
A new team member has recently joined Deaffest. A warm welcome to Gordon Hay, the Festival Co-ordinator for Deaffest 2024.
Gordon is an experienced leader after 10 years as senior executive professional working in deaf organisations in England and Scotland. He is currently a consultant specialising in senior leadership, strategy and business development. He also is training to become a Sign Language Translator.
He is currently the Chair of NRCPD, one of the voluntary regulator of Language Service Professionals in the UK.
He used to reside Wolverhampton for over 15 years and have been involved with development of Deaffest during his residency and honoured to be “invited back” into the Deaffest family after having being heavily involved with the recent Edinburgh Deaf Festivals since 2022 with Deaf Action.





