Saturday 26th September saw the very first 'Community Fun Day' taking place at the Deaf Cultural Centre. This was a celebratory day to mark the 2nd anniversary of the Community Launch 2 years ago which saw the UK's first purpose built Deaf Cultural Centre open their doors for the first time to the public.

Children and young people enjoyed face painting and made creative necklaces and key-rings with an artist from DANUK (Deaf Arts Network UK) Linda Bagnall, who set up a family friendly workshop with her co-worker, Clair Rushton.

A bouncy castle was outside in the glorious sunshine for them to have a go and many of them challenged their friends on the karting race-track. Afterwards, Silkie the Clown provided a circus workshop, which brought entertaining fun and laughter to many of the young people.

For the adults, the on-site cafe was open to provide breaks, a chance for friends to catch up over coffee and lunch. bid services, NDCS, the Deaf Cultural Centre along with its sub-groups for the Birmingham Deaf Community Group and the Birmingham Deaf Diversity Group set up information stalls for visitors to learn more about each organisation and group and the kind of events they organise throughout the year.

The Community Fun Day was not only aimed at deaf people but also everyone. Robin Ash, the centre's Community Development Manager, said 'It's an achievement for the Deaf Cultural Centre to reach its second year and we could not let this pass unnoticed without making it significant for the visitors. It's always brilliant when the communities come together, catch up and enjoy themselves and I hope that the activities we provided for the day did just that'.

Celebrations for the evening included a deaf quiz of which 5 teams challenged each other on 5 different rounds. Some subjects covered the recent news, the history before the Deaf Cultural Centre was built and all about the sub-groups. At the end, there could only be one team to win and it was the excellent partnership between Teresa Allcock and James Cowdrill which saw them collect the highest points, giving each money for their prize.