UK Council on Deafness

Members Directory

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• Benefits of Membership
• How to join
• Membership Application Form (Word Document)

Benefits of Membership

Our work would not be possible without the considerable support we receive from our members. In much of what we do it is our role to harness the energy and resources of a member organisation for the benefit of all.

Membership of the Council is open to Charities and Professional Bodies working in the field of deafness. Our members' interests cover the full spectrum of deafness including the hard of hearing, deafblind, deafened and, of course, the profoundly Deaf sign language using community.

By joining the Council your organisation will be able to keep up to date with deaf issues through various media; our Monthly Bulletin, regular mailings by post and email, the weekly Parliamentary Report and by attending the many events that we hold during the year. You will be able to contribute to the debate and help to shape the destiny of deaf organisations in the UK.

We hold regular events and meetings for our members. These are an opportunity for our members to get to know each other, to share ideas and resources, compare examples of best practice, develop a greater understanding of each other's organisations, identify potential joint initiatives and partnerships, discuss the issues affecting deaf people and formulate joint policy.

Campaigns that we are working with our members on include the Access to Communication in English; working with the government and other deaf organisations following the official Recognition of BSL; supporting the campaign for better access to Health Services; and we co-ordinate the annual national Deaf Awareness Week each May.

As members your organisation can send delegates to our Conferences and Seminars at a substantially discounted fee. Recent Conferences include; Deaf People in the Workplace; Deaf People from Overseas; and Health Promotion for Deaf Communities. Seminars cover topics such as: Trustee Induction; Fundraising; Social Inclusion; Youth Work; Media and Setting up Deaf User Groups.

Members receive free copies of some of our Publications and a 20% discount on all others. Recent publications include: The Good Practice Guide; Setting up a Deaf Users' Forum and the proceedings of Conferences.

We are registered with the Criminal Records Bureau as an umbrella body for countersigning applications for Disclosure. This service is available to Member Organisations only, free of charge.

The Monthly Bulletin is sent to about 350 organisations. We include leaflets and fliers with the Bulletin, this service is also free of charge to Member Organisations.

All new members receive:

A FREE copy of the Good Practice Guide
A FREE copy of Setting up a Deaf Users' Forum

Members may display the Members Badge in their publications.

Please contact us for a high resolution version

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How to join

Membership of the Council is only open to Charities and Professional Bodies working in the field of deafness. Organisations that do not qualify for membership can affiliate to the Council

The Membership Year runs from April 1st - March 31st

Fees are based on Annual Turnover.

Band A up to £10,000 : £25

Band B up to £50,000 : £50

Band C up to £100.000 : £100

Band D up to £250,000 : £125

Band E up to £1m : £250

Band F up to £2m : £500

BAND G up to £10m : £750

Band H over £10m : £900

Fees are based on the lowest of either Gross Income or Gross Expenditure as shown in your most recent accounts. For most organisations whose financial year ends in March this means that your Fee for 2008/2009 will be based on the accounts for the year ending March 2007. If this presents a problem for you do please discuss it with us first. The membership year runs from April 1st - March 31st. Acceptance of membership is subject to eligibility according to the Memorandum & Articles of the Council. The decision of our Management Committee in accepting or rejecting applications for membership will be final. Fees are payable against invoice.

Please complete the application form and post to us with a copy of your most recent accounts and either your most recent Annual Review or an A4 page describing your organisation and your activities.

IMPORTANT Please send no money now. We will invoice you as soon as we have checked your eligibility and approved your membership

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