ORGANISATIONS PROVIDING SERVICES SPECIFICALLY FOR DEAFENED PEOPLE
The LINK Centre for Deafened People
NADP(National Association of Deafened People)
The LINK Centre for Deafened People
19 Hartfield Road
Eastbourne
East Sussex
BN21 2AR
Tel: 01323 638230 (Voice) 01323 63998 (Text)
Fax: 01323 642968
Email: linkcntr@dircon.co.uk
Website: www.linkcentre.org
Provides information and advice on a wide range of issues relevant to deafened
people.
Its main service is intensive one-week residential rehabilitation courses
for deafened people and their partners or other hearing members of their
families. These courses are run in Eastbourne although they are open to people
from any area; but LINK is developing similar residential courses in other
parts of England and Wales. Your local Health Authority or Primary Care Group
will meet the cost of your course, and staff at the LINK Centre will make all
the necessary arrangements.
In addition LINK is developing a variety of other locally based services,
including:
LINK also has a Hearing
Resource Centre at its base in Eastbourne that provides technical aids and
communication support for anyone with a hearing loss who lives in East Sussex
or the surrounding areas.
As well as working directly with deafened people, LINK runs training courses
for professionals such as audiologists, hearing therapists and social
workers. The courses offer insight and skills training covering a variety of
issues relevant to deafened people and their families.
Finally LINK works closely with some cochlear implant centres.
One project trains implant users to run support groups for deafened applicants
for implants to help them get the most from their implant team during their
assessment. Another project trains therapists on the team to work with groups
of implant users to build up their social confidence and communication skills.
There is more detailed information about all these services on www.linkcentre.org To
find out whether a particular service is available within travelling distance
of your own home area contact LINK Centre staff by phone, fax or email.
NADP(National Association of Deafened People)
PO Box 50
Amersham
Buckinghamshire HP6 6XB
Tel:01494 723613 (Voice/Text) Fax:01494 431932
Email: enquiries@nadp.org.uk
Website: www.nadp.org.uk
Run by and for deafened people. Provides information/advice on many issues
which concern deafened people through its publications and produces a quarterly
newsletter "Network" to keep its members in touch with each other.
Its members have also formed local groups of deafened people who meet in:
DeafPlus
National Office
Prospect Hall
12 College Walk
Selly Oak
Birmingham B29 6LE
Tel: 0121 415 2080 (Voice/Text) Fax: 0121
415 2081
Email: marketing@deafPLUS.org
Website: www.deafPLUS.org
A charity concerned with the integration of deaf and hearing people in England.
It has a national office and several regional and local offices, some of which
have started contact groups specifically for deafened people to share their
experience. It also runs training programmes, including basic skills courses
for deaf/deafened people and Deaf Awareness Workshops and Total Communication
training for hearing people.
Regional and Local Offices
London Regional Office
Tel: 020 7790 6147 (Voice/Fax) 020 7790 5999 (Text)
Email: london@deafPLUS.org
Ealing Office
Tel: 020 8749 4111 (Voice/Fax) 020 8743 1287 (Text)
Email: london.ealing@deafPLUS.org
Tower Hamlets Office
Tel: 020 7790 8478 (Voice/Fax) 020 7791 0105 (Text)
Email: london.tower.hamlets@deafPLUS.org
Aldershot Office
Tel: 01252 313882(Voice/Text) 01252 337546(Fax)
Email: south@deafPLUS.org
Farnborough Office
Tel: 01252 510051(Voice/Text) 01252 524642(Fax)
Email: south@deafPLUS.org
Somerset Office
Tel: 01935 415880(Voice/Fax)
Email: south.west@deafPLUS.org
Birmingham Office
Tel: 0121 472 5488(Voice) 0121 415 5943(Fax)
0121 415 5900(Text)
Email: midlands@deafPLUS.org
Gateshead Office
Tel: 0191 478 7920(Voice/Fax) 0191 478 6963(Text)
Email: north.east@deafPLUS.org
Warrington Office
Tel: 01925 574586(Voice/Fax) 01925 574609(Text)
Email: north.west@deafPLUS.org