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.

• Information, Advocacy and Guidance
• Personal support and development
• Training in Deaf and hard of hearing issues
• Lipreading and 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

And many more! Go to the Services pages to find out more.

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

Statement of Service

deafPLUS holds the Matrix Standard for quality service delivery and our client support staff either have achieved AG NVQ qualifications or are working towards obtaining these.

We also have just been re-assessed as compliant with the standards of the CLS Quality Mark in General Help.

To express our commitment to quality of service provision, we have uploaded our Information, Advice and Guidance (IAG) Statement of Service, and please click on the Download button above for a copy.