Terry Makewell

The lunar eclipse. A crescent moon which is coloured red.

The space nerd is still strong in me 🌙 ✨ The September 2025 lunar eclipse from Exeter, UK

If you want to include the wider Not-for-profit sector I'm pretty sure you could double that number 😁

🤣 some days my brain just gets it straight off. Other days nope.

Good going. Hows your brain work on Connections?

Those and more are uploaded now and free to use

Plume of black smoke coming from behind a church

Firemen watching flames down an alley way.

An early morning walk with the dog led me past the fire in Exeter city centre. Thankfully it was under control pretty quickly, no one was hurt and it didn't make it to St Nicholas Priory
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Image description: Black text against a pale lilac-blue background: “This International Women’s Day, let’s commit to more than just a nod of recognition. Let’s commit to real listening – a listening that can change the course of history.” Dame Evelyn Glennie

With International Women’s Day coming up, our founder Dame Evelyn Glennie focuses on the radical power of listening to women, and how it can reshape the global landscape of unity, empathy, and shared humanity.

Read the article in full: bit.ly/3Da8PnI

#TeachTheWorldToListen #IWD2025

Terry Makewell on LinkedIn: #hearingloss #menieres #inclusion #tinnitus #balancedisorders… Not all disabilities are visible. I know this from lived experience. 🧏‍♂️ I've had Ménière’s disease for nearly 20 years now. It’s a rare a rare inner ear…

I've been missing for a while. I had an operation that purposely destroyed my balance function and made me lose even more hearing. I had to learn to balance and walk straight again.

I thought I'd share some of my menieres and deafness journey to help others

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Our Founder, Dame Evelyn Glennie is excited to announce the launch of The Evelyn Glennie Foundation’s first dedicated website — our platform to share our mission and work with the world.

#TeachTheWorldToListen

Screenshot of the series Stranger Things. It shows a scary looking monster with lots of tentacles. The closed captions read - The wettest sloppiest sloshy slappin footsteps you've ever freakin heard.

The wettest sloppiest sloshy slappin footsteps you've ever freakin heard 👾

4/5 viewers aged 18-25 yrs use subtitles/closed captions. It helps when distractions & devices compete for attention 📱💻

Stranger Things did this well, understanding audience & context. The Media Act 2024 will give us more

Programme showing 4th verse of 'We three kings of orient are'. Which goes as..... Myrrh is mine; its bitter perfume breathes a life of gathering gloom; sorrowing, sighing, bleeding, dying, sealed in the stone-cold tomb. O star of wonder....

Printed programme with Exeter Cathedral, the Exeter Nativity, Sunday 15th December 2024, 4pm. Nativity play with carols.

Well the 4th verse of 'We three Kings of Orient are' takes a dark turn.

Sighing, bleeding, dying, sealed in the stone-cold tomb.

Great Nativity at Exeter Cathedral though 🌟🦙

*Important*. We don't issue Red warnings lightly. Please keep a close eye on our Met Office forecasts & warnings. Storm Darragh is going to bring dangerous winds. We've also got Amber and Yellow warnings out for wind and rain. Check out our app, website or socials for specific details for your area.

Haven't seen this one yet but did watch her one from last year - Falling into Christmas.

It was pretty good I'd say

Photo is looking along a train line at a train station. There are people waiting for the imminent arrival of a train. The sky has dark clouds and there is a rainbow spread across the sky.

It's that time of year when RNID people from across the country travel to meet up for our charity summit. Even as a fully remote org we value meeting up 3 times a year.

We're going to share, learn and celebrate....and wear our Christmas jumpers! 🎅🎄

To help people understand design I talk about I was doing woodwork at A-level. When making a table I designed it for how it looked, but also for how people were going to use it. Was the wood strong enough for people to sit on it? Was there enough space for everyone?

Form AND function

If you don’t trust a machine to write a book or a song, it’s not trustworthy for alt text.

Automated tools can help ensure there’s alt text (which is preferable to no alt text) but it’s not always accurate or actually helpful.

Put the same level of care from your posts into your alt text

a man wearing glasses is giving the middle finger in front of a wall that says priest Alt: A man in a black T-shirt is signing 'sad' by pulling his forefinger down across his cheek from his right eye. His face looks sad. The background is a collection of squares and the word 'TRIEST' is written very small in the top left of the image.

This is so true. The automatically generated alt text on this sign language gif of someone signing 'sad' is:

'a man wearing glasses is giving the middle finger in front of a wall that says priest'

He really isn't.

a man with a beard is wearing a red shirt and making a gesture with his hand on his chest . Alt: a man with a beard is wearing a red shirt and making a gesture with his hand on his chest .

Absolutely gutted not to be able to make it to @ukcharitycamp.bsky.social tomorrow....because of stuff. I've only been waiting 11 months! 🤷 There will still be someone from RNID there though.

Hoping to be able to follow it on @bsky.app #UKCharityCamp

Here's another for you Madeleine. The Evelyn Glennie Foundation with the mission to Teach the World to Listen @evelynglenniefd.bsky.social

Image descriptions: Two colour photographs, the first of which shows the artist Johnny Warrender as he paints. We can see him stood looking towards his easel, whilst behind him are windows overlooking a car-park, with bright blue sky showing a very sunny but cold day. Surrounding him are (in the background) awards and instruments which form part of The Evelyn Glennie Collection. To his left, in the foreground of the photo, we can see some watercolour pans in his palette tin, a mixing palette tray, and an array of watercolour brushes. In the second photo, we can see the subject of Johnny's work - the Ugandan drum which created the sound of the Morse Code on BBC Radio during World War 2.

Image descriptions: Two colour photographs, the first of which shows the artist Johnny Warrender as he paints. We can see him stood looking towards his easel, whilst behind him are windows overlooking a car-park, with bright blue sky showing a very sunny but cold day. Surrounding him are (in the background) awards and instruments which form part of The Evelyn Glennie Collection. To his left, in the foreground of the photo, we can see some watercolour pans in his palette tin, a mixing palette tray, and an array of watercolour brushes. In the second photo, we can see the subject of Johnny's work - the Ugandan drum which created the sound of the Morse Code on BBC Radio during World War 2.

The Foundation has been delighted to open its doors to the eminent artist, Johnny Warrender, who is focusing on capturing images related to war and conflict. This Ugandan drum created the sound of the Morse Code on BBC Radio during WW2, played by the late James Blades.

DMA letter to Secretary of State Peter Kyle on behalf of the charity sector Major charities have lined up behind the DMA's call for the government to extend the soft opt-in to the charity sector.

The charity sector plays a critical role in delivering vital services.

A small change (soft opt-in for email marketing) to the Data Bill could increase annual charity donations in the UK by £290 million! That's why I'm a co-signer on a letter to the Secretary of State.

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It finally reached down here in Exeter. Snow down by Exeter Quay EX2 8/10 #uksnow

A number of people using ropes to climb up the side of a snowy mountain.

Imagine climbing Mount Everest 🏔️

Now imagine doing it as a deaf mountaineer 🤯

Michael Woods highlights the difficulties of navigation when needing to sign in British Sign Language during foggy conditions or using a headlamp.

Shaping Tomorrow Ep 3 is exceptionally inspiring youtu.be/DNT9I1V56Cs

Deep Dive 19/11/2024 – Any more snow on the way? – Met Office weekly weather forecast UK YouTube video by Met Office - UK Weather

If you’re looking for a brief summary of this week’s weather… you’ve come to the wrong place 👇🏻

Deep Dive 19/11/2024 – Any more snow on the way? – Met Office weekly weather forecast UK
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Making your event deaf aware There are several different types of communication and support which can be put in place to make events deaf aware.

We've got some handy tips to help with making events more inclusive for deaf people 😀

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Deaf awareness training Give your staff the confidence and skills they need to communicate with colleagues and customers who are deaf or have hearing loss or tinnitus.

As you'd expect we can help with that. We work with loads of orgs, including most recently HSBC www.linkedin.com/posts/joseca...

Making your event deaf aware There are several different types of communication and support which can be put in place to make events deaf aware.

We've got some handy tips to help with making events more inclusive for deaf people 😀

rnid.org.uk/information-...

I'd love to do that through my hearing aids, but what hearing I have sounds like it is underwater. However, bone conducting headphones have been a game changer for me

JustGiving is now accepting cryptocurrency donations. 😕 Maybe not so strange with ~580 million crypto users worldwide & an estimated £1.5bn in cryptocurrency having been donated to charities [from Giving Block’s 2024 report] 💰

Maybe something to do with not being subject to capital gains tax?

Deaf awareness tips from RNID. They are listed in different groups. Full version is available at the link.

Start the week the right way. Want to make online meetings more accessible and inclusive for those of us who are deaf or have hearing loss?

Here's something to help. Mute when not speaking and only one person speaking at a time are the biggies. More tips here 👇

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