Action Deafness works with Deaf, Hard of Hearing, Deafened and Deafblind children, young people, adults and older people across Leicester, Leicestershire and the East Midlands.
The organisation's Head Office is based in Leicester and from here we provide a range of specialist services, including Family Services, BME Services, Advocacy, Interpreting Services, Community Support and much more. You can choose from any the options from the left hand menu bar to find out more about them.
Below you will find information about many of the activities that the organisation has been doing as well as up and coming events. Please choose from any of the news articles to find out more.
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Action Deafness Books . . . Don't they know? There's no such thing as a Gruffalo . . . Award winning author and Children's Laureate, Julia Donaldson came to Leicester to perform songs and stories from her much-loved children's books, with lots of help from Action Deafness Books and the audience! Working in collaboration with the University of Leicester, Action Deafness Books hosted Julia as part of the Literary Leicester festival held by the University annually.
Success for Hearing Aid Clinic An initiative by Deaf-led charity, Action Deafness (AD) Cultural, in conjunction with Leicester's Hospitals Hearing Services Department, to bring NHS hearing aid services to the heart of the city's Black, Minority and Ethnic (BME) communities, has proven a success in overcoming cultural barriers. AD Cultural's HearNow Project launched a drop-in hearing aid repair clinic with the city's NHS Hearing Services Department in response to research showing people from BME backgrounds were not accessing services.
AD Cultural & AD Families'
London Trip, 13th November 2011 AD Cultural and AD Families arranged a day trip to London on the 13th of November for clients from both departments. We went to Covent Garden and then on to the West End to watch a BSL interpreted performance of the Lion King! We were a large group of 47 people and everyone thoroughly enjoyed the trip. Thank you to our clients for their co-operation as it was a long day, but one that was very enjoyable!
AD & Bee Communications AD Communications is pleased to announce that it can now offer a revolutionary new service through its partnership with Bee communications. The remote captioning service allows customers to access speech to text operators via a secure internet site. Customers can follow the meeting/speaker through the use of a microphone attached to a laptop, or via a telephone. The speech to text operator works remotely and therefore does not have to travel to the assignment. This means that travel costs no longer need to be passed onto the customer, making the service great value for money.
BSL Level 1 We have a new cohort of students starting our next British Sign Language (BSL) Level 1 course next week which is for family members, friends or work colleagues of deaf people who use BSL. If you fall into one of these categories, i.e. if you work with someone, or have a friend or a member of your family who is D/deaf and uses BSL, then you may be eligible to join one of our courses free of charge. For further information please contact the HearNow team on 0116 2533205.
Literacy Course We are looking for more Deaf or hard of hearing people to join our Literacy Course. The course is aimed at people who have any level of hearing loss, and who have little or no signed or spoken language and who want to improve their literacy skills. The course is 2 hours per week. To be eligible to join free, we need proof that you are in receipt of either Job Seeker's Allowance (JSA) or Employment Support Allowance (ESA). If you are not sure if you're eligible, or would like further information, then please contact the HearNow team on 0116 2533205.
