News and media
For Media team contact details, spokespeople, deaf statistics and press releases.
Contact our Media and PR team
Our Media team can provide journalists with access to expert spokespeople, case studies, information, facts and statistics.
Please contact us on 07872 813 951 or email media@ndcs.org.uk.
Outside office hours, please call 07595 780 411.
For non-media enquiries, please see our Contact us page to find out who to talk to.
Spokespeople for media interviews
We have a number of expert spokespeople, who can provide interesting and insightful interviews on a wide range of topics around deafness.
Contact us on 07872 813 951 or email media@ndcs.org.uk to arrange an interview.
Deafness facts and figures
We can provide facts and figures about deafness and hearing loss in children and young people in the UK.
See our deafness facts and figures.
Press releases and news
Read our latest press releases.
BSL GCSE in England a step closer
We are delighted the British Sign Language (BSL) GCSE is now a step closer to becoming a reality in England, after Ofqual released their final consultation feedback on the qualification.
Kingdon Review: Funding needed to fix children’s hearing services after failings in England
We have welcomed the publication of the Kingdon Review, which sets out a series of recommendations to fix England’s broken children’s hearing services.
Fun and friendship for deaf children in East Anglia
Cambridgeshire group puts funding towards events that bring deaf young people together.
The National Deaf Children’s Society launches grants drive to support grassroots efforts for deaf children
The National Deaf Children’s Society has launched a community grants programme with the ambition of funding 100 grassroots groups supporting deaf children in the coming year.
The National Deaf Children’s Society welcomes MPs call for ‘root and branch’ reform to fix broken SEND provision system
The National Deaf Children’s Society responds to a new Education Committee report which calls for a root and branch transformation of the way mainstream education caters to children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).
Deaf children share insights on what researchers should study next
Deaf children and people with experience of childhood deafness from across the UK have come together to highlight what matters most to children affected by deafness and hearing loss, as part of a project funded by the National Deaf Children’s Society and the NIHR.
Deaf children still falling through cracks in Scotland two years on from damning report
Deaf children across Scotland are still falling through the cracks and missing out on vital support despite two years passing since a damning report laid bare the inadequacies of NHS Scotland’s audiology services.
British Sign Language (BSL) recognised in Scotland’s new education legislation
The National Deaf Children’s Society and fellow deaf campaigners are celebrating after the Scottish Parliament unanimously voted through the new Education (Scotland) Bill 2025.
National Deaf Children’s Society announces new chief executive
The National Deaf Children’s Society has announced George Crockford as its new chief executive.