We offer a diverse range of services to Deaf, hard of hearing, deafened, deafblind and hearing people throughout the UK. To learn more about what we provide please click on the Our Services menu at the top of this page.
Welcome to the Action Deafness website.
We offer a diverse range of services to Deaf, hard of hearing, deafened, deafblind and hearing people throughout the UK. Our organisation aims to improve quality of life by promoting independence and equality of opportunity for deaf, deafened, deafblind and Hard of Hearing (D/deaf) people.
We aim to do this by:
The organisation is based in Leicester but we provide services across the UK including Community Support Services, Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) Services, Advocacy, Interpreting Services and much more.
To learn more about what we provide please click on the service menu at the top of this page.
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.
If you would like to talk to us about any of our services or you have a general information enquiry then please choose the "about us" option from the menu bar at the top of the page.
The BBC reports that Student midwives at a university in Leicester are the first in the UK to be taught basic sign language so they can help deaf women during labour.
De Montfort University (DMU) has introduced signing to their midwifery course so the students can communicate with deaf women without an interpreter.