Deaf Day 2025: Programme
You can book your free taster sessions for Deaf Day 2025. For each session we will have some spaces available that can be booked at City Lit in person on the day.
Information Session
Access to Voting for Deaf People
| Time: 10:30-11:00 | Location: 114 |
RNID and the Electoral Commission answer your questions on voting in national and local elections and share their latest BSL resources
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Taster Session
Yoga Refresh
| Time: 10:30-11:30 | Location: 104 |
Develop your awareness and practice of Yoga. This yoga workshop is taught in sign language.
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Taster Session
Lipreading taster
| Time: 10:30-11:15 | Location: 505 |
Join Lorraine Braggins for a fun, interactive session to try out lipreading. Taught in spoken English with a BSL interpreter.
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Taster Session
Magician
| Time: 11:00-12:00 | Location: 504 |
This workshop can only be booked in person on Saturday 26th April at City Lit. It is designed for children who must be accompanied by one parent, due to limited capacity.
Taster Session
Monoprinting and 3D workshop
| Time: 11:00-12:00 | Location: 405 |
This is a drop-in workshop for adults aged 18 and over. No pre-booking required, but numbers are limited to maximum of 12 people in the room at a time.
Taster Session
BSL storytime for children
| Time: 11:00-11:45 | Location: 503 |
This workshop can only be booked in person on Saturday, 26th April at City Lit. It is designed for children who must be accompanied by one parent, due to limited capacity.
Taster Session
BSL Taster
| Time: 11:00-12:00 | Location: 502 |
Interested in learning British Sign Language? Learn some basic vocabulary and grammar during this BSL taster with Pat Parke.
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Talk
RNID and you
| Time: 11:15-11:45 | Location: 114 |
Find out how you can join RNID's campaigns to support people who are Deaf or have hearing loss. Book here >
Talk
SignWow
| Time: 11:15-12:15 | Location: Cultureplex |
Come and meet our team to discover how SignWow and the new SignWow PA service can support you. Whether at home or work, we offer BSL support anytime, anywhere – making communication, easier every day. Book here >
Talk
Lipreading Teacher Training overview
| Time: 11:30-12:15 | Location: 505 |
This session is taught in English, with a BSL interpreter and Speech-to-Text-Reporter (STTR). Learn about what is involved in training to be a lipreading teacher. Book here >
Taster Session
Yoga: calming breaths
| Time: 11:45-12:15 | Location: Room 104 |
A relaxing breathing workshop for Deaf people.
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Information Session
Making public transport more accessible
| Time: 12:00-16:00 | Location: 114 |
Come and share your experiences of public transport in an interactive drop-in session. Book here>
Information Session
St John's Ambulance
| Time: 12:15-13:15 | Location: 504 |
An opportunity to try CPR and use a defibrillator under supervision of St John’s Ambulance staff. Book here >
Talk
Your Health, Your Rights!
| Time: 12:15-13:15 | Location: 502 |
Providing services to the deaf community and campaigning for better access to healthcare since 1986. Come and meet our team to discover how SignHealth can support you. Book here >
Information session
Access Inclusion and Support: finding the right support for you
| Time: 13:30-14:30 | Location: 502 |
Richard France will explain the various support options available for students on courses at City Lit. Book here >
Talk
History of Deaflympics
| Time: 12:30-13:30 | Location: Cultureplex |
Discover the inspiring world of the Deaflympics – celebrating deaf athletes and achievements. A BSL-led session sharing stories, history, and the spirit of the games. Book here >
Taster Session
Magician
| Time: 13:30-14:30 | Location: 504 |
This workshop can only be booked in person on Saturday 26th April at City Lit. It is designed for children who must be accompanied by one parent, due to limited capacity.
Taster Session
BSL storytime for children
| Time: 13:30-14:15 | Location: 503 |
This workshop can only be booked in person on Saturday 26th April at City Lit. It is designed for children who must be accompanied by one parent, due to limited capacity.
Talk
BSL and the Legacy of Georgian Deaf Working-Class Sign Language
| Time: 13:45-14:45 | Location: Cultureplex |
An exploration of the enduring legacy of modern British Sign Language, tracing its roots to the first cohort of Britain’s pioneering free school for the deaf. How, when, where, and why has it evolved into the form we recognise today? Book here >
Taster Session
Monoprinting and 3D workshop
| Time: 14:00-15:00 | Location: 405 |
This is a drop-in workshop for adults aged 18 and over. No pre-booking required, but numbers are limited to maximum of 12 people in the room at a time.
Taster Session
Lipreading Taster
| Time: 14:00-14:45 | Location: 505 |
Learn how lipreading works and try some fun exercises with Daryl Joyce. This taster is taught in English, with a BSL interpreter. Book here >
Taster Session
Eat to get younger
| Time: 14:45-15:45 | Location: 504 |
Deaf qualified Nutritional Therapist, Naomi, will talk about how you can lead a long and healthy life by making small tweaks to your diet and lifestyle. Come and join us to find out more! Book here >
Talk
SignVideo and 999 BSL
| Time: 15:00-16:00 | Location: Cultureplex |
Learn about making free video interpreting calls to connect with anyone at work, home, social or emergency. Book here >
Taster Session
Calming yoga to rest
| Time: 15:00-15:30 | Location: 104 |
This yoga workshop is taught in sign language. Develop your awareness and practice of Yoga. Book here >
Exhibition
BSL and the Legacy of Georgian Deaf Working-Class Sign Language
| Time: 10:00-16:00 | Location: City Lit Gallery |
This year’s Deaf Day exhibition looks at the history of BSL and how it developed from the Georgian Deaf working-class community right up until the present day. Curated by acclaimed Deaf historian and City Lit BSL tutor Peter Brown.
Information stand
Exhibitors
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Location: John Lyon's Theatre |
- City Lit – British Sign Language
- City Lit – Lipreading
- City Lit – Access, Inclusion & Support
- City Lit – English, Maths & Digital Skills for Deaf People
- Association of Teachers of Lipreading to Adults (ATLA)
- SignLive
- SignWow
- Amsaan Accesible Tours
- NRCPD
- SignVideo BSL 999
Information stand
Exhibitors
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Location: Room 102 |
- Able Deaf Dementia
- Fahad Hussain Driving School
- Deaf Run Club
- Femaura Social enterprise Ltd
- BSL Community / 3dcare
- British Deaf Association
- UK Deaf Students Union
- University of Central Lancashire
Information stand
Exhibitors
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Location: Room 103 |
- Sign Health
Information stand
Exhibitors
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Location: Room 105 |
- South West London and St George's Mental Health Trust
- Sign Solutions
- UK Deaf Sport
- Wolverhampton University
- NDCS - National Deaf Children's Society
- Hamilton Lodge School and College
Information stand
Exhibitors
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Location: Room 106 |
- RNID
- Heritage Interpreters
- British Museum
- Naomi Goldman Nutrition
- Perfomance Interpreting Ltd
- BRIGHT Deafblind
- Mary Hare School
Information stand
Exhibitors
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Location: Room 109 |
- Deaf Bible Fellowship
- Douglas Turner Clinical Group
- St Andrew's Healthcare
- Heriot-Watt University
- London Fire Brigade
- Healthwatch Newham
Information stand
Exhibitors
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Location: Room 110 |
- Globe Theatre
- UKCOD - UK Council on Deafness
- Metropolitan Police
- Association of Lipspeakers with Additional Sign
Information stand
Exhibitors
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Location: Room 112 |
- Easthill Care Home
- Deaf Action
- Ofcom
- The Deaf Academy
- Royal Association for Deaf People
Information stand
Exhibitors
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Location: Room 113 |
- Sign Video
Information stand
Exhibitors
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Location: Room 114 |
- RNID
Information stand
Exhibitors
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Location: Room 213 |
- Signature
- Deaf Cancer Support Project (Self Help UK)
- British Museum
- Action Deafness
Information stand
Exhibitors
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Location: Room 214 |
- Association of Sign language Interpreters
- Blanche Neville School
- DeafPLUS
- Signly.co
- Channel 4
- SignLive
Information stand
Exhibitors
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Location: Room 215 |
- ABSLTA
- St John Ambulance
- Paddy Ladd
- Positive Signs Community
- Deafinitely Theatre
- SignHealth
Information stand
Exhibitors
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Location: Room 216 |
- British Deaf Society
- Stagetext
- Lumo TV
- Frank Barnes School for Deaf Children
- Deaf PIP Advisory Group
- DCAL - Deaf Cognition and Language Centre
Information stand
Exhibitors
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Location: Room 217 |
- Remark! Community
- Al Isharah
- Heathlands School
- VoluntEars
Information stand
Exhibitors
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Location: Room 216 |
- British Deaf Society
- Deafinitely Theatre
- Lumo TV
- Frank Barnes School for Deaf Children
- Deaf PIP Advisory Group
- DCAL - Deaf Cognition and Language Centre
Deaf Day 2025
Deaf Day is a free annual one-day event organised by City Lit’s Centre for Deaf Education. Deaf Day is a celebration of Deaf culture, an opportunity to socialise and celebrate Deaf Education.