by Aleksandra Zolczynska | May 3, 2024 10:52AM | Campaigns - Deaf Awareness
The importance of artistic creativity when using sign language brings stories to life for people suffering from hearing loss, according to an award-winning poet. Performer, Zoe McWhinney, uses British Sign Language (BSL) and Visual Vernacular (VV) in storytelling...
by Aleksandra Zolczynska | May 2, 2024 1:28PM | Campaigns - Deaf Awareness
One in three people who are Deaf or suffer from hearing loss say they have had difficulties accessing services or faced a long wait for an appointment. Around 12 million adults in the UK are Deaf, have hearing loss or tinnitus, according to the Royal National...
by Aleksandra Zolczynska | Apr 15, 2024 12:12PM | News
A new Sheffield-based sustainability initiative is fundraising to recycle outdoor products into clothes and accessories. The eco-friendly company, ReTribe, was founded by Lauren Mason, 35, and her friend Ben Harman, 33, in October 2023, after they witnessed hundreds...
by Aleksandra Zolczynska | Mar 18, 2024 9:46AM | News
Here are three stories to look out for on the Sheffield Wire today. Jack Dannatt’s film for National Coal Mining Museum exhibition. Group of friends running Sheffield Half Marathon in memory of their friend. Adnans takeaway food hygiene rating dropped from one...
by Aleksandra Zolczynska | Dec 8, 2023 12:32PM | Sport
Additional reporting by Richard McLaughlin A wave of outdoor winter swimmers hoping to improve their health is sweeping across South Yorkshire. Ian J France, 66, actor and retired teacher from Sheffield, is entering his third year of cold water swimming. He struggles...
