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November 2007 Change your world
A nationwide survey is being carried out by the National Deaf Children's Socity (NDCS) among young deaf and hard of hearing people, with the aim of having the first national discussion among 17,000 of them who live in the UK...
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Deaf friendly football coaching
In an initiative being run by the National Deaf Children’s Society to open up football to deaf children, Charlton FC championship footballers are helping deaf children by appearing in a DVD showing how they should be coached. This DVD was...
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Everyone needs a friend
The charity Hearing Dogs for Deaf People is the only charity in the UK which trains dogs to alert deaf people to important household sounds and danger signs. The charity entirely relies on charitable donations to increase the number of...
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Internet for deaf children in Sierra Leone
A new world has opened up for the children of St. Joseph’s school for the Deaf in Makeni, Sierra Leone. A team from the Lion Heart Foundation, an organisation established to help improve medical care in developing countries, with the...
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Special family support group
Two year old Daniel Kearney attends the Playday Nursery in Newton Aycliffe. Daniel is profoundly deaf and has just had a cochlear implant. Daniel's parents had so much help and advice from the North East Cochlear Implant parent Support...
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Pledge for Deaf Friendly Schools
The latest person to sign up and support The National Deaf Children’s Society’s (NDCS) Deaf Friendly Schools Pledge is MP Jim Dobbin. He says that deaf children need to be part of the whole school community and on an equal...
Listening for Life Appeal
The Yorkshire Cochlear Implant centre is embarking on a project to raise £2.5million to build a new cochlear implant centre in the grounds of Bradford Royal Infirmary. Currently the cochlear implant service is in the Infirmary, carrying out some fantastic...
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