UK Council on Deafness

Opportunities for Volunteering Grants awarded for 2007/2008

NO NEW GRANTS ALLOCATED IN 2007.

2006 - 2009 3 YEAR PROJECTS

Cambridgeshire Deaf Association, Cambridge
£4,860 to a befriending service for vulnerable and isolated deaf people in rural areas of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.
Contact: Jamie Billam
Phone: 18002 01223 246237
Email: jamie@cambsdeaf.plus.com

Catholic Caring Services
£7,016 for a Hearing Loss Management Service.
Volunteers help and support elderly people with newly acquired hearing loss and experiencing social isolation as a result of their deafness.
Contact: Linda Ianson
Phone: 01772 732313
Email: lindaianson@catholiccaring servicews.org.uk

dDeaflinks, Staffordshire, Stoke on Trent
£14,952 to provide information & support on healthy lifestyles covering a range of health issues for a whole range of deaf people.
Contact: Hazel Williams
Phone: 01782 219161
Email: hwilliams@deaflinks.co.uk

Deaf Access, Bromley, Kent
£14,588 to offer help & support to self-help groups by way of training programmes leading to healthy lifestyles.
Contact: Susan Craney
Phone: 18002 0208 3152552
Email: susan.craney@deaf-access.co.uk

East Sussex Hearing Resources Centre, Eastbourne
£13,732 to provide information, advice and support for deaf people in remote areas of East Sussex through use of a mobile advisory service vehicle.
Contact: John Leonard
Phone: 01323 722505
Email: john@eshrc.org.uk

Hartlepool Deaf Centre
£14,540 using volunteers to promote health and well-being through a nutrition, healthy exercised and health awareness programme.
Contact: Elaine Wilson
Phone: 01429 222206
Email: Elaine.wilson@hartlepooldeafcentre.org.uk

Action Deafness, Leicester
£14,016 to enable the effective co-ordination of volunteers to offer an advocacy outreach service to deaf people in Leicestershire.
Contact: Catherine White
Phone: 0116 257 4842
Email: catherinewhite@actiondeafness.org.uk

Walsall Deaf People’s Centre
A Hearing Aid Users Support group has been set up at the local independent living centre with the help of a grant of £10,260.
Contact: Ken Whittingham
Phone: 01922 614794
Email: ken@walsalldeaf.org.uk

2005 – 2008 3 YEAR PROJECTS

Essex DeafBlind Clubs, Chelmsford
£12,000 to open DeafBlind clubs throughout Essex in the following areas: Ottesford, Baintree, Colchester, Tendering, Harlow, Epping, Brentwood, Chelmsford, Basildon, Castle Point, Rochford and Maldon.
Volunteers will give 1 to 1 support to DeafBlind people.
Contact: Sue Campbell
Phone: 01245 392343
Email: cmpbllsus9@aol.com

West Sussex Deaf and Hard of Hearing Assoc, Haywards Heath
£13,455 Volunteers will provide an Outreach Service to Deaf people in the West Sussex area to offer advice and support with use of hearing aids and other equipment.
Contact: Jane Shaw
Phone: 01444 415582
Email: jane@wsdeaf.org.uk

Asian Deaf Women’s Association, Stratford, East London
£10,000 to recruit and train Counsellors to work with the Asian Deaf community throughout London.
Contact: Yen Lieu
Phone:
Email: rubbena@hotmail.com

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