Cornwall Mini Deaffest 2021
Sunday 19th September
Cornwall Mini Deaffest 2021
This
is a voluntary project called “Cornwall Mini Deaffest 2021” will be held at St.
Austell College for its second festival during the day which is a media,
artists and film festival for Deaf and Hard of Hearing community. Most of them
as their first language are BSL (British Sign language). The aim of this
festival are to providing accessibility for Deaf people especially in Cornwall
and Southwest, the purpose of this festival is to encourage Deaf and Hard of
Hearing people to interact with each other since this disability can be
frustrating, isolating and can affect their mental wellbeing due to
difficulties with communication and access to information due their English
limitation as its our second language. This festival is a great access for all
and its culture especially the younger generation to have the role models of
Deaf artists and film makers where there are showcases of their films showing
their expert skills in their own language and the artists to perform their own
show on our accessibility platform with their own comfortable language in BSL.
With this disability we do not have the same access within the hearing
community e.g. cinema, radio, arts, concerts, festivals, especially in
Southwest compared to the rest of the counties. The main Deaffest in the
midlands has run its 13th festival. www.deaffest.co.uk Their 14th festival
will be held in Wolverhampton next May 2022. Our Cornwall Mini Deaffest 2021
also will giving the insight of our 2nd festival to the hearing
community in Cornwall whoever are welcome to attended. We are delighted that
the feast from krowji, Redruth has funded us again this year’s festival. also
Devon & Cornwall Police and St.Austell Council has sponsored us. Mayor of
St.Austell will be presented at our festival and the evening festival will be
held at the Britannia Inn, for further information are in Cornwall Mini
Deaffest Facebook Page.
Marilyn Willrich, Director
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