What People Say?

BSL Taster / Deaf Awareness Workshop

  • Suki Sohi, Black Country TouringDeaf Awareness

    It was really interesting, engaging and informative.  Trainers were excellent and interpreter too.

  • Elliscia Massop, Creative Black CountryDeaf Awareness

    I found the training very engaging and great on the culture of being a deaf people.  Praise for the training.

  • Alexandra Benain, Bearwood Community HubDeaf Awareness

    It was wonderful and I want more!!!

  • Emily Thacker, Bearwood Community HubDeaf Awareness

    An excellent base learning resource.  This course should be compulsory in secondary schools across the UK.

  • Jess Piette, MultistoryDeaf Awareness

    Thank you so much for such a beautiful day, I’ve learned so much and I would love to learn more about BSL.  It would be great of everyone did this training course.  Thank you!

  • Teresa Crawford-Docherty, Birmingham

    Kerry was patient and the content and presentation was excellent.  I particularly liked the way we were expected to communicate fully in sign language which prompted lots of practice so I could communicate appropriately during the course.  Well done Kerry and thank you.

  • Isobel Jones, MultistoryDeaf Awareness

    Fantastic! I really appreciate being involved and have learnt so much.  Would definitely attend more and am keen to research this area more.  Well done!

  • Kat Pearson, Creative Black CountryDeaf Awareness

    This was a great afternoon I learned a lot about Deaf culture, and it was fun trying to learn some BSL.

  • Amrit Kaur Juss, Black Country TouringDeaf Awareness

    I really enjoyed the training I think everyone should do it!

  • Neelam Litt, Northampton

    Thank you for this Basic BSL Taster course was led well and I found this very useful

  • Rhys, Halesowen

    I really enjoyed it, I would love for her to come back again.

  • Yvonne Gregory, Creative Black CountryDeaf Awareness

    Lovely session – very informal & friendly & learnt a lot about deaf culture.

  • Frances Land, Black Country TouringDeaf Awareness

    Very good balance of learning and understanding how hard it is to navigate through life as a Deaf person in a hearing world.  Good balance of doing practical activities as well as listening.

  • Laura Leech, Black Country TouringDeaf Awareness

    Totally excellent to gain both a better awareness of Deaf culture and the barriers facing deaf people and some tools to be able to communicate better with deaf people.

  • Sammy, Black Country TouringDeaf Awareness

    Such a wonderful course and has inspired me to take BSL Sign learning further.

  • Corinne Morris, Black Country TouringDeaf Awareness

    This should be delivered to more audiences and students.  Very useful

  • Isabelle Burgess, Halesowen

    I enjoyed the experience and Kerry was a great teacher 😊

  • Millie Webster, Halesowen

    I did enjoy it and I would come again.  I think that there should be more sessions like this Deaf Awareness.

Visual Vernacular Workshop

  • Evelyn Davenport, London

    I will definitely be recommending the workshop to the London and SE ASLI group.

    It was an evening well spent. I enjoyed it as much as going to the theatre! Quality course with ample opportunity given for us to experiment and participate.

    Very many thanks Ish.

  • Denise Bennett, Nottingham

    For anyone wanting to incorporate more body language/facial expression this is a must.  For me when translating a song to BSL sometimes the BSL just doesn’t meet the lyrics or the music which is why I wanted to do this workshop.  Absolutely wonderful session.

  • Paul Dowling, Oldham

    I felt that Ish presented his workshop extremely well, he made me feel very relaxed and the experience of the workshop very enjoyable. Ish explained every detail very clearly in order to grasp the context of what is required to use VV. Ish encouraged everyone to partake and gave feedback and praise like a true professional. The whole experience was most enjoyable and has given me the confidence to practice the art of VV.

  • Lynn West, Rye

    I really appreciated Ishtaiq’s interaction with the participants, he was very encouraging.

    I plan to practice on my own in private! I will pick one story line and add more and more detail. Perhaps when I am ready I will film the story.

    I would like to attend more workshops.

    VV will benefit my work with Deaf people that have limited use of BSL.

  • Alison France, Stoke-on-Trent

    Just Amazing!

    Totally drawn into the visual storytelling!

    High recommended!

  • Sam Tucker, Birmingham

    Ishtiaq shows how it is possible to embody the character of a person, animal, or thing.  He visually creates a story in a way that is totally captivating.

  • Jonny Cotsen, Cardiff

    Would love to do more of this!

    Maybe be good to do a short performance!

  • Frankie Sheppard, Birmingham

    Ish was absolutely brilliant! I hadn’t expected a small group but worked really well and all were very encouraging and supportive. I liked how Ish signed back to us what we had produced for us to see how it would be better adapted. This was a good way for us to see how it can be done and areas to improve on.

  • Jackie Orr, Belfast

    This workshop was amazing, Ish made everyone feel at ease and explained the visual concept in simple terms.  The time flew in and we covered so much in 2 hours but it did not feel crammed in, it was delivered at a great pace.

  • Daniel-Jay Cropp, Stourbridge

    Its so amazing experience, discover the new language, enjoy working with the group, has cheered me up, when its finished, I even begged him to extension for 1 hour, but its only 2 hour workshop, actually loved it, will learn more about vv whenever workshop happening again

Wellbeing and Fitness Workshop

  • Safia Bi, Wolverhampton

    I love to do workout and learnt a lot from nutritional and fitness from Jenny that give me stricter and feel comfortable in this group with others which we can support each to keep motivated and inspired after workout.  I would love to come back for more workout.  It is important for me to having access to information about the nutritional and fitness.

  • Sandra Canning, Belfast

    I was enjoying it because I in with bsl fitness I have learnt a lot from there too and I would recommend to my friends

  • Sabia Younus, Luton

    Feel learn a lot from nutritional workshop, discussion about the nutritional, foods, seeds and supplement tablet.  I enjoyed a lot for the fitness.

  • Kerry Ward-Hussain

    Jenny is a lovely friendly lady, and does try to encourage eating healthy/ keeping fit as part of our routine which is important for our mindset. I only wish to attend more fitness classes online.

Deafscope Link Community

  • Rose Steedman, Stourbridge

    Fantastic story, Inspirational and motivational!

    Totally inspired – fantastic role model would like to see him present in Schools as positive role model and aspirational for Deaf children to improve outcomes.

  • Hannah Rodway, Kingswinford

    As hearing person, your talk makes me MORE determined to continue my BSL journey.

    I believe, whole heart, communication BSL should be everywhere.

  • Sharna Bywater, Stourbridge

    Brilliant good time and my kids enjoy love art hand is beautiful thank you 😊👌

  • Ashley Camm, Stourbridge

    Inspiring, he engages with the audience you can really get a picture of his life story leaves you not wanting the presentation to end.

    Deafscope Link staff were brilliant.

  • Kaif-Isaam Quddus, Bradford

    I love Eid Festival more fun and talk more happiness. Also meet new friendly. Really wonderful. I love VV funny.

  • Rabina Amir, Bristol

    Was great Eid party very successful Ish'Allah make big venue good people new or old good make chatting smooth Mash'Allah very happy super

  • Mahmuda Khanom, Coventry

    Lovely nice to see deaf people caught up over covid long times. Really enjoy for everything.

  • Malhinder Kaur, Birmingham

    Meeting new friend, reunion friend, food amazing, enjoy games.

  • Jamal Hussain, Stourbridge

    Fantastic, I felt inspired by his story and would recommend it to anyone also, I will definitely buy his books and share it with family and friends.

    He is phenomenal and I aspire to be like him.

  • Lamin Pinnock, Stourbridge

    I was thrilled by Brian’s presentation, it gave me flashbacks of my childhood experiencing barriers.

    I feel moved by Brian’s presentation and based on true story happening to Deaf communities too.  He gives us hope and never give up and keeping fight to overcame barrier to build bridge to open to others!

  • Ibrar Ghafoor, High Wycombe

    I Enjoy Event of the deaf people very friendly and I enjoy Travel.. good fun and meet deaf people..

  • Haroon Anwar, Walsall

    1. Lovely presentation about what is EID Mubarak by Brother Ishtiaq explained. Interesting.
    2. Enjoyed to watch Bro Ishtiaq did performed his VV.. It was fantastic.
    3. Good to play game by Ishtiaq show his short story then the start of the person copy Ishtiaq's story to copy each person to tell brief sign to next person then next person In the end the person had different story likely missing something. It was more fun. I enjoyed.

Active Life = Healthy Minds

  • Matthew Lawley, Dudley

    I feel better when I come to Deaf fitness walk, it makes my mind feel better. I like it and enjoyed it.

  • Francesca Warren-Price, Birmingham

    It’s helped me, we have open chats, good support, helps mind feel relaxed and I’ve enjoyed talking/signing with other Deaf people.

  • Sebastiana Mazzocchio, Stourbridge

    It’s lovely to do walk with the Deaf group and hope to happen again in the future.

  • Alan Douglass, Wombourne

    I want to continue with Deaf Walk, keep socialising with Deaf people and keep fit at the same time and it’s good for a healthy mind.

  • Anthony Grant, Wolverhampton

    This helps me have a healthy mind, keeps me motivated to be fit and is good to socialise with other Deaf people. Always have interesting conversations with different topics, I really enjoyed it.

Community Events

  • Rabina Amir, Bristol

    Was great Eid party very successful Ish'Allah make big venue good people new or old good make chatting smooth Mash'Allah very happy super

  • Kaif-Isaam Quddus, Bradford

    I love Eid Festival more fun and talk more happiness. Also meet new friendly. Really wonderful. I love VV funny.

  • Ibrar Ghafoor, High Wycombe

    I Enjoy Event of the deaf people very friendly and I enjoy Travel.. good fun and meet deaf people..

  • Jamal Hussain, Stourbridge

    Fantastic, I felt inspired by his story and would recommend it to anyone also, I will definitely buy his books and share it with family and friends.

    He is phenomenal and I aspire to be like him.

  • Mahmuda Khanom, Coventry

    Lovely nice to see deaf people caught up over covid long times. Really enjoy for everything.

  • Lamin Pinnock, Stourbridge

    I was thrilled by Brian’s presentation, it gave me flashbacks of my childhood experiencing barriers.

    I feel moved by Brian’s presentation and based on true story happening to Deaf communities too.  He gives us hope and never give up and keeping fight to overcame barrier to build bridge to open to others!

  • Malhinder Kaur, Birmingham

    Meeting new friend, reunion friend, food amazing, enjoy games.

  • Sharna Bywater, Stourbridge

    Brilliant good time and my kids enjoy love art hand is beautiful thank you 😊👌

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