£1.86m sight and hearing project

AN innovative £1.86m cross-border project to improve the quality of life of visually and hearing impaired people was launched in the City on Wednesday.
By The Newsroom
Published 7th Oct 2010, 11:19 BST

The 'Sensory Engagement Programme' links four of the largest organisations providing support services for deaf and blind people and as a result over 300 sensory impaired people will benefit from an 'active citizenship' programme.

It wil run for three years and include IT training and a confidence-building course.

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Spearheaded by the Royal National Institute of Blind people Northern Ireland (RNIB NI) in partnership with the Royal National Institute of Deaf people (RNID), the National Council for the Blind of Ireland (NCBI) and 'DeafHear', the intiative was funded by the Special EU Programmes Body's INTERREG IVA programme which has been designed to promote cross-border co-operation in the exchange of expertise and information.

Additionally, over 600 staff in further education colleges, libraries and banks will receive sensory awareness training to improve services for people with sight and hearing impairment.

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