Hearing and Vision Specialist Service

Support from other organisations

Deafness and hearing loss

National Deaf Children's Society

The National Deaf Children’s Society (NDCS) provides support and information for families, including events across the UK. For more information, visit the NDCS website.

National Deaf Children, Young People and Family Service, Manchester

The service provides highly specialised mental health care to:

• deaf children and young people aged up to 18 years, and their families
• the hearing children of deaf adults in the community

For more information, visit the National Deaf Children, Young People and Family Service website.

Royal National Institute for Deaf People

The organisation provides support to help people understand their
hearing loss or deafness and issues around it. They also provide support to
employers of a deaf person. For more information, visit the RNID website.

SignHealth

Find emotional and mental health support for deaf children, young people and adults who use British Sign Language. For more information, visit the SignHealth website.

SignVideo

SignVideo is a leading UK provider of British Sign Language interpreting services via Video Relay Services(VRS). For more information, visit the SignVideo website.

Birkdale Trust

The charity provides grant funding for deaf children and young people in the UK up to the age of 25. For more information, visit the Birkdale Trust website.

Vision impairment

Guide Dogs UK

The charity can help you, your child or a member of your family find ways to live actively, independently and well with sight loss. For more information, visit the Guide Dogs UK website.

Henshaws

Henshaws is a northern charity that supports people with sight loss and a range of other disabilities. For more information, visit the Henshaws website.

Look

Look is a small national charity providing help, support and information for young people with vision impairment, including peer mentoring. For more information, visit the Look website.

Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB)

The RNIB is one of the UK’s leading sight loss charities. For advice and information, visit the RNIB website.

Thomas Pocklington Trust

The trust supports blind and partially sighted people to live the life they want to lead, focusing on education, employment and engagement. For more information, visit the Thomas Pocklington Trust website.

VICTA

VICTA provide grants for children and young people under the age of 30 with vision impairment to fund technology for home use. They also provide activities and family days. For more information, visit the VICTA website.

Multi sensory impairment and complex disabilities

Family Fund

Family Fund helps disabled children by providing grants to families. For more information, visit the Family Fund website.

Sense

Sense supports people who are deafblind or who have complex disabilities to communicate, experience the world and fulfil their potential. For more information, visit the Sense website.