The donation will help us to provide a painting workshop session for the Deaf and hard of hearing community. We did deliver arts and craft workshops earlier this year and the majority of Deaf people really enjoyed it. The feedback we received was very positive and we would like to see another workshop to happen in early 2022. This workshop will help to improve the health and wellbeing of Deaf and hard of hearing people especially those with mental health issues due to the Covid-19 lockdown in 2020 and early 2021.
The Covid-19 lockdown had made a huge impact on the lives of many Deaf and hard of hearing people in Northern Ireland. Many were not allowed to meet face to face due to the lockdown. D’Sign Arts (NI) aims to improve the wellbeing of Deaf and hard of hearing people by providing a therapeutic workshop where they can enjoy painting taught by a qualified tutor. We will use the donation to cover some of the costs towards the materials and the Sign Language interpreter costs. This will mean Deaf and hard of hearing people can meet once again face to face and enjoy some painting as well as having some social time.
The most recent workshop we had was the Media Training workshop, which lasted for ten weeks and finished on 6th December 2021. This workshop was successful and we would like to start the painting workshop in early 2022.
