Guide to saving services for deaf children

Please help us protect specialist services for deaf children in your area from cuts.

Do you live in Scotland or Wales? Click on your country to read our guide to saving services where you live.  

NDCS has been receiving reports from worried parents across England whose local authorities plan to cut services for deaf children. If cuts are planned in your area there are a range of things that you can do to fight them. Please encourage your friends and family to join the fight. By working together, we can make a big difference.  Find out what we know about cuts in your area >

We have put together useful hints, tips and templates to help you save services for deaf children in your area.

Read our guides to writing to the council and your MP. These include details of how to find out who to write to and template letters that you can use.

Guide to writing to your MP to save services (454 kb)

Guide to writing to councillors to save services (451 kb)

...urging the council to maintain services. Parents in Bedfordshire managed to get double the number of signatures needed to ensure that proposed plans to cut services for deaf children are further investigated. Read our guide to setting up a petition:

Guide to setting up an e-petition on local authority websites (454 kb)

Check your local authority website to see if they are running a consultation with residents about where they should and should not cut funds. Ask them to protect services for deaf children. Explain why they are so vital for your child and encourage others to do the same.

Find your local authority website >

Local authority meetings such as Overview and Scrutiny Committee meetings are open to the public, and are where plans affecting services for deaf children will be discussed. Check your local authority website for future meetings.

Find your council's website >

If cuts are planned in your area,  you can also set up your own meeting for others who are worried and invite the decision-makers along. NDCS can help you set this up.

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Joining forces with other parents in your area will give you a stronger voice.

Find your nearest local group >

If you find out about cuts to services for deaf children in your area, let us know. We will work alongside you to fight cuts and to protect services for deaf children.

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If you have a cuts related personal story you would like to share to help NDCS in national campaigning and local and national media work, email us above or leave a comment at the bottom of this page.

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