Press releases
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Funding for deaf children’s education in Warwickshire under threat
- 28 January 2012 –28 February 2012
Parents of deaf children in Warwickshire are today [Saturday 28 January] launching a campaign against Warwickshire County Council as it pulls education funding for 100 deaf children, a move which the National Deaf Children’s Society (NDCS) warns is jeopardising deaf children’s future.
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Salford council cuts threaten deaf children’s education
- 20 January 2012 –31 December 2012
Families of deaf children in Salford are urgently calling on Salford City Council to halt cuts to learning support for deaf children, as plans to halve the council’s specialist team are uncovered.
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Primary school results make ‘stark’ reading for deaf children
- 15 December 2011 –15 December 2012
Deaf children are at risk of being left behind in the Government’s literacy and numeracy drive, warns the National Deaf Children’s Society (NDCS), as statistics out today show that almost two thirds of deaf children (64 per cent) are leaving primary school without grasping simple sums and sentences (i).
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Record numbers take part in spelling challenge in aid of deaf children
- 3 October 2011 –1 November 2011
Thousands of school children are to start improving their spelling this month by learning British Sign Language, as they take part in the National Deaf Children’s Society’s (NDCS) Fingerspellathon, in aid of deaf children.
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Charity takes legal action against council over deaf teaching cuts
- 19 August 2011 –19 September 2011
The National Deaf Children’s Society (NDCS) is taking legal action against Stoke-on-Trent City Council over its cuts to vital educational support for deaf children, on behalf of local deaf children and their parents.
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First online chat launched for parents of deaf children and young people
- 16 June 2011 –16 July 2011
Parents of deaf children and young people can for the first time chat live online to experts on all aspects of childhood deafness, as the National Deaf Children’s Society (NDCS) takes its award-winning Helpline online.
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RNID becomes Action on Hearing Loss
- 10 June 2011 –10 July 2011
National Deaf Children's Society Chief Executive Susan Daniels comments on the RNID's new identity.
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Ring-fenced budget failing to protect vulnerable children
- 10 May 2011 –10 June 2011
Figures released today by the National Deaf Children’s Society (NDCS) reveal that almost one in five local authorities across England have cut education services for vulnerable deaf children, despite the education budget being protected by the Government.
