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Staying at home? Tips and Advice, Fun Things and Activities you can do!

Looking for things to do? Check out this video… It’s subtitled too!

Phonak HearingLikeMe Instagram Takeover

I took over the HearingLikeMe Instagram account for the day, talking about my hearing loss, my life, hearing technologies, teaching some sign language and a Q&A session! (You’ll need an Instagram account to watch!)

Watch the Instagram Takeover here!

#I volunteered at a Deaf school in Nepal – 28 February 2020

Talking about my amazing experience volunteering in a Deaf school in Nepal with VoluntEars – check them out for overseas volunteering in Nepal, Ghana and Sri Lanka. Filmed by Action on Hearing Loss.

#AddSubtitles – Deaf Awareness Week Campaign – 7 May 2019

Deaf Girly, Paula Garfield, Daniel Jillings and I teamed up with Speechmatics and Screen Subtitling Systems to launch GetSasquatching – a subtitling solution for social media content!

Laughing to Deaf Comedy Night – 6 May 2019

Accessible Comedy Night at the Comedy Store, London – Check out the blog!

Me on left wearing white tshirt and John on the right wearing black turtleneck jumper, both smiling

John Bishop and I

Russell Howard on the left wearing a blue jumper and glasses, on the right is me wearing white AOHL tshirt, both smiling

Russell Howard and I

Me and Louise smiling holding a big cutout of a donut

Louise and I

DB at the Comedy Store

Left is me, middle Scarlette and right Louise, all smiling

Scarlette, Louise and myself

Speech to National Deaf Children’s Society Youth Advisory Board – 11 February 2019

Guest Speaker for the NDCS YAB at their event in Manchester, talking about my story growing up deaf, how I became a blogger and inspiring them for the future

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NDCS YAB Feb 2019

Signature Annual Awards – 9 November 2018

Winner of the Leadership Award!

‘Using her hugely successful blog as a platform, Ellie can be described as a future leader due to her commitment to making positive change and the passion she has to inspire the next generation.’

Me on the left, with a green lace dress, blonde hair smiling with a red trophy in my hand, with Mark Hopkinson in the middle wearing a black suit, white shirt and purple tie and Pip Tomson on the right wearing a black and white animal print dress and long brown wavy hair.

Leadership Award Winner

10 Award Winners on the stage smiling with their trophies along with Pip Tomson, I am in the middle next to Craig Crowley MBE in front of a podium.

All the Award Winners

Me on the stage collecting my award from Mark, with Pip Tomson on the right, my name in big on the big screen behind 'winner'

Winner of the Leadership Award

Giving my speech, I have an open mouth, using my hands to talk, facing the audience

Giving my award winning speech!

Collecting my award

My surprised look after I went to collect my award!

All the finalists and winners

Meeting with UK Cinema Association – 2 October 2018

Discussing the current #SubtitledCinema provision for D/deaf people, a further step for my campaign!

Image of myself standing outside the UK Cinema Association office. I am wearing a black short sleeved top with embellished neckline, and a green, black and white chequered skirt. I am smiling and my hair is in a bun.

Speech at Oak Lodge School – 15 March 2018

Exploring the ‘Money Mechanics’ workshops and giving a speech to the whole school!

Deafie Blogger giving her speech holding a notepad left, wearing a red chequered top and blue jeans with the Interpreter on the right signing

Deafie Blogger giving her speech with the Interpreter

Deafie Blogger on stage giving a Speech at Oak Lodge School

Deafie Blogger on a stage giving speech with an Interpreter to her right

Deafie Blogger giving speech with an Interpreter

Appearing on Radio 5 Live – 5 March 2018

Chatting about The Silent Child’s Oscar win and what it’s like being deaf on Radio 5 Live Drivetime session (Nationwide!)

Deafie Blogger smiling sitting in a Radio Recording Studio wearing a red top, heart necklace with recording panels and microphones in front of her

National Deaf Children’s Society Wales ‘Pay it Forward’ Awards – 16 February 2018

Presenting the Community Spirit Award 2018 to the Cwmbran Deaf Choir.

DB on left smiling, wearing a purple dress and silver necklace, hair down. To her right is Lorna, smiling also and is wearing a white and grey marble dress and black cardigan with hair down. also a lanyard with her photo on it.

Deafie Blogger with Lorna Langton, Gearing Up Project Officer for National Deaf Children’s Society at the NDCS Cymru ‘Pay it Forward’ Awards 2018.

DB on the right behind a speech podium applauding and presenting the Community Spirit Award to the members of the Deaf Choir who are stood on the left. Audience are sitting at the bottom of the photo.

Photo Credit: NDCS Cymru | Presenting the Community Spirit Award to the Cwmbran Deaf Choir at the NDCS Cymru ‘Pay it Forward’ Awards 2018

Virgin Money Bank Visit – 26 January 2018

Visiting the staff at Virgin Money Bank to give Deaf Awareness talks and helping them to make their services more accessible for disabled people.

Deafie Blogger outside of Virgin Money Bank

DB standing to the left of a TV screen with her presentation. Main slide is purple and says #ICANuary at Virgin Money, Presentation by Deafie Blogger

Deafie Blogger’s presentation for #ICANuary at Virgin Money Bank

DB standing to left, and Vick from Virgin Money Bank standing to the right. Between them on the wall is a big mural photo collage with lots of Virgin services and products with their motto 'On a quest to make banking better'

Deafie Blogger with Vick from Virgin Money Bank

Deafie Blogger standing at the far end of a long oval conference table, holding presentation slides and giving a talk to members of staff from Virgin Money Bank who are sitting around the table. There is also glass walls around the room and a laptop on the table.

Deafie Blogger giving her Deaf Awareness presentation to staff from Virgin Money Bank

Norfolk Summer Deaf Festival, Norwich – 14 July 2017

Giving a speech about who I am, my blogging and life as a deaf person, as well as photos with deaf dancer Chris Fonseca, and volunteers from the festival.

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Modelling our DeafIsCool tshirts

Deaf Festival speech!

At the Summer Deaf Festival

Everyone taking part in Chris Fonseca’s Dance Workshop

Reuniting with Chris Fonseca at the Summer Deaf Festival!

Good Vibrations Music Festival, San Antonio, Texas USA – 20 May 2017

First Deaf Accessible Festival – feat. closed captioning, vibrating backpacks and so much more!

Press Access!

Rocking the Oticon shades!

Testing the vibrating subpacs!

Headliner Ben Rector performing!

With the organiser and Miss San Antonio, Emma Faye Rudkin

Enjoying the experience

With the ASL event interpreters

In charge of Phonak’s Instagram for the Festival

Closed Captioning, and a little mention of Phonak

Charity Tandem Skydive for Norfolk Deaf Association – 14 May 2017

Completed my Tandem Skydive

Best experience ever!

In the aeroplane!

Getting ready to jump!

Freefalling!

Gliding in the parachute

Thanks to my Tandem instructor

Deaffest, Wolverhampton UK – 12/13 May 2017

Meeting lots of wonderful, inspirational individuals… deaf dancer Chris Fonseca, Cbeebies Magic Hands presenter Ashley Kendall, Hollyoaks actress Rachel Shenton and deaf rapper Sean Forbes.