ATTENTION ALL RUNNERS!

This year's London 10K Run will be held on Sunday 8th July and we have 5 places available, this a big fundraiser for us so if you would like to take part to raise money for the group we would love to hear from you or if you know of anyone who likes to run then please let us know asap.

Please do not hesitate to contact us if would like more information about this

Re: Children’s Hearing Services Working Group (CHSWG)

We are a newly formed Children’s Hearing Services Working Group for West Sussex and we would be grateful if you could send this to all your members. We are looking for parent representatives to attend meetings. 

Meeting will be held on the following dates although parents will not necessarily have to attend all:

Wednesday 25th April 2012 10am – 12.00

Thursday 27th September 2012 10am – 12.00

To be held at:

Sensory Support Team,
West Sussex County Council,
Northern Area Office,
Broadbridge Heath,
Worthing Road,
Horsham,
RH12 3LZ

Please find attached details of training events and information on the role of the parent representatives. If any parents are interested please could they contact me on the number above.

DIARY OF EVENTS FOR 2012

BRIGHTON, HOVE & WEST SUSSEX DEAF CHILDREN’S SOCIETY DIARY OF EVENTS 2012
MONTH	EVENT & DATE	ORGANISER & CONTACT DETAILS
January	15TH – CIRCUS STARR	Kim – (07717) 223362
February	12th – Laserhub, Crawley	Kim – (07717) 223362
March	4th – Funplex Soft Play 11th – Lion King, London	Bella - (07717) 223362 Louise – (07717) 223362
May	5th – Chuckle Bros, The Hawth	Louise – (07717) 223362
	12th – possible Charity night Details to be confirmed	June – (07717) 223362
	Song Signing DA Week Dates TBC	Kim – (07717) 223362
June	23rd – Sailing Taster Day Details to be confirmed	June – (07717) 223362
July	8th – LONDON 10K RUN	Peter – (07717) 223362
	14th – AGM – Venue to be confirmed	Kim – (07717) 223362
August	Dates TBC – Park/Beach Meets	CONTACT TBC
September	16th – Spectrum, Guildford TBC	Kim – (07717) 223362
October	Group Holiday – To be confirmed.	Louise – (07717) 223362
November	25th – Christmas Party TBC	Kim – (07717) 223362
December	Christmas Song Signing – Please contact us for venues/dates	Kim – (07717) 223362
	Panto, The Hawth TBC	Louise – (07717) 223362

As is the case each year these are a list of the events that we are planning – we cannot guarantee that the events will take place.  If you would like further information please call us on the number above or email us on bhwsdcsoc@btinternet.com

Our First Fundraiser - Asda, Crawley

Our wonderful Choir of Signers and the fantastic Bucket Shakers.   We will announce how much we raised today once it's been counted.   A fantastic effort by all - a big thank you to those that turned up today.    Thanks to Liz, Becki and Gill for leading and Louise for our new QUIET fleeces.   Next date is Saturday 26th November in The Martletts, Burgess Hill.  See you there!

Annual Party November 2011

Here's some photos from our fantastic party on Sunday:

Alton Towers - September 2011

In September a full coach of members visited Alton Towers for the weekend.   Here are some of the photos - if you have more please forward them to us!

Congratulations to Savannah!

Well what can we say about our very very very wet AGM at Fishers Farm??? How about, it was so good to see so many families!!!!!!! Thank you for all turning up and we hope you had some fun. Kim gave a brief talk about all that the group has achieved this year. Pete told us of the excellent achievements of our 10K runners, raising so much money for the group and a big thanks to Gill for leading another big fund raiser, the Signed Carols/Deaf Awareness Week.

Heather Fletcher, NDCS Family Officer, South East Coastal Region came along to present the Alastair S. MacMillan "You're A Star" award.

Savannah was nominated for the Alastair S. MacMillan "You're A Star" Award, by her lovely Mum - this is what she said:

At school, Savannah put herself forward to be a "Support Student" (something akin to a prefect).  This is a highly coveted position, yet Savannah took the application and interview process very seriously, put in an excellent application form, and was invited for interview (with the Deputy Head, school governor, and Head of House.... very daunting, I imagine).  I prepared her for disappointment, knowing that the competition would be tough, and said that she'd done really well to be invited for interview, and that alone was a huge achievement etc etc.  I need not have worried as Savannah 's star quality shone through  and she wowed them at the interview and was successful in being one of the 20 appointed.  Well done Savannah !