Wed 15 Jan 2025
The Calypso Project Report
The Calypso Project is a music and arts initiative designed to enhance the lives of deaf Barbadians
We're assisting and enabling deaf people of all ages to achieve through education, sport,
technology,
creativity, employment, entrepreneurship and business skills. We're advancing the public
understanding of the needs and aspirations of deaf, hard of hearing and deafened people
worldwide.
We aim to enable Deaf children, youths and adults to become Deaf Aspirational leaders and role models of tomorrow, via sporting achievement, education, training, technological advances and creative entrepreneurship.
Our purpose is to empower their life journey within a changing society embracing inclusion, sport, mental health, well-being, diversity and equality.
Deaf Aspirations has the potential:
Whether it's working with Deaf Sports First, Belsize RFU, London, the Berchman Foundation or establishing virtual accessible learning centres, disseminating research or establishing centres of leadership, we're always hard at work making a difference. See our latest news below.
The Calypso Project is a music and arts initiative designed to enhance the lives of deaf Barbadians
The Oratory was honoured to welcome Vint Cerf, American Internet Pioneer, for a fascinating Oratory Windhover Society talk to the whole school on the 'Challenges of the Internet and AI' in October 2024. Pictured with Dr Julian Murphy, Head of the Oratory School
Deaf Aspirations are absoutely delighted with the donation of £5K from John Connelly and the Spirit of Belsyze Foundation supporting deaf children, young people and adults to become leaders and role models of tomorrow
We have had the pleasure and honour of knowing and working with Brian over many years. He supported, contributed and added great value to the pioneering work of DEAFAX and its associated charitable and technological enterprises.
The Oratory is delighted to be hosting a Christmas Fair in The Oratory Sports Centre on Monday 2 December, 6.00pm – 8.30pm.
Our own Ken Carter appears as a special guest on the Null & Void Sports Podcast to talk about his sporting life and charitable work
Deaf Aspirations celebrates Golden Anniversary of the first UK telephone call in 1973 between two deaf people David Hyslop & Andrew Kenyon
By Diane Kenyon, Honorary President of Deaf Aspirations
Two years on from the historic British Sign Language Act 2022 and to celebrate Sign Language Week 2024, Lord Michael Berkeley of Knighton, CBE, William Ogden & Ken Carter were invited to the British Deaf Association’s parliamentary reception at the House of Commons
Rubbena Aurangzeb-Tariq is our Co-Chair of Directors. She is also an extraordinarily talented artist.
We have had the pleasure and honour of knowing and working with Paul over many years. He supported, contributed and added great value to the pioneering work of DEAFAX and its associated charitable and technological enterprises.
Ken Carter introduces a selection of highly talented and outstanding Old Oratorians whom he had the privilege of teaching at the Oratory School and who have become leaders in the charities he has set up.
The Research & Development Unit wants to undertake relevant & essential worldwide research programmes concerning medicine, disability, cybernetics, technology and education
Ken Carter provides a brief overview of the latest research study based on experiences of students in higher education.
Breakthrough Trust deaf directors, Andrew Kenyon in London and David Hyslop in Birmingham made the first UK telephone call.
Ken Carter provides an overview of a book project still to be completed in BATOD Magazine
A fantastic DEAF AWARENESS VIDEO promoting inclusion and the "Deaf Can" model
Ken Carter shares an obituary tribute to Professor Harold Silver in BATOD Magazine