[Sw-l] SignWriting in UK - Hi Maureen!

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
January 30, 2022

Hello Maureen from the UK!
What a nice surprise to hear from you on the SignWriting List! Thank you for writing and for everything that you said. It's great to hear from you again. And congratulations on all your successes. You are a remarkable person and Southport is fortunate to have you there providing sign language services.

Thank you for mentioning the SignWriting workshop you and Suzanne Pach presented back in 2010….Here is a PDF that documents what happened that day.

Talk to you later… Blessings, Val ;-)




Complete Report
https://www.signwriting.org/archive/docs7/sw0614_UK_Report_SignWritingWorkshop_2010.pdf


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> On Jan 30, 2022, at 1:20 PM, Maureen Doyle <maureengndoyle at HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> Hi. Im Maureen Doyle from Southport England  .I too was extremely  impressed  with Valerie Sutton's creation of SignWriting when I came across it on the internet many years ago. I couldnt believe that this amazing way for Deaf signers to write down their language wasnt heard  about or used here in England. 
> A bit about me. Over 25 years ago I started a voluntary group to teach people Sign language as I had been on a course with my daughter  and people who knew me wanted to learn. There wasn't any courses available  in the area. So I started  helping others but no charge.  Over the years my group has grown unbelievably and I/we have won awards as a voluntary  group. No one is paid.
>  When I started my group I didnt realize  I that I had found my purpose in life. Im now 78 years old.
> My website is www.practicemakesperfect.org.uk  
> there are links on the homepage  to my new YouTube channel  .People from anywhere can learn British Sign Language  from the video  topics from my dvd . Recently  we were fortunate enough to  get some funding £800   to add  English subtitles .I'm hoping to get funding of £1,000  in the near future to have a replication run of 1,000 dvd's so that I can support more people who want to learn but need subtitles and dont have access to the internet.
> Links to our Facebook groups and Pintrest board files are also on our homepage.
> 
> We held a SignWriting day work shop for some of our committee members and others to learn SW.  It was a success.
> One  weekend I started adding to the British  SW Dictionary by using the  American SW Dictionary and finding signs that were the same as British and copying them to the British Dictionary. I managed to complete about 1,000 signs and  recently I asked Valerie for a link so that I could down load and print out the British  SW dictionary. 
> I dont know if my experience  with Sign language and SignWriting is of interest to you but I felt that I should share it with you. 
> My best wishes to you with your endeavour. 
> Maureen 
> 
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