About our campaigns

NDCS campaigns for change across the UK. In England, we have a campaigns team dedicated to making sure that every deaf child in England is able to fulfil their potential and is fully included in education, health, social care, entertainment and youth services.

How NDCS campaigns for change in England
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How NDCS campaigns for change in England

The England campaigns team monitors political developments at Westminster. We brief MPs on key issues being debated in Parliament, ask MPs to raise questions, seek to influence the work of Committees and hold events at or near the Houses of Parliament.

We have regular meetings with key decision-makers and respond to a range of government consultations to ensure that the needs of deaf children are taken in account.

NDCS also works closely with key decision-makers at a local level through our team of dedicated regional officers.

With nine regional directors across England, NDCS is working to ensure that every local authority and primary care trust is making deaf children a top local priority all over England.

The England campaigns team works closely with campaigns officers in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland on Westminster-led developments that affect deaf children across the UK.

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Got any questions, comments or feedback about this section of the website or NDCS campaigns in England?

Please get in touch by emailing us at campaigns@ndcs.org.uk or by leaving a comment at the bottom of this page.

You can also get in touch with our team of regional directors across England.

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Your recent comments

sign language/benefits

25 February 2012

My 20 year son who's severely deaf with 2 hearing aids was never encouraged to sign. Now he is over 18 he has moved to the adult "care" at the Blackburn Royal and the difference in care is terrible. If, as often happens, both hearing aids fail he is left completely deaf until an appointment is made available. Sometimes this can be up to a week. He is studying hard at university and you can only imagine as a hearing parent what he is going through in complete silence. He is now on BSL level 2 (funded by himself at a cost of hundreds of pounds) in the hope that this will somehow help his situation. I do wish that when he was a child, we had all as a family been encourage to learn sign. I'd also like to add that after the age of about 10 we were refused any further disability allowance and have never since claimed a penny. So the compaign about the government cutting funding surprises me. What funding?

karen ellison - North West

Combat the Deafness via Government

30 January 2012

How do we (a) combat Deafness by government department(s)? (b) is there a case for the re-educating of government department(s)? (c) how best this can be achieved?

JonDan - South West

OLDER CHILDREN

26 September 2011

HI,I dont understand why family sign is not available for older children and their families as well as the younger children. my daughter is 13 and has severe deafness wearing 2 aids.She was never encouraged to sign when younger but we find many situations in life where it would be very useful for her such as when swimming in the pool on holiday ,and also when she is some distance away from us it is very useful to save screaming at her in order for her to hear us.My daughter and I have completed BSL level 1 but we were unable to fund dad and sister as well.It would have been a a great help for all our family.As it is we cant afford to progress any further

jenny - North West

Sign language courses/funding

26 August 2011

Hi, my 2yr old son has severe/profound bilateral hearing loss, wears 2 aids. We have been looking for sign language classes and have got prices being around £600+ for myself and my partner, financially this is a big some of money, as I gave up work at Xmas this year to put my time into helping my son. I have emailed my local councillor who forwarded the information onto the appropriate people. I received an email today from a gentleman from a funding department who informed me that as sn individual I would not be able to apply for funding, I would have to have a registered charity like ndcs to recommend and put our names forward to be eligible. Is this something that ndcs can do? Was also told that they only meet around 4 times a year to organise funding. I'm at a total loss as to what to do now. I have forwarded all information onto the mp. As I find it very sad and upsetting that it is so hard to try and get help to be able to communicate with my child. Thanks. Mstansfield.

Michelle Stansfield - North East

my son

19 August 2011

my son is high frequency deaf and wears 2 digital hearing aids witch he will only wear at school so sign language is a thing i need to learn but in order to do so i would have to pay if my child as hearing i would not have to pay to talk to him so why do we have to pay when our child is deaf that is unfair .

GINNY - South East