We’ve been very excited here at Signed Culture, as we finally managed to commission a little ‘BSL infomercial’ to distribute and disseminate to further spread the word in the Deaf community of the perks of becoming a member of Signed Culture and how this will help us grow.
Chickenshed Theatre is one of our loyal, long standing members who were generous enough to lend us their theatre building to set up the filming. We hired a local BSL presenter, Radha, to film a short promo, encouraging Deaf people around the country to sign up on our website to become members.
Our short video has been posted on our Facebook page and twitter, also in Limping Chicken and via the BDA (British Deaf Association). We will also send it to other various interested and associated organisations who can further disseminate it.
Our growing database of Deaf Arts lovers is one way to prove to venues, organisations and funders that there is an audience for accessible events in the Arts and Culture Sector. There is a keen section of people who will attend interpreted events, and programmes of talks and tours led by Deaf presenters in BSL. We send out regular e-newsletters to these Deaf members letting them know what is happening in their region, by our organisation members.
Please do circulate the video, and information, or share it on Facebook or re-tweet it to your followers.
Until next time – keep involved, and enjoy all the accessible Arts and Culture out there.