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Tuesday 15 July 2003
Listen to the In Touch for 15 July 2003 TACTILE WALL AND MY HOME LIBRARY The tactile wall at Lindon Lodge School, London, is the idea of former Children's Laureate, Anne Fine. It has noisy and tactile elements including bells, rods, shapes, pipes and rubber hoops to feel. My Home Library is another of Anne's initiatives. It is a service which enables children to select four books from a list of 12 titles which are then sent out to them and which they can keep. The books are: EARLY YEARS Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell Peace at Last by Jill Murphy The Tiger Who Came to Tea by Judith Kerr Eat Up Gemma! by Sarah Hayes INFANTS Alfie Gets in First by Shirley Hughes The Little Red Hen by Michael Foreman Six Dinner Sid by Inga Moore Pass the Jam, Jim by Margaret Chamberlain JUNIORS The Book of Riddles by Bennet Cerf Days Like This (poems) (ed) Simon Jenkins Mrs Goat and Her Seven Little Kids by Tony Ross Greyfriars Bobby by Ruth Brown CONTACTS MY HOME LIBRARY Marion Ripley Tel: 020 87899575 LINDEN LODGE SCHOOL 61 Princess Way London SW19 6JB Tel: 020 8789 9575 Provides education and support for pupils with a visual impairment, some of whom have additional disabilities which affect their access to learning. The Primary and Secondary Departments cater for children aged 4 to 17 years, with the opportunity for some pupils to remain until they are 19. Pupils come from some 25 LEAs throughout southern England, attending as day pupils or as weekly boarders. WEBWORDS Developed by Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead Central Library anf Information Service, the scheme enables visually impaired people to browse and listen to excerpts of a selection of audiobooks from their local library's catalogue. CONTACT WEBWORDS Tel. 01628 796592 Email: Andrew.Lewis@RBWM.gov.uk BLIND EUROPEAN FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS The fourth IBSA Blind European Football Championships are currently taking place at the Velodrome in Manchester. The England team is the second favourites behind Spain. They're expected to meet in the final on Saturday afternoon. It is the first time that the championships have been held in England and also the first major blind football tournament to be held indoors. England, who finished sixth in last September's World Championships in Brazil, are among five teams taking part alongside defending champions Spain, France, Greece and Italy. Teams of five - four blind outfield players and a sighted goalkeeper - compete on a five-a-side pitch using normal footballs containing ball bearings to produce noise when kicked. Admission is free but regular highlights are broadcast on the internet. Entrance is available on match days at the Velodrome, or you can pre-book tickets by contacting the Manchester FA. FIXTURES Sunday 13 July 6pm - England v France 8pm - Spain v Greece Monday 14 July 10am - France v Spain 12 noon - England v Italy Tuesday 15 July 10am - England v Greece 12 noon - France v Italy Thursday 17 July 10am - Greece v Italy 12 noon - England v Spain Friday 18 July 10am - Spain v Italy 12 noon - France v Greece Saturday 19 July 2pm - 3/4 play off 4pm - Final CONTACTS MANCHESTER FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION Tel: 0161 881 0299 Email: info@ManchesterFA.com UK AUDIO NETWORK MANCHESTER VELODROME Stuart Street Manchester M11 4DQ Tel: 0161 223 2244 ENGLISH FEDERATION OF DISABILITY SPORT Manchester Metropolitan University Alsager Campus Hassall Road Alsager Stoke on Trent ST7 2HL Tel: 0161 247 5294 Fax: 0161 247 6895 Minicom: 0161 247 5644 Email: federation@efds.co.uk BRITISH BLIND SPORT 4-6 Victoria Terrace Leamington Spa Warwickshire CV31 3AB Tel: 01926 424 247 Provides opportunities for visually impaired people to participate in sporting activities at all levels. EXTEND SCHEME BBC work placement scheme which offers appropriately qualified disabled people a great opportunity to gain a four months' paid work placement within the BBC. The principal aim of the EXTEND programme is to enable talented people with disabilities to gain real work experience and to improve their opportunities of securing future employment within the BBC. Extend does not necessarily lead to a full time job but about a third of those who have been on the Scheme have obtained further work at the BBC. Placements can be in London, Newcastle, Nottingham, Cardiff, Belfast or anywhere in between. This year EXTEND offers around 25 placements within both programme-making areas (which includes Assistant Broadcast Journalists, Researchers, Production Assistants, Runners and the full range of online jobs in New Media) and programme-support areas (including Finance Assistants, IT support, Marketing/Publicity Assistants and many more). These placements (pre-dominantly within the programme-making departments) will commence from November 2003 onwards. HOW THE SCHEME WORKS People apply for specific jobs and are short-listed and interviewed as for any other BBC job. The available positions will be advertised from September 2003 onwards. The placements are funded for 16 weeks at £240 per week by the Diversity Centre but managed through the host department. The Diversity Centre's Access Unit will work with the participating departments to facilitate any access needs. However, there are limitations, as, given the shortness of the placements; the scheme cannot fund major alterations and expensive equipment. CONTACT BBC DIVERSITY CENTRE (EXTEND) Room 7020 BBC Television Centre Wood Lane London W12 7RJ Email: sarah.hamill@bbc.co.uk If you are interested in taking part, please write to the Diversity Centre with your contact details in full by 1 September 2003. GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND The programme broadcast listeners' reactions to the retirement of Geraldine Peacock, Chief Executive of the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association (GDBA). CONTACTS COGDO 153 Barn Lane Olton Solihull West Midlands B92 7LY Tel: 01803 525 432 NNational organisation which provides support to guide dog owners and represents their needs to GDBA and any other organisations for guide dogs. The members of the organisation share their experiences and offer help to each other. THE GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND ASSOCIATION (GDBA) Burghfield Common Reading RG7 3YG Tel: 0870 600 2323 RNIB 105 Judd Street London WC1 H9NE Tel: 0845 766 99 99 (UK callers only - Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm) Tel: 0207 388 1266 (switchboard/overseas callers) Textphone users call via Typetalk: 0800 51 51 52 HENSHAWS SOCIETY FOR BLIND PEOPLE (HSBP) John Derby House 88-92 Talbot Road Old Trafford Manchester M16 0GS Tel: 0161 872 1234 E-mail: info@hsbp.co.uk THE GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND ASSOCIATION (GDBA) Burghfield Common Reading RG7 3YG Tel: 0870 600 2323 ACTION FOR BLIND PEOPLE 14-16 Verney Road London SE16 3DZ Tel: 020 7635 4800 NATIONAL LEAGUE OF THE BLIND AND DISABLED Central Office Swinton House 324 Grays Inn Road London WC1X 8DD Tel: 020 7837 6103 Fax: 020 7278 0436 Textphone: 020 7837 6103 Registered trade union involved in all issues regarding the employment of blind and disabled people in the UK. NATIONAL LIBRARY FOR THE BLIND Far Cromwell Road Bredbury Stockport SK6 2SG Tel: 0161 355 2000 Email: enquiries@nlbuk.org DIRECTORY ENQUIRIES Tel: 195 This service is free if you are blind or partially sighted. Visit the In Touch Message Board Back to the In Touch page The BBC is not responsible for external websites |
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