Yorkshire and the Humber

Our Family Officer for Yorkshire and Humber is Theresa Grennan (covering North Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and the Humber).

“I am the Family Officer for Yorkshire and Humber. I am based in York which is quite central to the region I cover.

“My role is a varied one, but my two main areas of responsibility are:

• family support, including providing information, advice and advocacy support to parents and carers of deaf children on issues of education, benefits and audiology, up to but not including representation at tribunals
• promoting our policies and services throughout the region and being a point of contact for NDCS services within the region. 

“The first area requires most of my focus but it is just as important to get the message out to service providers, local authorities and health authorities about parent-friendly services and the needs of deaf children and young people.

“I have been working for NDCS for over seven years, initially as part of the Listening Bus service based in our national office in London.

Telephone: 0808 800 8880
Textphone: 0808 800 8880
Fax: 020 7251 5020
Email: helpline@ndcs.org.uk  

Local deaf children's societies are run by parents and carers of deaf children, working together with local health and education professionals. They give emotional and social support to families with deaf children, and give deaf children the chance to meet outside of school.

Our What's on section lists events, family days, signed and interpreted performances, and much more.

There is a team of regional directors whose main roles are to influence key decision makers in local authorities and health services to ensure education, health, social care and other public services meet the needs of deaf children.