Deaf Blind Charity Scotland

We aim to ensure that deaf people in scotland can access services and information across all sectors of society from their local communities to what comes from government departments.

Deaf blind charity scotland.

Deafblind scotland s aim is to enable deafblind people to live as rightful members of their own communities. Deafscotland is the lead organisation for deaf issues in scotland. We represent organisations working with and on behalf of deaf sign language users. What we do is vital to improve the lives of those who are dual sensory impaired.

Deafblind scotland 19 mar 2020 towards three years running costs of the connect 2 support project providing information and advice around benefits and entitlement to d deaf and or blind adults in central scotland. Also operating in northern ireland. Sc039316 and the isle of man no. For over 25 years deafblind scotland has been serving the deafblind community sustaining deafblind people s personal and professional support networks and influencing statutory services and policy.

Deafblind scotland offers a variety of services such as communication and linguistic access advice advice navigating self directed support information and formatting services welfare rights support accredited training and a guide communicator service. Scod is the lead organisation for deaf issues in scotland. We aim to ensure that deaf people in scotland can access services and information across all sectors of society from their local communities to what comes from government departments. Deafblind scotland campaigns for the rights of the deafblind community and provides a range of services support training and information.

A company incorporated by royal charter. The work we do raises the awareness of deafblindness continually highlights the everyday challenges faced by deafblind people and makes a real difference to and for our citizens and their communities across scotland. Ruth first worked for deafblind scotland as a guide communicator while at university studying psychology in 2003.