National Organisations
AbilityNet
URL: www.abilitynet.org.uk
AbilityNet exists to change the lives of disabled people by helping them to use digital technology at work, at home or in education.
Access London Theatre
URL: www.abilitynet.org.uk
The Access London Theatre brochure features audio-described, captioned, signed and relaxed performance listings for theatres across London and is available in print, Braille and CD.
Action Deafness
1st Floor, Peepul Centre,
Orchardson Avenue,
Leicester,
LE4 6DP
URL: www.actiondeafness.org.uk
Email: enquiries@actiondeafness.org.uk (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
Tel: +(44) 0844 593 8440
Fax: +(44) 0844 593 8441
Mini: +(44) 0844 593 8445
Twitter: @ActionDeafness
Facebook: Action Deafness
Action Deafness (AD) specialises in quality and value for money services, specifically tailor made for you.
Our unique insight enables us to take action to resolve issues faced everyday by people who are deaf, deafened and hard of hearing (D/deaf).
Our bespoke services are delivered seamlessly wherever you are in the UK, 7 days a week.
Action for Deafness
URL: www.actionfordeafness.org.uk
Telephone or Text: 07426 559602
Action for Deafness provides advice, support, information and services to enable Deaf, deafened, hard of hearing and deafblind people to lead independent lives.
The organisation works in partnership with many local and national organisations including the NHS with which it has a contract to provide audiology services.
We are continually developing and strengthening our services and this website is just one way of making our services accessible to all.
If you would like to know more about the work that Action for Deafness does please contact us.
Action on Hearing Loss (formerly RNID)
URL: www.actiononhearingloss.org.uk
Better to chat?
Telephone 0808 808 0123
Textphone 0808 808 9000
Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm
Action on Hearing Loss is the largest charity in the UK campaigning, lobbying and raising awareness of deafness and hearing loss. It also has a range of aids to help improve your hearing and provides advice and support.
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Age UK
URL: www.ageuk.org.uk
Telephone: 0800 678 1602
Age UK brings together Age Concern and Help the Aged. The Age UK Group works to improve later life for everyone by providing life-enhancing services and vital support.
The Association of Lipspeakers (ALS)
URL: www.lipspeaking.co.uk
Email: enquiries@lipspeaking.co.uk
There are many occasions when a person with a hearing loss may benefit from using a lipspeaker.
Some examples of this are medical appointments and group or business meetings; in fact anything where it is very important or helpful for the person to know what is being said.
The Association of Lipspeakers (ALS) is the professional body that represents lipspeakers. We aim to promote lipspeaking and its good practice and encourage the further development of lipspeaking as a communication service.
This site should enable you to find qualified and NRCPD registered lipspeakers.
BANA | British Acoustic Neuroma Association
BANA (British Acoustic Neuroma Association) is a national charity providing community support and information to all those affected by acoustic neuroma brain tumours.
URL: www.bana-uk.com
BID Services
Bid Services is a charity working with children and adults with hearing loss, sight loss or both. They provide a range of services including specialist equipment support, employment support and social work. To check which services are available in your area, please visit their website for further information.
Telephone: 0121 246 6100
Textphone: 0121 246 6101
Fax: 0121 246 6125
URL: www.bid.org.uk
Email: info@bid.org.uk
British Tinnitus Association
What we do
We are an independent charity supporting thousands of people who experience tinnitus and advise medical professionals from across the world. We are the primary source of support and information for people with tinnitus in the UK, facilitating an improved quality of life. We aim to encourage prevention through our educational programme and to seek effective treatment for tinnitus through a medical research programme.
We seek to provide the most appropriate and expert advice and information free of charge via our confidential freephone helpline on 0800 018 0527.
Telephone: 0800 018 0527
URL: www.tinnitus.org.uk
City Lit - Adult Education
At City Lit, we aim to help you achieve your goals. As the capital’s ultimate destination for evening, weekend and daytime courses, we inspire 60,000 Londoners with over 5,000 courses each year.
We pride ourselves on offering an array of courses across a massive range of subject areas including art and design, history, writing, computing, massage, languages and much more. Catering to the busy Londoner, our courses run during the daytime, evenings and weekends to help you find something that fits in with your busy schedule.
Support 'Hear My Lips' - City Lit Lipreading campaign
By 2031 one in five of us will have hearing loss. We have led the way on lipreading for 100 years, The HearMyLips campaign aspires to help people by training more teachers across the UK. Please give your support!!!!
URL: www.citylit.ac.uk
DeafBlind UK
DeafblindUK supports people with combined sight and hearing loss to live the lives they want.
The Information and Advice Line is free to call and is open from 9am to 5pm Monday – Thursday and 9am to 4pm on Friday.
Telephone: 0800 132 320
Text: 07950 008870
Email: info@deafblind.org.uk
URL: deafblind.org.uk
deafPLUS
Breaking Through Barriers
We offer one to one, confidential information and deaf advice services nationwide.
URL: www.deafplus.org
Deaf Strategies
This website looks at deaf strategies, coping tactics, tips on hearing loss, living with deafness, hearing impairment.
It contains a wealth of useful ideas.
URL: www.deafstrategies.org
Deaf Unity
We are fast becoming the leading portal for deaf people. Our mission is to unite the deaf community and be a pillar of support and inspiration. Browse our website for the latest news, job listings, careers advice, and networking opportunities within the deaf community.
URL: deafunity.org
Facebook: DeafUnity
Twitter: deafunity
YouTube: DeafUnity
Ear Foundation SoundSpace Online
The “go to” place for online information, resources and learning about hearing loss.
Telephone: +44 (0)115 942 1985
Text: 07852 296613
Email: info@earfoundation.org.uk
URL: www.earfoundation.org.uk
The office is open Monday to Friday 9am-5pm
Hearing Dogs for Deaf People
Hearing Dogs for Deaf People train hearing dogs to alert deaf people to select household sounds and danger signals in the home, work place and in public buildings – providing a life-changing level of independence, confidence and security.
URL: www.hearingdogs.org.uk
Hearing Link
Hearing Link is a UK charity for people who have developed any level of hearing loss, their family and friends. It provides information and support and puts them in contact with others who have similar experiences. It aims to give people the knowledge, skills, confidence and contacts so they can more easily manage the practical and emotional challenges that hearing loss brings. It works across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Telephone: 07526 123255
Email: helpdesk@hearinglink.org
URL: www.hearinglink.org
Ideas for Ears
Ideas for Ears is a small not-for-profit organisation run by people with hearing loss. The team works hard to help businesses and organisations to tackle the access and inclusion issues that impact on people with hearing loss. They have a strong community spirit and reach out to people with hearing loss across the UK for support with projects and to get feedback on their ideas and opinions.
Ideas for Ears is the UK’s leading authority on hearing access, which is about how easily people can hear and follow conversation, discussion and other audible information. They provide guidance on audio equipment (including hearing loops), acoustics and noise, the way meetings and events are set up and run, the behaviour of speakers and presenters, use of language and communication professionals and more.
They also work with developers of new products and people introducing new services to help them test and get things right for people with hearing loss. Their main goal is to stop people with hearing loss experiencing so much stress, exclusion and indignity in daily life, and to prevent disadvantage in meetings, events, workplaces, community groups, public consultations and more.
You can find out more at: www.ideasforears.org.uk and you can sign up for their email updates here: http://eepurl.com/c-nL6r
Jewish Deaf Association
The JDA is an independent, national charity offering professional support services, information and a range of social, cultural and educational programmes to people with all levels of hearing loss, people experiencing tinnitus, their friends, families and colleagues.
Telephone: 020 8446 0502 (voice)
Telephone: 020 8446 4037 (text)
Telephone: 020 8446 0214 (Technology & Information Centre - voice, textphone, answerphone)
Fax: 020 8445 7451
Skype: ann.jewishdeaf or ruthie.jewishdeaf
Email: mail@jdeaf.org.uk
URL: www.jdeaf.org.u
Or by post: JDA, Julius Newman House, Woodside Park Road, North Finchley, London N12 8RP
National Association of Deafened People (NADP)
The NADP provides information and support for deafened people who have lost all or most of their useful hearing, and for their families and friends, to help enable them to regain their independence and enjoy the best quality of life. The NADP is run by and for deafened people.
URL: www.nadp.org.uk
National Deaf Childrens Society
Our vision is a world without barriers for every deaf child.
Our mission:
Together we overcome the social and educational barriers that hold deaf children back. Together we overcome the social and educational barriers that hold deaf children back.
Deaf children and young people are at the heart of our work. We make sure their needs come first, and we help others do the same
We give expert unbiased support to help deaf children and their parents make informed choices about their lives.
We work together with others to positively challenge unfairness.
URL: www.ndcs.org.uk
Open Ears
Open Ears is a non-denominational Christian charity for people who have various degrees of impaired hearing, mainly (but not exclusively) those who communicate orally, assisted by hearing aids or cochlear implants and lip-reading.
URL: www.openears.org.uk
Royal Association for Deaf People (RAD)
RAD strives to meet the individual needs of Deaf children and adults and deafblind people through the provision of services and the use of RAD Centres for Deaf People.
URL: www.royaldeaf.org.uk
Scope
Our vision
We won’t stop until we achieve a society where all disabled people enjoy equality and fairness.
Our mission
We’re a strong community of disabled and non-disabled people with a shared vision of equality.
We provide practical advice and emotional support whenever people need them most. We do this through our Scope helpline, our online community, a range of employment and child sleep services, community engagement programmes, and more. All of our services are developed to achieve our strategy, Everyday Equality.
We use our collective power to change attitudes and end injustice. And we campaign relentlessly to create a fairer society.
Telephone: 0808 800 3333
Email: helpline@scope.org.uk
URL: www.scope.org.uk
Sense
Sense is a national charity that supports and campaigns for adults and children who are deafblind. Services include: one-to-one support to help people live independently, communicator guides, housing, holidays and employment opportunities.
URL: www.sense.org.uk
StageTEXT
Stagetext makes theatre and culture accessible to deaf, deafened and hard of hearing people.
URL: www.stagetext.org
Stories for Lipreading
'Stories for Lipreading' is a free-to-use website which enables users to practise lipreading skills and enjoy some good writing at the same time.
Stories for Lipreading "provides films of short stories being read aloud by trained lipreading tutors. There are printable sheets to accompany each film, so lipreaders can choose how much support they want in lipreading each story."
URL: www.storiesforlipreading.org.uk
Please Note: it seems that the website "Stories for lipreading" is no longer available BUT many if not all the stories can be found on U Tube.
The Treloar Trust
The Treloar Trust provides education, care, therapy, medical support and independence training to young people with physical disabilities from all over the UK and overseas. Our aim is to prepare these young people for adult life, giving them the confidence and skills to achieve their full potential and this is achieved through a combination of teaching, care, occupational therapy, physiotherapy and speech and language therapy. Treloar School and College is a non-maintained special school/college for disabled children up to 25 years old based at Holybourne near Alton, Hampshire, UK.
Telephone: 01420 547400
Email: info@treloar.org.uk
URL: www.treloar.org.uk
UK Council on Deafness
UKCoD is the umbrella body for voluntary organisations working with deaf people in the UK. The aim is to assist organisations and the sector as a whole to maximise the positive impact they have for deaf people.
URL: www.deafcouncil.org.uk
121 Captions
This website provides support servicesfor the Deaf & hard of hearing and for any organisations working with them
It now only provides support services and training course (paid!)
Email: info@121captions.com
URL: www.121captions.com
About Cochlear Implants
The following organisation provide information about cochlear implants:
National Cochlear Implant Users Association
The NCIUA provides information and support for those considering and those who have cochlear implants There are also regional support groups that provide opportunities for interested people to share their experiences, provide mutual support and enjoy a social occasion. These are open to users and to those considering a cochlear implant.
URL: www.nciua.org.uk