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"Supporting the Deaf Community"

	International Social Evening - cancelled	687 days ago
	CANCELLED Our second International Social Evening will be held at IDC on Saturday 19th January at 5pm. This event is not restricted to international Deaf/hard of hearing people only - Irish Deaf/hard of hearing people are welcome to join! If you know of any foreign deaf, please let them know of this event. Irish Deaf.com
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	Irish Deaf.com is now 5 years old!	687 days ago
	Irish Deaf.com started off as a website in January 2003 and since then, has expanded into many services. What do you think we should do to celebrate our 5th anniversary this year? Please send us your comments!
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	New website LIVE	687 days ago
	Happy New Year to you all! We now have our new website live! One new feature of this is our Donations page where visitors can donate to charities online. If your organisation currently uses our Fundraising Service and wish to benefit from our donations page, please contact us. What do you think of our website? Please send us your comments. If you wish to comment privately, please fill out our form on www.irishdeaf.com.
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	Coming soon...	715 days ago
	New look website! Irish Deaf.com is currently working on an improved user-friendly website. It will be ready in January. We hope you will like it. Any feedback on anything about Irish Deaf.com, please post your comments.
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	History of IDC	725 days ago
	Irish Deaf.com (IDC) was set up in January 2003 as part of the European Year of People with Disabilities. IDC was originally a website consisting of an online directory, where listings could be found. The listings contained contact information on Deaf clubs, Deaf organisations, Deaf schools, deaf-related/deaf-friendly businesses and colleges at a national and international level. Due to the success of this venture, a few months later, plans were reviewed and it was decided to issue a printed version of the directory. The first edition of the directory went out to print early 2004 and many copies were sold to Deaf people, Deaf clubs, shops, schools, etc. IDC visited many deaf clubs and organisations all around Ireland to promote the new directory. In IDC’s second year, a new service was introduced on a pilot basis. This new service was a fundraising scheme. It grew in demand over time, with more people seeking work and more charities requesting our fundraising service. The popularity continues as can be seen from our figures: during 2004, over €15,000 was paid out to charities and 50 people were involved in fundraising; during 2005, the amount increased to over €85,000 being paid out to charities. More than 40 people were involved as we were establishing a regular team with supervisors. Charities who have benefited from our Fundraising Service include the following (this list is growing and is not exhaustive): Greenbow Irish Deaf Sports Association Irish Deaf Youth Association St Vincent’s Football Club Irish Deaf Golf Union Irish Deaf Women’s Group Temple Street Hospital for Sick Children Dublin Celts Waterpolo Club Irish Deaf Karting Club Irish Deaf Society Leinster Deaf Sports Council Munster Deaf Youth Football National Association for Deaf People Physically Challenged Irish and American Youth Team IDC continued to expand during 2005, seeking other ways to continue its presence for the deaf community and to support them. A new service was introduced with the aid of our website. We now sell Irish Sign Language books, videos, CDs, DVDs, posters and manuals. We also have merchandise for sale. Most of our sales are made via our website which has a credit card facility though we also accept sales by visits to our office. You can visit our website or our office for further information. Swords Web Solutions was set up before Irish Deaf.com and dealt with mainly hosting and website designing. Due to increasing workload in IDC, it was decided that IDC take over website designing and hosting. We have since established a number of clients. A new logo was designed which you can see on the front cover. This logo represents a number of things. The I stands for Irish, D stands for Deaf, the blue C for .com. The hand represents the handshape used in Irish Sign Language. It also represents the letter C, community, charity, fundraising and funds. This logo was designed by Kris Daly, who also designed the best selected logo for Irish Deaf Youth Association and other organisations. During IDC’s 3rd anniversary in January 2006, we moved into premises for the first time. These premises are situated in Phibsboro, which is close to many deaf organisations: Irish Deaf Society, National Association for Deaf People, Irish Deaf Youth Association, Greenbow, Irish Hard of Hearing Association, Irish Tinnitus Association, Dublin Deaf Association, Centre for Deaf Studies, 191st Dublin Deaf Scouts, Dublin Celts Waterpolo and more. Further developments have taken place with Irish Sign Language classes being held on our premises. We also have courses provided by other organisations on our premises. We organise International Social Evening in association with National Association for Deaf People where our foreign deaf people all over Ireland meet up. We have an internet café open and provide refreshments. A pool table is available for use. We would like our office to be used by members of the deaf community for whatever purpose such as meetings, social, internet, classes, use as an office, etc. To hire our rooms, please contact us. These offices aim to make IDC more friendly and accessible to the Deaf community and to support and strengthen the community, especially as we deal with a lot of non-national deaf people who have difficulty seeking work and do not often mix with the Irish deaf community. The Future? While IDC continues its successful fundraising service and sales and other opportunities, there is room for other possibilities in the future. As we have plenty of space in our office, our rooms can be hired out. We would also welcome deaf organisations to use our premises. Help us with our work in supporting the deaf community If you wish to support our work in supporting deaf organisations and working with the deaf community, please contact us. Contacting us You can drop into our office at the address below which is open at the following times: Monday – Wednesday: 11am-1:30pm & 2:30pm-7pm. We are open on Thursday at the hours above if Monday falls on a Bank Holiday of that week. You can contact us by using any of the following methods: Irish Deaf.com 1st Floor 386 North Circular Road Dublin 7 Fax: 01-484 6449 SMS/Text: 085-726 3511 Email & MSN: info@irishdeaf.com Web: www.irishdeaf.com ooVoo and Camfrog: irishdeaf
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