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GB Football have been nominated for the Organisational Achievement
award as part of the Signature Awards evening which will be hosted in
London on Thursday 12th November to recognise excellence in improving communications between deaf and
hearing people.
GB
Football were in the dark ages around and since the fiasco of the
European Football Championships collaspe
in Sheffield, 2001. Since then, GB Football reached a glorious high
with the Men grabbing a Gold medal and the Women with their first
interational competition a Bronze mdeal at the
20th Deaflympics in 2005. The Men then went on to achieve a Silver
medal at the 6th European Championships in 2007
and were favourites at the 21st Deaflympics but were shockingly knocked
out of the group stages, with the Women coming a respectable 4th.
GB Football has no doubt come a long way in
the last 10 years with numerous volunteers on board, a new website, and
getting Ian Holloway as Patron on board behind our cause, and most of
all, its amazing achievements in international football competitions.
Pride has been restored in GB Football and our army of fans continues
to grow, often travel long distances to show their support.
What is remarkable is the GB Football is self-funded with little or no
help from the FA for unfortunate political reasons. It must be said
that the GB Football is mainly strongly Deaf led, somthing which is
surprisingly an obstacle in many cases where disability is often handed
over to able people to lead. The Deaf involved in GB Football are
experienced, knowledgable, multi-communicators and qualified to run a
Football community in difficult and often full of barriers conditions.
Jim
Edwards, Chief Executive of Signature, said: Great
Britain Deaf
Football's continued commitment to working with deaf people and their
enthusiasm for the awards really shows that our vision of a society in which
deaf people have full access can become a reality.
"The Signature Annual Awards are about
recognising excellence in communications between deaf and hearing people and
we're looking forward to sharing these successes at the ceremony in London."
Signature Awards website : Click here
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