Information for young deaf people

Who Am I? is for all young deaf people aged 13 to 19-years-old and their parents living in Scotland. 

You might feel that being deaf is just a part of your life and you feel OK about it. You might never think about it. Or maybe being deaf is a really important part of who you are.

• Having the confidence to be independent in a hearing world.
• Creating books and a DVD about your lives, ideas, thoughts and the things that are important to you.
  

• There will be exciting creative events for young people so that we can write a book for young deaf people by young deaf people
• There will be weekend events across Scotland so you can meet other young deaf people and have a good time
• We will make a DVD and booklet with tips for parents of young deaf people

Take part in our creative writing and photography events this summer and have your work published in a book for deaf young people.

Aye, Write!
Free, fun, creative events for all deaf young people age 13-19 in Scotland.

• What’s it like to be deaf and young?
• Got something to say, not sure how to say it? 
• What matters to you?

Come along to our creative writing events. All you need is your imagination. You don’t have to be a ‘good writer’. Author Yvonne Coppard will help you get your ideas down on paper. If you like, you can even have your work published in a book!

Venue: Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh
Dates:  Saturday 17 July & Saturday 31 July

*please note that the NDCS events calendar shows these events as ‘writing workshops’ and has the wrong dates for these events – they will take place in July and not August*

To book a place on this event download a booking form here: Writing events booking form July 2010 (504 kb)

Hot shots!
Free, exciting, photography events for all deaf young people age 13-19 in Scotland.

• How do you see the world?
• Want to know how to take good photos?
• Bring your ideas to life with digital photography

Join us for our digital photography events. All you need is your imagination. You don’t need a camera and you don’t need to know how to take photos. Our professional photographer will show you how and all equipment will be provided. If you like, you can even have your work published in a book!

Venue: Street Level Photoworks, Glasgow
Dates: Monday 2 August; Saturday 7 August, Saturday 14 August

To book a place on this event download a booking form here: Photography events booking form Aug 2010 (824 kb)

For more information about these events, contact Ingrid on 0141 354 7854 email: ingrid@ndcs.org.uk

There will be two Who Am I? weekend events for young deaf people and their parents each year in different parts of Scotland.

NEW! The dates and venues for the 2010 events have been confirmed. Read more >

Why will there be weekend events?
In the NDCS Change Your World consultation, many of you told us that you would like to meet more young deaf people. The weekend events will give you lots of time to meet and make friends with other young deaf people. It also gives us lots of time to do fun activities and gives your parents an opportunity to meet parents of other young deaf people.

Why would I want to go on a weekend with my parents?
NDCS does a lot of work with parents of deaf children and young deaf people and we find that they like meeting other parents as much as you like meeting other young deaf people. So, at the weekend events, your parents will come along and do their own activities and talk about parent’s stuff. You’ll be doing fun activities with other young deaf people, so you won’t have to worry about them!

What will we do at the weekend events?
Who Am I? is all about feeling confident as a young deaf person and sharing your experiences of growing up deaf in a hearing world.

We'll be doing lots of fun creative things at the weekend events that help you express yourself in lots of different ways and say what’s important to you.

Our project workers will also attend the weekend events. The project workers are young, deaf adults who will be talking about their lives and experiences growing up as a young deaf person. They'll also lead fun activities.