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Newcastle Evening chronicle 15 Dec 2003
Lottery boost for deaf project
A Project to help deaf and blind people in Newcastle has received a £189,000 Lotto boost.
Newcastle City Coun-cil, the Healthy City Pro-ject and Deaflink teamed up to secure the money, which will go towards helping the deaf and hard-of-hearing access - employment, education health, leisure and social opportunities.
The cash will provide one full-time worker, administration support and general running costs over three years.
Coon John O'Shea, cabinet member for health and social care said the money would improve the valuable service.
"People who are deaf, blind or hard of hearing can sometimes find it dif-ficult to access all the services that are avail-able to them."
Ian Graham, acting chairperson for Newcas-tle Deaflink, said: "Now hopefully we can see an improvement in the lives of deaf, deaf-blind and hard-of-hearing people."

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