My #freelance wishes for you this holiday season: May your invoices be paid out early. May you arrive back in January with assignments in your inbox. May you feel free to turn on your OOO email responder. May you trust that 2024 will bring bold opportunities for quality work. ✨

The BDA has welcomed today’s news confirming that pupils across the country will soon be able to take a British Sign Language (BSL) GCSE and implored the Department for Education (DfE) to invest in Deaf teachers to lead this initiative. 🧵1/7 bda.org.uk/news-release-d…

UnAwards are open! We’re giving away grants from £2500 - £10,000. Applications close Jan 31st - find out more here unlimited.earth/unawards/

🎉 🎉 Amazing New Years news that the Shrouk El-Attar, MEng, MIET (She/They) 🏳️‍🌈 Trust - SEAT has been awarded £7,820 from the The National Lottery Community Fund !! This funding will enable the Trust to support LGBTQIA+ refugees & asylum seekers living in the UK, providing empowerment spaces through creative activities #DancingQueer

This is not a drill! 📣 Applications for our 4 artist development projects close tomorrow. If you haven’t applied yet, there’s still time! For disabled scriptwriters, performers, makers & business leaders. x.com/10750999142821…

Artist Elle Chante is on the search for some access support disabilityarts.online/jobs/elle-chan… Please share with your #Midlands networks #access #music

#London formidAbility have an awesome FREE creative workshop this Saturday in London, combining classical music & BSL led by Ruth Montgomery & JoanneRoughtonArnold 💙 designed with, by and for #Deaf & #disabled people. Check out tickets here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/song-in-sign…

Catch the wonderful Caroline Parker MBE 💙she/her Deaf & JoanneRoughtonArnold 💙 about 15 minutes in on the #MusicMatters show, sharing their thoughts on how #SongInSong is making opera for all! bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0… Can’t wait for our first show Guildhall School of Music & Drama on Tuesday! #accessibleopera #signedsong

Do have a listen to my RNIB Connect Radio int with JoanneRoughtonArnold 💙 all about formidAbility up-coming performances and workshops for their Arts Council England funded project #SongInSign audioboom.com/posts/8441859-…

#Manchester formidAbility's Song in Sign is heading to you tomorrow with another fab and FREE Music & BSL Workshop - whether you are a #musician, #Deaf or #disabled, a #BSL user, or simply curious about creative expression, this workshop is for you! shorturl.at/frPQ0

For those of you unable to make one of our Song in Sign performances in person, we will be livestreaming tomorrow's concert from Royal Northern College of Music. Livestream is FREE and starts at 19:00 GMT, with audio description at 19:15 and the performance at 19:30: youtube.com/watch?v=5H0GIf…

Tonight in Manchester also live-streaming. Opera creatively signed by two deaf performers Rhiannon May and Petre Dobre.

Learning disabled people excluded from voter registration ad but why? channel4.com/news/learning-…

Rishi Sunak - the very definition of hypocrite and gaslighter. Every day taking another chunk out of our democracy and our bank balance......to furnish his own, his donors and his "friends"

A couple of days left to apply for the position of my in work Support Worker, London based, £28,922 per year for 4 days a week, small friendly team, lots of variety & opportunities to learn & build skills. Closing date end of Monday 4th March. touretteshero.com/2024/02/01/sup…

Out of office \ currently in search of snow

Proud the @mayfestbristol team have worked hard to ensure all our #access information launched alongside the programme today. Check out the wonderful DavidEllington on our #BSL Festival intro video youtube.com/watch?v=vINq96…

Stop The Arts have been unmasked! And you’ll never guess who it was. stopthearts Sky Arts Awards

Good riddance X, see you over on Blue Sky - bsky.app/profile/ellenb…