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Sign has won the 1995 Sir Roy Griffiths
Award for Achievement and Good Practice
in Housing and Community Care.
The award was given for Sign's housing
scheme in Manchester for deaf people
with mental health problems and was
presented by Stephen Dorrell, Secretary
of State for Health.
The Sign scheme provides accommodation
for deaf people who would otherwise
be in long-term institutions.
Staff at the scheme have begun to teach
Sign Language to many members of the
local community, heightening awareness
of deafness.
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