Championing

Campaigns for better access and integration

Assisting Deaf service users request access and communication support from service providers and institutions
Assisting Deaf service users in making complaints about lack of access and communication support from service providers and institutions
Advising on members’ rights under the Equality Act 2010
Providing Workshops on self-advocacy and complaints for members of the Deaf community
Working with the Sign Language Interpreting Service to provide Deaf Awareness training for free or subsidised to non-profit service providers.
Providing information and advice on a range of issues relevant to the community for example current system of application and assessment for Personal Independence Payments or Access to Work.
Raising the profile of the Deaf community and Deaf culture by collecting, preserving and exhibiting the history of the organisation and of Deafness in the UK – for example working with local museums to agree inclusion of deaf history in their “social history” exhibitions.