“For anyone who’s ever been to a Charity Freelancer Chat – thanks so much ❤. I’ve been heartened by just how willing people are to get involved and help out: In our first session, Lauren Baxter created the directory for everyone to contribute to – not just our names, services, and LinkedIn profiles, but other […]
I was so excited to see this book recommendation from Clare Knighton over on LinkedIn. Her post declared “I finally found my Bible! If this book isn’t on your shelf, or in your hand, then make space and order yourself a copy!” High praise and I certainly can’t wait to give Kinder Conversations by Tim
I’m delighted that my guest this month is Holly Tuke, a disability blogger, freelance writer and charity comms professional. She shares with us how the kindness of accessible communications makes her feel, as a person living with a visual impairment. She also provides some top tips for resources to help you make your comms as
“I really struggle with phone calls, partly due to being Autistic, and needed a vets appointment for my dogs. I found one that seemed to have online booking, Live Well vets, but it turned out it didn’t, but they kindly booked me in through Instagram DM & my housemate took the confirmation call. Those two
Making your communication accessible is an important kindness that we can all action in different ways. This Global Accessibility Awareness Day I want to recommend the Accessible Communication information from Charity Comms which covers: Find out more and start making your communication more accessible.
It isn’t often understood that British Sign Language is a language in its own right, not just some sort of transcription – so if you speak BSL and there isn’t an interpreter, it’s like an English-speaker being shown something in Spanish. You might also not realise that you don’t need to learn BSL to communicate
Bruce contacted me to see if I could help his charity with their comms, the support I provide is not what he needs, so I suggested a contact of mine and put him in touch with her. He made this comment about my kindness in helping him. “Dear Bruce,I have spoken to Paola and she
A big thank you to Ash of Changing Minds for sharing this information about inclusive language during the month of Ramadan. Choosing to use inclusive language and consider what we’re saying is an act of kindness and Ash has lots more information on how to do that on her account so do go and follow
When I saw the Include Choir at KindFest I knew I wanted to share them on Time for Kindness. The Include Choir support people with communication disabilities and is led by Speech therapists. They have so many wonderful songs using Makaton signs and even online inclusive meetings so everyone can join in. Find out more
The comms community were amazing after the news of the Queen’s sad death broke. They reached out to help, support and guide each other during difficult times and Keith Riley was one of those wonderful people going above and beyond to help the community. Being a communications professional is hard and can be draining at
