Hearing Link volunteers and staff in Northern Ireland have been sharing their emotional hearing loss journeys in a new video. A number of programme beneficiaries, volunteers and staff members were interviewed for the production, sharing the impact that our support has had on their lives. Interviewees were asked about their feelings, before receiving our specialist support, and […]
We were delighted to welcome another wonderful group of participants to York recently for a residential LinkUp group. Our full group worked together to share experiences and find new ways and solutions for managing hearing loss. Our LinkUps are a chance for people with hearing loss, and their partners, family or friends to explore issues […]
By Margaret Canning, Hearing Link volunteer Last year, Hearing Link started to offer drop-in sessions for hearing loss as part of it Hearing Aid Liaison Outreach project – or HALO as it’s better known to us! The project, funded by the Edinburgh Health and Social Care Partnership and See Hear Fund Scotland, was created to […]
We headed to the banks of the River Clyde in Scotland for the latest of our LinkUp groups. Held at the Golden Jubilee Hotel in Clydebank, our full group from across the west of Scotland joined together to share their experiences of hearing loss and learn new ways to manage with the challenges it presents. […]
Hearing Link volunteer John Newton talks about how confidence-building LinkUps can help groups of people with hearing loss and their families.
We are delighted to announce that our LinkUp groups will be held in every country of the UK in 2019. These group experiences in 2018 proved to be positive and life-changing for participants. The weekend, residential format gave people a really good chance to get to know each other well and to gain the right […]
Our first LinkUp group was held in Edinburgh recently for individuals and their family members seeking information and support for hearing loss. These groups have already successfully run across England since last year, and we were delighted to welcome along a full group for this first event in Scotland’s capital. The participants talked about technology, […]