Priority places scheme for events

Can you recommend a deaf child / young person to benefit from one of our range of youth events?

Could the child or young person you work with really benefit from meeting their deaf peers and other deaf adults? Would you like to see them taking part in activities that could help to build their self esteem and confidence? NDCS has a new scheme to ensure that they can get a place on any of our events.

NDCS Children and Young People Team wants to ensure its range of opportunities reach all deaf children and young people who may need our services.  Alongside some of NDCS’ other work with professionals, we are now holding back 15% of places on our residential youth programme for those children and young people who would particularly benefit from attending an NDCS event. 

These events includes training and sports/arts/leisure activities aimed at building self esteem, developing a strong peer group, challenging negative perceptions and increasing their confidence. You can see the range of events on offer and all NDCS events are free to attend.

There is no secret formula here, it will certainly be a combination of factors that will determine how lead persons identify a deaf child/young person.

What we would like to do is to try and give a greater chance to kids who really need that extra bit of help to benefit from our services. It can be a child who has previously attended an event if you feel there is still a strong need for this service.

We have created a request form to be filled in by lead persons (Teachers of the Deaf, SLTs, Social Workers etc) which should ideally accompany the standard application form that needs to be filled in to book places on our events (or this must follow shortly after sending the request form).

Please note that there is a cut off date for these places (between five and eight weeks before the event) so it is important to contact us as early as possible if you have a child in mind.

Please help us to reach out  to more deaf children and young people, think about the people you may work with, or whom you know, identify who would benefit from a priority place, and help give them that chance.

You can find out more by contacting Anne Oakes, Young People’s Development Officer on anne.oakes@ndcs.org.uk or by telephone 01482 631897.