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Deaf people in Norfolk are hoping Evening News readers will pick up the phone and vote to help them get a new minibus.
The Norfolk Deaf Association is down to the final two to win a new minibus from the Big Lottery Fund.
The deaf community, volunteers and staff at the centre based in Silver Road in Norwich are hailing the help of people in Norfolk to pick up the phone on Tuesday and vote for them.
The phone lines are open from 9am on Tuesday until midnight and the number is only released at the start of the vote.
Hard of hearing Gill Girling, 58, from Horsford, who works as a teacher at the centre, said: “We really need the bus to reach the 124,000 people in the county who have some degree of hearing loss - or are completely deaf.”
Mrs Girling, the previous winner of the Evening News Hero of Heroes, added: “We want to spread the services of the association across the rural areas of Norfolk. We know people are unaware of the services offered by the association, such as lip reading classes, cochlea implants, hearing dogs, information on a wide variety of subjects as well as help and support about being deaf.”
If successful with the vote, the minibus will be able to provide one stop shops of support into the corners of the county. The association already has the permission of 60 parishes to park the bus in public places.
They promise to travel to the areas of the city and Norfolk people who really need their services and are unable to travel to Norwich.
Carol Chapman, 55, from Howell Road, Norwich, is deaf and uses the association. She feels the bus could dramatically improve the life of those who have hearing loss.
She said: “I know people who don't use their hearing aids and put them away in the drawer, but having people go around in the bus to teach them will improve their lives beyond imagination.”
Picking up the phone and dialling is also vital as so many of the centre's users are unable to use a telephone and voting online has been cancelled.
Liz Nobbs, key campaigner for the minibus from the deaf association, said: “We need as many people to vote on Tuesday as possible. So many deaf people have difficulties using the phone we're at a disadvantage to start with.”
The association will compete with a sensory garden in Swaffham.
Go to Norwich Evening News 24 on Tuesday morning from 9am to find out the voting number, or call the NDA on 01603 404440 who can also provide you with the details on how to vote.
Deaf people in Norfolk are hoping Evening News readers will pick up the phone and vote to help them get a new minibus.
The Norfolk Deaf Association is down to the final two to win a new minibus from the Big Lottery Fund.
The deaf community, volunteers and staff at the centre based in Silver Road in Norwich are hailing the help of people in Norfolk to pick up the phone on Tuesday and vote for them.
The phone lines are open from 9am on Tuesday until midnight and the number is only released at the start of the vote.
Hard of hearing Gill Girling, 58, from Horsford, who works as a teacher at the centre, said: “We really need the bus to reach the 124,000 people in the county who have some degree of hearing loss - or are completely deaf.”
Mrs Girling, the previous winner of the Evening News Hero of Heroes, added: “We want to spread the services of the association across the rural areas of Norfolk. We know people are unaware of the services offered by the association, such as lip reading classes, cochlea implants, hearing dogs, information on a wide variety of subjects as well as help and support about being deaf.”
If successful with the vote, the minibus will be able to provide one stop shops of support into the corners of the county. The association already has the permission of 60 parishes to park the bus in public places.
They promise to travel to the areas of the city and Norfolk people who really need their services and are unable to travel to Norwich.
Carol Chapman, 55, from Howell Road, Norwich, is deaf and uses the association. She feels the bus could dramatically improve the life of those who have hearing loss.
She said: “I know people who don't use their hearing aids and put them away in the drawer, but having people go around in the bus to teach them will improve their lives beyond imagination.”
Picking up the phone and dialling is also vital as so many of the centre's users are unable to use a telephone and voting online has been cancelled.
Liz Nobbs, key campaigner for the minibus from the deaf association, said: “We need as many people to vote on Tuesday as possible. So many deaf people have difficulties using the phone we're at a disadvantage to start with.”
The association will compete with a sensory garden in Swaffham.
Go to Norwich Evening News 24 on Tuesday morning from 9am to find out the voting number, or call the NDA on 01603 404440 who can also provide you with the details on how to vote.