Thanks to Effective Podcasting and the Heritage Lottery Fund, we have launched our first-ever podcast, which takes the theme of the consumer society. To sample this pilot version or to subscribe to future podcasts, click the relevant button at http://www.speakingforourselves.org.uk/

Visit our new-look interview index at http://www.speakingforourselves.org.uk/index.php/interviews/ to see the latest video-streaming interview clips!

On 28 November, we formally deposited 235 hours of recordings with the British Library Sound Archive, both in tape and digital form. This means that the recordings will be available to a worldwide audience for all time. Rob Perks, Oral History Curator at the British Library Sound Archive said, “We are proud to host the Speaking for Ourselves collection as archived resources of first-hand accounts from disabled people are still relatively rare in British archives and libraries. This is an important addition to our growing oral history collections relating to the experience of disability in the UK.”

 

The unedited footage from our video interviews have been archived with the Wellcome Library, who are hoping to make all of Scope’s archive film footage, dating back to the early days of The Spastics Society, available on the internet. This is a very exciting possibility! There is also a volunteering opportunity to help catalogue this historically important film collection, so please contact us if you are interested!

 

Speaking for Ourselves is piloting some training to schools, varying from school assemblies to staff training days, by employing disabled trainers from Disability Equality in Education. With over 1,800 teaching packs requested so far, we believe there is the potential for us to expand this work in the future. Watch this space!

 

If you are no longer interviewing, please arrange to return your recorder to Alex. If you have expenses claims outstanding, please call 020 7619 7228 by 7 December. No expenses can be paid beyond this date.

 

You can view the video or order the pack online at http://www.speakingforourselves.org.uk

 

If you have any queries about ‘Speaking for Ourselves’, please email s4o@scope.org.uk, call 020 7619 7228 or write to:

 

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