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Come along to our Hard of Hearing Coffee afternoons!
Losing your hearing can be a difficult and often isolating experience. Our hard of hearing coffee afternoons are a great place to meet...
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Jul 12, 20231 min read
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Announcement
The Board of Trustees at Gloucestershire Deaf Association has announced that Sharon Bryant left the Association on 19 June 2023. Sharon...

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Jun 23, 20231 min read
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Two refugee sisters celebrate their first year learning BSL and English with GDA!
GDA is proud to have successfully taught two sisters on their path learning BSL and English. William Stavert (pictured above on the...

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Jul 22, 20221 min read
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Celebrating the completion of our first Level 1 BSL course
BSL College has successfully completed their first Level 1 BSL course from January to July 2022. William Stavert was their tutor and they...

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Jul 21, 20221 min read
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GDA Editorial - Coronavirus - Drowning in a sea of nonsense
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Sep 3, 20201 min read
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Local councils support GDA's efforts to support deaf people during these times
Over the course of the last few weeks people living with deafness have faced even greater isolation. The COVID-19 pandemic has cut-off...
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Jun 16, 20201 min read
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GDA shares new instruction video for Attend Anywhere
Since lockdown began, coming up with remote solutions in order to carry on services 'as normal' has been the priority of every charity...
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Jun 5, 20201 min read
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Celebrating all the wonderful GDA volunteers
Volunteers are at the heart of many organisations. Without people freely giving their time to support charities like GDA, vital services...
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Jun 3, 20202 min read
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How GDA has been supporting our deaf and hard of hearing communities during lockdown
For the last few weeks the GDA team has been working round the clock to ensure the services and support we provide to thousands of people...
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May 8, 20201 min read
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#whereistheinterpreter
GDA lends it's support to the #whereistheinterpreter campaign... Today, GDA spoke to BBC Radio Gloucestershire about the...
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May 7, 20201 min read
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Lip-reading - what is it all about...
Tanya Harper qualified as a lip-reading teacher and hearing therapist in 1995, and has been teaching her current classes at GDA for eight...
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Apr 15, 20203 min read
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GDA Coronavirus announcement
With the ongoing concerns surrounding the Coronavirus, GDA has prepared the following announcement to help protect the charity's service...
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Mar 5, 20201 min read
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Looking ahead to the next 100 years of GDA
This morning the sun shone as GDA planted a special time capsule to commemorate the charity's 100 year history. Included in the time...
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Nov 20, 20191 min read
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GDA's 100th anniversary - from 1997 to 2019
We conclude our look back at the last 100 years of GDA with the period from 1997 to 2019. 1998 saw the formation of the Gloucester Deaf...
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Oct 18, 20194 min read
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GDA's 100th anniversary - from 1971 to 1996
Today we look at GDA from the years of 1971 to 1996, a period of time that saw a number of significant changes in the organisation. An...
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Oct 17, 20193 min read
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GDA's 100th anniversary - from 1945 to 1970
Welcome to the second part of our look back at GDA's 100yr history. We begin this part of the charity's story with the introduction of Mr...
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Oct 16, 20192 min read
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GDA's 100th anniversary - from 1919 to 1944
On the 25th October 1919 a feature in The Cheltenham Chronical and Gloucestershire Graphic, was printed to inform of an impending meeting...
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Oct 15, 20192 min read
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A little look at GDA's leadership over the years
No charity or organisation can run efficiently and effectively without good leadership. Over the last 100yrs GDA has been privileged to...
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Oct 14, 20193 min read
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It's our birthday - GDA launches 100th anniversary celebrations
You may have read already that 2019 is a special year for GDA. It's in this year that GDA turns 100 years old. For a century, GDA has...
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Oct 14, 20192 min read
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