People with hearing loss in Northern Ireland can find out more about Hearing Link services at health fairs being held over the next month. Hearing Link volunteers and staff will be on hand at the events taking place in libraries across the country. The dates and venues are: Thursday 18th January, 11am-3pm (Ormeau Road, Belfast) – […]
Patients with hearing loss in Cardiff and the Vales of Glamorgan are being asked to share their experiences of using local NHS Services. The public meeting will take place on Saturday 27th January in the board room of St David’s Hospital between 10.30 and 12noon. (St David’s Hospital Cowbridge Rd E, Cardiff CF11 9XB) Lip-speakers […]
By Gill Pestell, Hearing Link volunteer In my role as a Hearing Link Community Support Volunteer, I was put in touch with an older lady who preferred contact by letter. She was very lonely and depressed and one of the things I thought might help her was The Silver Line, a charity founded by Dame […]
Our beneficiaries and volunteers came together in Northern Ireland recently for a Link-Up event. The two-day event in Cookstown was a chance for them to reconnect with other participants, Hearing Link volunteers and staff. There was also an opportunity to socialise and mark the festive season with a Christmas celebration complete with Christmas jumpers! For […]
‘Living with the Volcano’: Arts accessibility made manifest at Edinburgh Multi-Artform Venue A Hearing Link volunteer has taken part in an experimental theatre performance in Edinburgh. Ann Thallon, who has a severe hearing loss, worked intensively with musician/theatre maker Greg Sinclair and visual artist Kate Temple to develop and share ‘Volcano’. The project was funded […]
Spend more than £10 in the Hearing Link online shop this December and receive a free pen. We have a fabulous range of communication resources, assistive equipment, gifts and much more at shop.hearinglink.org. To qualify for our free pen deal you must spend £10 or more before delivery. Our offer is valid until 31st December […]
The Scottish group of the Association of Teachers of Lipreading to Adults is hosting a coffee morning on Saturday 2nd December in Edinburgh. Join them at Deaf Action, 49 Albany Street, Edinburgh from 1pm-4pm. There will be Christmas cards on sale, a raffle and tombola. Money raised at the event will go to supporting lipreading tutors in […]
