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Strategic Planning and Commissioning Officer | @BSLConsultant | Speaker | Skilled Coordinator Facilitator | Lifetime Volunteer. Personal account - views my own.

Scotland, United Kingdom
Joined June 2016
Delighted to be enjoying my #MatchaTea from @StarbucksUK in Edinburgh. 😁 I’m smiling just like the cup because I was served by a staff member using a bit of #BSL and hand gestures. Awesome! 👏 We need more business staff trained in British Sign Language (BSL).
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Thank you, @mrmichaelball, for an outstanding afternoon performance of @lesmisofficial at @OVOHydro. Seeing you singing again after our last theatre visit many years ago to @HairsprayLondon was brilliant and brought back lovely memories! Well done to all at #LesMiserables ❤️
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#OasisLive25 #Oasis Disappointed with @oasis. Do you care about your fans?! @TicketmasterUK, you’re a joke! Misleading! “Tickets are available” at 10.57am when it’s sold out! @Kier_Starmer, what’s happened to your promise against ticket touts?! Sort it! Resellers are a disgrace!
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FACTS! LANGUAGE: British Sign Language (BSL) is a LANGUAGE. (BSL (Scotland) Act 2015 and BSL Act 2022) Makaton is NOT a language. COMMUNICATION TOOL: British Sign Language (BSL) is NOT a communication tool. Makaton is a COMMUNICATION TOOL. #BSLForAll #CommunicationForAll
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Proud to be supporting @ScottishHockey with a different daughter (no photo sadly)! 😉👍 Watching Switzerland v Scotland for @eurohockeyorg qualifier D match at @UddyHockey. #EuroHockey #Scotland #EHCQ2022 @sportscotland @MareeToddMSP @debbie_todd20 Come on Scotland! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Heeeey…we’re back!! Woohoo! 😉👍 Father and daughter time again watching Scotland v Wales EuroHockey qualifier D match at @UddyHockey. @ScottishHockey @eurohockeyorg #EuroHockey #Scotland #EHCQ2022 @sportscotland @MareeToddMSP @debbie_todd20 Come on Scotland! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Father and daughter time watching Scotland v Gibraltar EuroHockey qualifier D match at @UddyHockey. @ScottishHockey #EuroHockey #Scotland #EHCQ2022 @sportscotland @MareeToddMSP @debbie_todd20 Come on Scotland! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Arabelle and I are wearing Red and White to show support for #DeafblindAwarenessWeek in Scotland. 🔴⚪️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #DBAW2022 #RightToDream dbscotland.org.uk @dbscotland @ALLIANCEScot @scotgovhealth @redmond_kidd @janismcdco @IanMWelsh @BSLConsultant @NHSScotland @P_H_S_Official
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#SaveTheDate It’s confirmed! The 20th (yes, 20 years!) Fun Football Schools Tournament (for high school deaf pupils) is on Friday 09 June 2023. @WSDCS70 Anyone wishing to sponsor, please get in touch! Please share!⚽️🏅🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #Football #Deaf #Talent #Participation #CommunicationForAll
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It was awesome to meet Super Ally McCoist (@allysbears), Kris Boyd (@RangersFC) and James McFadden Faddy (@MotherwellFC) at Fun Football Schools Tournament today (@WSDCS70). James received some #BSL training from @Demistevenson19! Brilliant!👍👏 #Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿⚽️
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