Community Auslan: Practice

Community Auslan: Practice.

  Register Now for Term 3, 2025

2.00 pm - 3.00 pm, Thursdays during school term Register Now

Barkly Square Cafe, or Community Space near the Cafe, Barkly Square, Ballarat East.

Free! All welcome.

Join other community members for this informal group designed to encourage you to practise the basics of Auslan (Australian Sign Language) in a welcoming group setting. All levels welcome and voices are used to help clarify, support and encourage understanding Auslan. 

Monthly Saturday "Voice Off" Auslan Practice Group

REGISTER NOW for 26 July, 30 August and/or 27 September

10.00 am - 11.30 am, last Saturday of every month (except December and January)

Sebastopol Library

Free! All welcome.

Are you interested in the challenge of another form of communication? Do you know a little Auslan? Are you learning Auslan? Are you fluent in Auslan? If you answered Yes to any of these questions please come along to our monthly social “Voice Off” group.

We welcome the Deaf Community, Hard of Hearing Community and the hearing community to come together and socialise. The Ballarat East Neighbourhood House will be hosting a Voice Off Session at the Sebastopol Library to support people wanting to communicate through Auslan (Australian Sign Language).

As suggested in the “Voice Off” name this is a no-voice event.

Please be aware that this activity of hosted by volunteers. They are Auslan Enthusiasts and lifelong learners. However, our volunteers are not fluent and may use a variety of signs. They are keen to learn more signs, adjust signs to community needs and further understand the culture of the language and people who use it. Feedback is welcome.

Community Auslan Courses

The Ballarat East Neighbourhood House hosts several Community Auslan Courses at Barkly Square, Ballarat East.