from 10am to 4pm. Thirty three women attended the event. and listened to a Professional Fashion Adviser giving tips on fashion.

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  • Deaf pupils have a ‘hand’ in making masks

    Published 2nd September 2009

    Bid services' Multimedia Productions Officer, Lisa Davies, joined bid services with an arts background, and was appointed as co-ordinator of DANUK (formerly known as Deaf Arts Network UK) at the Deaf Cultural Centre. Her first job was to find artists to form the UK's first Deaf Arts Network. This would be developed all over the Midlands and now includes more than 30 deaf and hard of hearing artists from all over the UK, some hailing from as far as London and Wales with the furthest from Brighton. 

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  • Get a taster of ‘Sign Up’

    Published 30th July 2009

    bid services will be at Edgbaston Street in the city centre on Monday 3rd August to promote their ‘Sign Up’ campaign. Staff will be running free sign language taster sessions throughout the day, giving people the opportunity to learn some basic phrases and staff will be available to explain what the ‘Sign Up’ campaign’s aims are.  There will also be details on how to enrol for British Sign Language classes. Fingerspelling cards will also be given out to help a complete novice spell out their name.

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  • Personalisation Conference

    Published 21st July 2009

    There will be a joint Personalisation conference at the Deaf Cultural Centre hosted by bid services and Options for Life.

    The conference is for Third Sector / Voluntary Organisations and other Service Providers.

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  • 10 Years Younger

    Published 9th June 2009

    bid services are organising a ‘10 Years Younger’ event at the Deaf Cultural Centre on Saturday 18th July from 10am to 4pm. Its aim is to provide accessible information to deaf women on personal grooming, cosmetics, jewellery, fashion, nutrition and more. Hearing family and friends are welcome to this one-off event. The day is expected to attract people from far and wide, not just the local area and has been funded by the University of Birmingham’s student fundraising scheme.

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  • bid services ‘Up and Running’!

    Published 9th June 2009

    bid services ‘Up and Running’!

    On Sunday 31st May, 16 intrepid runners and walkers participated in the Great Midlands Fun Run to raise money for bid services. The run is 8.5 miles long, starting in Sutton Coldfield High Street and works its way through Sutton Park before returning to the High Street. It was an extremely hot day and everyone did extremely well to finish. 

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  • bid services are ‘in the pink’

    Published 3rd June 2009

    bid services have recieved funding from the lottery for Women's Health group, it is called 'In the pink', if you are interested please click this news to read more.

     

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  • Fundraising Run!

    Published 28th May 2009

    21 runners and walkers from bid services will be taking part in the annual Great Midland Fun Run on 31st May in Sutton Coldfield. The aim of being involved this year is to raise much needed money for activities and events for young Deaf people.

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  • King Edwards Sign on to Launch Deaf Awareness Week

    Published 12th May 2009

    Students at King Edward VI School in Handsworth, Birmingham, helped bid services launch Deaf Awareness Week on the 1st May with a specially organised British Sign Language (BSL) assembly.

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    King Edwards Sign on to Launch Deaf Awareness Week

  • bid services promoting Deaf Awareness week

    Published 28th April 2009

    bid services are promoting Deaf Awareness week which is on 4th to 10th May 2009.

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    bid services promoting Deaf Awareness week

  • bid services has Deaf Heritage down to a tea……and cakes!

    Published 7th April 2009

    bid services has Deaf Heritage down to a tea……and cakes!

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    bid services has Deaf Heritage down to a tea……and cakes!

  • ISO9001 success!

    Published 19th March 2009

    bid services celebrate IS09001 success on the unluckiest day of the year!

     

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    ISO9001 success!

  • about the new look website

    Published 24th February 2009

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  • We have changed our name

    Published 24th February 2009

    We are now called ‘bid services’, a shorter name put in place to make us more accessible to the diverse range of clients and communities we work with.

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