Exeter business owner and director of The Prop Factory, Carmen Croxall, is visiting Exeter Deaf Academy to speak to students about how she built a million-pound business that began in her parents’ garage just 6 years earlier.
Carmen’s talk will explore the challenges of running a business as well as the mental and emotional resources needed to make it thrive. Students will hear about some of the practical as well as personal challenges Carmen as business owner has had to face, including dyslexia and bi-polar disorder. The talk will help to inspire students to engage with future...
On Sunday 3 December, Exeter Deaf Academy student Sam Harris will take on the city’s Santa Run to raise money for his school with THREE generations of his family running alongside him.
12 year-old Sam will be joined by his 3 year-old stepsister Alex, his father and stepmother, and his grandparents Jane (64) and Ted (74). Sam’s father Robert said;
‘As a family we always want to do things together. We value spending time with each other and this is a brilliant way to have fun as well.’
‘Sam has been deaf since age of 4 months old when he lost his hearing from...
Exeter Deaf Academy students will be teaching British Sign Language (BSL) and Deaf Awareness to schools, residential homes and shoppers in Exmouth and Exeter.
Activities include College students teaching Deaf Awareness to visitors in Princesshay shopping centre in Exeter, to staff parachuting 15,000 ft from a plane for a brave fundraising challenge in East Devon.
School students will also be creating beautiful sand sculptures on Exmouth beach to mark the national event which this year has the theme of ‘A Celebration’ to celebrate people across the community working together...
Staff and students from Exeter Deaf Academy will be among the sea of Santa’s running along Exeter Quay this Sunday.
Exeter Deaf Academy college student Sam is pictured here with Care staff Rebecca and Tony.
The event is organised by Exeter City Football Club’s Football in the Community, with Exeter Deaf Academy being one of their chosen charities.
Exeter Deaf Academy educates and cares for students aged 4-24, but it is not funded in the same way as state schools and so relies on fundraising for essential projects that otherwise would not happen.
Exeter Deaf Academy students will share what they imagine might happen at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery (RAMM) at night in the launch of their “Writing With Our Hands” film on Wednesday 19th October.
The showing is part of Exeter’s exetreme imagination festival of writing and stories.
Inspired by objects from the RAMM collection, Exeter Deaf Academy students have produced a book of poetry entitled “Writing With Our Hands”. Working with RAMM and Stories Connect, the students transformed their anthology into a short story “Night at the Museum” which is...
Exeter Deaf Academy are celebrating the birth of a future star as student Molly Thomas followed up winning a national drama competition by showcasing her acting talent in a drama masterclass at the prestigious mac Birmingham over the weekend of 19/20 June.
Molly is a winner of this year’s National Deaf Children’s Society’s (NDCS) ‘Raising the Bar’ competition. The project strives to raise expectations of what Deaf children and young people can achieve within dance, drama and music. Molly was selected out of contestants from across the country by highly acclaimed arts industry Deaf...
Thanks to an array of Exeter businesses, Exeter Deaf Academy students have seen how they could achieve their dream careers during their first World of Work Week which ran from 13 – 17 June.
Exeter Deaf Academy’s vision is to see Deaf people valued by themselves and their society, well educated, independent with good and appropriate employment and housing. This vision is at the core of their World of Work Week which aims to partner with Exeter businesses to help open the Deaf Academy Year 10’s eyes to the opportunities available to them and show how, with the correct skills, they...
On Sunday 3 July, the gates of Exeter’s historic Mount Radford Lawn will be thrown open to the public for a traditional summer fete to raise funds for Exeter Royal Academy for Deaf Education.
Fete organisers, Crikey Nostalgia Events are promising a true family-friendly English country fete in the heart of the city, where visitors can immerse themselves in the sights and sounds of a traditional Great British day out.
The grassy festival is a perfect opportunity to bring the local community and Exeter Deaf Academy together to celebrate the charity’s 190th anniversary year....
On Friday 17 June, Exeter Deaf Academy Governors, Trustees, staff and students were joined by the Right Honourable Exeter MP Ben Bradshaw and the Right Worshipful Lord Mayor of Exeter Cynthia Thompson.
English teacher, Deb Thomas was presented with the Silver Award for Excellence in Special Needs Teaching 2016 by the MP and Lord Mayor and is now one of the top six teachers in the UK in line to win a Pearson Teaching Award for 2016 Teacher of Year.
Deb now goes on to compete as a finalist for Teacher of the Year having been selected from hundreds of teaching professionals...
On Wednesday 8 June, from 7-9pm, local charity Exeter Deaf Academy is inviting Deaf people and their families to a free opening of the new Active Outdoors Community Club, at Haven Banks Outdoor Education Centre, on Exeter Quay.
Thanks to funding from Awards for All England, who have awarded a lottery grant of £4,655 towards this yearlong community project, the new Deaf-inclusive club will be offering taster sessions of canoeing, kayaking, archery, sailing and caving in an accessible environment.
The ethos of Exeter’s new Active Outdoors Community Club also aims to spread...
