Sarah Allen
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Hear Together is a small East Midlands based charity helping people live well with hearing loss. We run fun activities for deaf children and their families, and drop-in hearing aid clinics for older people in their local community. We have opportunities for volunteers in both these activities. - Every month we run 8 busy Hear2Help hearing aid clinics across Nottinghamshire, each one takes place in a local community venue and lasts about 2 hours- we need friendly volunteers to welcome visitors to the drop-in session, manage the waiting list and provide our team member with key information and equipment to help the clinic run smoothly. We need the volunteer to be able to communicate easily with our visitors and ideally to handle small pieces of equipment. Any experience with hearing aids is great, but not necessary as we will provide appropriate training. - We also run half-day events each half term for deaf children and teens. These range from indoor climbing to chocolate making to adventure golf and we are hoping to run a residential in 2025. The events are a fantastic way for deaf young people to meet each other as many are in mainstream schools and have no contact with other deaf kids. Families are often included and this provides an opportunity for them to chat with other parents and feel relaxed knowing that everyone understands. We are a team made up of experienced professionals who have worked with deaf children and adults for many years, hearing aid users and parents of deaf children. We would love to engage more deaf people and their families as volunteers, as well as anyone who loves to communicate with others or has experience of working with children.Impact Areas
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