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Action Deafness and Deaf Direct Merger
Action Deafness and Deaf Direct are delighted to announce a merger will take effect from 1st October 2019. Watch BSL video of the announcement here. The merger is an exciting opportunity for both organisations, two successful charities that share similar objectives and values, putting service-users at the heart of everything they do. Working together to share […]
Read MoreUKCoD Annual Conference
Monday, 11th November at BT Centre, 81 Newgate Street, London EC1A 7AJ Creating a Dialogue: Person-centred practice with Deaf people in health & social care This year’s UKCoD conference, hosted by BT, will bring together experts from across the health and social care sector to discuss what best practice looks like when working with people […]
Read MoreStatement from the IFHoH and WFD
The World Federtion for the Deaf (WFD) and the International Federation of Hard of Hearing People (IFHOH) have issued a Joint Statement: Automatic Speech Recognition in Telephone Relay Services and in Captioning Services “The field of Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) has progressed significantly with the advancement of artificial intelligence technology. As a result, more applications […]
Read MoreA Message from our Chair
Hi I am Craig Crowley, Chair of UK Council on Deafness. I am delighted to see our theme for Deaf Awareness Week going viral on social media. We are proud of our theme to celebrate Deaf Role Models! It is important for the general public consciousness to acknowledge, recognise, and celebrate those who have made […]
Read MoreThanks to our Sponsors for #DAWrolemodels2019
Take a look at our Deaf Awareness Week Daily blogs here! Monday – Education/Employment Hearing Aid Repair Shop (HARS) At the Hearing Aid Repair Shop (HARS) we pride ourselves on repairing any make and model of hearing aid. We’re a joint venture company, which is owned by Mary Hare School for deaf children and a large […]
Read MoreThanks to our Sponsors for #DAWrolemodels2019
Monday – Education/Employment Hearing Aid Repair Shop (HARS) At the Hearing Aid Repair Shop (HARS) we pride ourselves on repairing any make and model of hearing aid. We’re a joint venture company, which is owned by Mary Hare School for deaf children and a large multi-national hearing aid company. We started out in 2002 and we’ve […]
Read MoreCelebrating Role Models
Deaf Awareness Week is nearly upon us and this year our theme for the week is ‘Celebrating Role Models’ which includes a theme for each day for organisations to publicise their role models that they choose throughout the week to raise awareness. Monday – Education/Employment Tuesday – Health Wednesday – Sport Thursday – Entertainment Friday – […]
Read MoreCelebrating Role Models
PRESS RELEASE Deaf Awareness Week Deaf Awareness Week is an annual event primarily owned and promoted by the UK Council on Deafness (UKCoD) to provide Charities and interested organisations with the under the umbrella of UKCoD to join forces to raise awareness and challenges of Deafness and hearing loss faced by 1 in 6 people […]
Read MoreDeaf Awareness Week 2019
This year our theme for the week is ‘Celebrating Role Models’ and includes a theme for each day for organisations to publicise their role models throughout the week to raise awareness. Sponsorship Our sponsorship pack with full details can be downloaded here Deaf Awareness Week 2019 sponsorship pack (pdf) We are looking for individual organisations to sponsor a theme (unlimited […]
Read MoreFamily
FAMILY Communication is at the heart of Family life and yet for some children this cannot be taken for granted. Language and culture are usually passed down from one generation to the next but most children who are born deaf are born to hearing parents who may have no prior knowledge or understanding of deafness […]
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