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Cross sector support for statement of common purpose

7 September 2015 | Common Purpose • Members News • Press Releases • UK Council on Deafness

Almost 60 organisations are already supporting the statement of common purpose on deafness and hearing loss.

The list already represents the breadth of the sector. It includes organisations that work with or represent

  • people of all ages who are Deaf, deaf, deafened, deafblind or have a hearing loss;
  • the myriad of responses to deafness and hearing loss, from people whose only language is sign language to those who have a cochlear implant; and
  • communication and language professionals, education institutions, communication agencies, and politicians.

Significantly, it includes organisations that aren’t exclusively concerned with deafness or hearing loss. They include NHS Grampian, the Department of Languages and Intercultural Studies at Heriot Watt University, and Southampton City Council’s Reablement Team.

Craig Crowley, chair of the task force that has led the work, said: “We are pleased so many have already signed the statement and look forward to more doing the same.

“The diversity of organisations shows we have gone some way to identifying the core of what our sector is about. We knew there is much we agree on – we just needed to have the conversation.

“Likewise, the work that will be done as a result of this process will be led by organisations across the spectrum of deafness and hearing loss. We are already talking to high profile hearing aid manufacturers, telecommunications providers and others about their involvement too.

“We therefore hope the list will have grown to at least 80 organisations before we formally launch the statement in late autumn. Then we will be in a good position to realise our vision of a world that benefits from people who are deaf or have a hearing loss being able to fulfil their potential.

Six mission groups will develop a collaborative programme of work. They are

  • awareness, chaired by Jim Edwards of Signature;
  • education, chaired by Lindsey Rousseau of NatSIP;
  • employment, chaired by Jan Sheldon of RAD;
  • information, chaired by Lorraine Gailey of Hearing Link;
  • services, chaired by Jeff Skipp of Deafblind UK; and
  • prevention, chaired by Paul Breckell of Action on Hearing Loss.

The chairs will make up the majority of the steering group that will oversee all the work. They will be joined by Jane Cordell of Getting Equal and Craig Crowley of Action Deafness.

The statement of common purpose initiative is facilitated by the UK Council on Deafness. For more information see https://ukcod.org/ukcod/outcome-common-purpose.

If you want to join the list of founder signatories and help promote the statement please email dan.sumners@signature.org.uk.

Signatories

  1. Action Deafness
  2. Action for Deafness
  3. Action on Hearing Loss
  4. ADEPT
  5. appa
  6. APPG on Deafness
  7. Association of Lipspeakers
  8. Association of Sign Language Interpreters
  9. Association of Verbatim Speech to Text Reporters
  10. BID Services
  11. Brian Archbold
  12. British Association of Teachers of the Deaf
  13. British Deaf Association
  14. Cambridgeshire Hearing Help
  15. Chief Officers’ Group of Third Sector Deaf Organisations
  16. Clarion Interpreting
  17. Cochlear Implanted Children’s Support Group
  18. Cumbria DeafVision
  19. Deaf Direct
  20. Deafblind UK
  21. Deafconnect
  22. Deafness Cognition and Language Research Centre, University College London
  23. Deafness Support Network
  24. deafPlus
  25. Department of Languages and Intercultural Studies, Heriot Watt University
  26. The Ear Foundation
  27. Exeter Royal Academy for Deaf Education
  28. Gloucestershire Deaf Association
  29. Gwen Carr
  30. HearFirst
  31. Hearing Link
  32. Hearing Loss and Deafness Alliance
  33. Hertfordshire Hearing Advisory Service
  34. Home Counties Cochlear Implant Group
  35. Jane Cordell
  36. Louise Tonks
  37. Manchester Deaf Centre
  38. National Association of Deafened People
  39. National Cochlear Implant Users Association
  40. National Community Hearing Association
  41. National Deaf Children’s Society
  42. National Sensory Impairment Partnership
  43. NHS Grampian
  44. Nottinghamshire Deaf Society
  45. Phonak UK
  46. Reablement Team, Social Services, Southampton City Council
  47. Royal Association for Deaf People
  48. Scottish Council on Deafness
  49. Sense
  50. Sign Solutions
  51. Signature
  52. SignHealth
  53. Social Research with Deaf People, University of Manchester
  54. South Wales Cochlear Implant Support Group
  55. StageTEXT
  56. UK Deaf Sport
  57. Visual Language Professionals