The Whitechapel Centre provides an extensive advice and advocacy service for deaf and hard of hearing people living in Tower Hamlets and Hackney.

Neelma provides information, advice and guidance to deaf people who live in Tower Hamlets.

Neelma is an advocate for Deaf and hard of hearing people with several years experience in this field.

See her if you need to make a benefits claim, want advice on welfare rights or want to discuss services provided by the Council of the health authority.

Neelma works Mondays to Thursdays 10am to 2pm, but is available only for appointments on Wednesdays and you can see her at other times during our drop-in hours.

Maria arranges support, learning and social programmes for Deaf and hard of hearing people from all backgrounds.

In addition Maria provides information, advice and guidance to deaf people who live in Tower Hamlets. See her if you need to make a benefits claim, want advice on welfare rights or want to discuss services provided by the Council and the health authority.

Maria works Mondays to Fridays.

Hackney

Leo Mansell provides support to deaf and hard of hearing people living in Hackney. Leo commences duties with deafPLUS at the end of May.

Leo Mansell coordinates our Deaf Club every Friday afternoon where people play pool or chat, or even go away for the afternoon.

He works 2pm to 7pm on Fridays.

The services we provide include help with:

• Disability Living Allowance (DLA) and Attendance Allowance (AA)
• Income Support
• Tax credits
• Housing – including Housing Benefit, Council Tax Benefit and applying for housing
• Access to council services
• Advice on access to legal services
• Providing advocacy support at meetings with other agencies
• Signposting to other agencies
• Internet cafe - Internet access and web-based information
• Sign language interpreting and communication support