Deaf History: Deaf Heritage

We were awarded a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund to preserve Scottish deaf people’s heritage.
By capturing memories on film, future generations of d/Deaf and hearing people will be able to benefit.

This funding is being used to:

• Record the unique heritage for future generations – deaf and hearing – especially those with deaf parents or grandparents;
• Capture Deaf people’s memories on camera in their native BSL and reproduce it on DVD, providing a valuable and much needed resource for younger Deaf people to learn about their own culture and history;
• Provide teaching materials for Deaf Studies courses in schools and colleges so students can learn from these films directly about Deaf Culture, Heritage and Language;
  
• Preserve older deaf people’s signs on film. As the language changes and develops, these old signs are in danger of being lost forever.
  

With this funding we are producing a series of DVDs presented in BSL with captions so that younger and future generations can learn about their own heritage. Captured forever will be Deaf people’s memories of their firsts: at school, at home, at work, at war etc.

For the first time, Deaf children in Scotland will be able to learn about their own heritage and cultural history directly in their own language.

The DVDs are available to order directly from SCoD. While all six in the set are free, we ask you to make a contribution towards admin and postage.
Download an order form.