about us

deafPLUS is a registered medium-sized charity and company limited by guarantee working to encourage integration and equality between deaf and hearing people in all areas of life.

• Advocacy and advice
• Personal support and development
• Training in Deaf and hard of hearing issues
• Hearing loss rehabilitation
• Equipment assessment and fitting
• BME and DeafBlind support
• Sport, leisure and social activities
• IT training and internet access
• Employment support
• Sign language interpreting / communication support
  

deafPLUS is guided by the following principles and mission statement:

vision

A world in which people who are deaf or hearing are able to live and work in harmony together, with the same equality of opportunity available to them all.

mission

To work with people who are deaf, focusing on the person first, rather than their level of deafness and to enable a better quality of life to be fulfilled.

dual aims

To promote and maintain positive and inclusive role models between deaf and hearing people within deafPLUS

To train and support deaf and hearing people outside deafPLUS in achieving equal status and recognition

principles

• equality of opportunity for all
• use of total communication at all times
• transparency and consultation
• valuing everyone's contribution
• working together as one organisation
• working in a business / professional way with charitable philosophies at its core

trustees

deafPlus is managed by a Board of Trustees and the Chief Executive, based in London, with specialist input in the areas of Finances, Management, and Human Resources. Please see the left buttons for a list of our Trustees.