6 Introducing GDA's new Youth Participation Leader We are delighted to have welcomed a new Youth Participation Leader to the team. Gilson Sly (pictured) joined GDA in August and is working with our GDYZ and CDCC groups, as well as Teachers of the Deaf to ensure local deaf children and their families get the right support. Gilson is himself deaf since birth and is equally fluent in sign and speech which makes him ideal to work with both hearing and deaf families. Gilson has experience of leading youth groups and his obvious connection with members of our youth group, GDYZ, who attended the second stage interview will make him an extremely positive role model. It's been 8 years since GDA had a Youth Leader on its staff, so the appointment of Gilson is an exciting one for the charity and the future of its children and youth people services. The Silent Child film comes to GDA On Friday 27th October we were very honoured to welcome the award-winning film, The Silent Child to GDA for a special screening. The film stars Maisie (pictured right), who attends GDA's CDCC and Forest School clubs. In the film, Libby is a fouryear-old profoundly deaf girl, who is born into a midd class family and lives in a world of silence until a caring social worker teaches her the gift of communication. The film's collection of awards from the international film festival circuit, means it is now up for a BAFTA and OSCAR nomination. Fellow actor and director, Rachel Shenton (pictured right) was also at the screening and shared her motivation behind making the film with the audience of local teachers, Advisory Teachers and Councillors and urged them all to champion deaf inclusion, especially in schools.
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