Northern Ireland
The National Deaf Children's Society provides support to deaf children and young people and their families in Northern Ireland. We run events for families to help them at key points in their deaf child's life. And we work to influence the standard and quality of services they receive. With your support, we can create a powerful voice for change and demand a fair deal for every deaf child.
Find out more about our work in Northern Ireland and about local groups run by parents and carers of deaf children to give emotional and social support to families.
Northern Ireland
You can contact the Northern Ireland team at:
The National Deaf Children's Society
The NICVA Building
61 Duncairn Gardens
Belfast
BT15 2GB
Tel: 028 9035 2011 (v)
Email: [email protected]
Alasdair O'Hara
Head of Policy and Influencing for Scotland and Northern Ireland
Joanne O'Donnell
Scotland and Northern Ireland Head of Operations
Paul Copeland
Business Manager: Scotland and Northern Ireland
Celine Heatley
Departmental Administrator
Barbara Wilson
Children and Families Support Officer – West NI
Janice Montgomery-Watkins
Children and Families support Officer – East NI
Heather Young
Family Children and Families’ Support Manager Scotland and Northern Ireland
Wendy Gallagher
Event Organiser
Paula Fulton
Language & Communication Officer
Helen Ferguson
Policy and Campaigns Officer
Amy New
Campaigns and Communications Assistant
High Five Group (Armagh and Dungannon)
Email: [email protected]
P.A.N.D.A (Parents at North Down and Ards)
Email: [email protected]
Portadown and Lurgan - Sound Friends
Email: [email protected]
Hearing Hub (Newtownabbey)
Email: [email protected]
Listen hEAR (Saintfield)
Email: [email protected]
Hands and Voices (Omagh Deaf Children's Society)
Email: contact via [email protected]
The Young Authors and Artists Project is an established and exciting element of our Northern Ireland Activity Programme.
Founded in the 1980s as an essay competition by the late Bob McCullough of the Belfast Telegraph, the competition continues to grow from strength to strength annually.
We aim for this competition to give deaf children and young people a platform to express themselves through the arts and to celebrate the creative achievements of deaf children and young people in Northern Ireland.
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Our location
Our Address
The NICVA Building, 61 Duncairn Gardens, Belfast BT15 2GB
Tel: 028 9035 2011
Email: [email protected]