Hearing disabilities
- Hearing disability services
- Hearing disability organisations
Croydon Deaf Club
Croydon Deaf Club meets every Friday from 8.00pm to 11.00pm.
Croydon Hearing Resource Centre
This service gives advice and help to individuals who are hard of hearing and deaf. Services offered include replacement hearing aid batteries (NHS), environmental equipment assessments (flashing/vibrating doorbells, minicoms etc) and re-tubing hearing aids by appointment.
Croydon Community Equipment Service
A joint Health Service and Social Services equipment store based at the Access Ability Centre. All equipment is collected and delivered from this location. Contact them if you have equipment from Social Services which has become faulty or is no longer required.
Shape Tickets
Shape Tickets is a ticket scheme to help deaf and other disabled people visit a wide range of arts and entertainment events across London, often at reduced prices and with no booking fees. Membership of Shape Tickets is £25 per year, and you are eligible to join if you are deaf or disabled. If you are unable to get to the venue on your own, you can book an Access Assistant who can take you from your home to the event, attend it with you, and return you back home afterwards at no extra cost to you.
Royal National Institute for the Deaf (RNID)
The RNID work for all deaf people ranging from the hard of hearing to the profoundly deaf. Services include residential care, communication support and training.
National Deaf Children's Society (NDCS)
The NDCS provides support, advice, information, equipment, advocacy and courses on education, health and benefits for deaf children, their families and professionals.
Royal Association for Deaf People (RAD)
RAD works with the deaf community in London East and South East England, offering a range of support services to deaf people, children and their families.
British Deaf Association (BDA)
The BDA offers education, youth and promotion services to deaf people who use sign language, to ensure they have the same opportunities as other citizens.
UK Council on Deafness
The UK Council on Deafness represents other deaf organisations in the UK, providing advice, support and presenting the view of the sector to government and policy makers.
Deafblind UK
Deafblind UK is a national charity which provides a wide range of services for deafblind adults and their carers and campaigns on their behalf.
Sense
Sense has expertise in working with deafblind people, with a wide age range from newly diagnosed to older people.
Disability Rights Commission
A government agency providing information for disabled people and their families in such areas as health, employment and education.
Contact Details
- Contact name
- Shape
- Telephone
- 020 7619 6160
- Fax
- 020 7619 6162
- Minicom
- 020 7619 6161
- info@shapearts.org.uk
- Address
- LVS Resource Centre
356 Holloway Road
London
N7 6PA - Website
- www.shapearts.org.uk
- Contact name
- Sense
- Telephone
- 020 7272 7774
- Fax
- 020 7272 6012
- Typetalk
- 020 7272 9648
- enquires@sense.org.uk
- Address
- Head Office
11-13 Clifton Terrace
London
N4 3SR - Website
- www.sense.org.uk
- Contact name
- Croydon Hearing Resource Centre
- Telephone
- 020 8686 0049
- Fax
- 020 8686 7475
- Address
- Summit House
50 Wandle Road
Croydon
CR0 1DF - Website
- www.croydonhearing.org.uk
- Contact name
- Croydon Community Equipment Service
- Department
- Adult Social Services
- Telephone
- 020 8726 6500
- Address
- Access Ability Centre,
28 Boulogne Road,
Croydon CR0 2QT
- Contact name
- Deafblind UK - Helpline
- Telephone
- 0800 132320
- Contact name
- Deafblind UK
- Telephone
- 01733 358 100
- Fax
- 01733 358 356
- Typetalk
- 01733 358 858
- enquires@deafblinduk.demon.co.uk
- Address
- National Centre for Deafblindness
John and Lucille van Geest Place
Cygnet Road
Hampton
Peterborough
PE7 8FD - Website
- www.deafblind.org.uk
- Contact name
- National Deaf Children's Society
- Telephone
- 020 7490 8656
- Minicom
- 020 7251 5020
- ndcs@ndcs.org.uk
- Address
- National Office
15 Dufferin Street
London EC1 8UR - Website
- www.ndcs.org.uk
- Contact name
- Croydon Deaf Club
- Fax
- 020 8667 9720
- info@croydon-deaf-club.org.uk
- Address
- Chatsworth Hall
Chatsworth Road
Croydon CR0 1HE - Website
- www.croydon-deaf-club.org.uk
- Contact name
- UK Council on Deafness
- Telephone
- 01206 274075
- Fax
- 01206 274077
- Typetalk
- 01206 274076
- info@deafcouncil.org.uk
- Address
- Westwood Park
London road
Little Horkesley
Colchester CO6 4BS - Website
- www.deafcouncil.org.uk
- Contact name
- Royal Association for Deaf People
- Telephone
- 01206 509509
- Fax
- 01206 769755
- Typetalk
- 01206 577090
- Address
- Head Office
Walsingham Road
Colchester
Essex CO2 7BP - Website
- www.royaldeaf.org.uk
- Contact name
- British Deaf Association (BDA)
- Telephone
- 020 7588 3520
- Fax
- 020 7588 3526
- Typetalk
- 020 7588 3529
- helpline@bda.org.uk
- Address
- 1-3 Worship Street
London
EC2 2AB - Website
- www.bda.org.uk
- Contact name
- Royal National Instutute for the Deaf (RNID)
- Job title
- Customer Services
- Telephone
- 0870 789 8855
- Fax
- 0870 789 8822
- Typetalk
- 01733 238 020
- Address
- 19-23 Featherstone Street,
London EC1Y 8SL - Website
- www.rnid.org.uk
