Deaf PLUS
- Location: Merton Deaf PLUS
- Opening hours: Monday: 9.30am - 5.30pm appointments only Wednesday: 10.00am - 2.00pm drop in service and 2.00pm -
- Price: Free
Merton Deaf PLUS
Access Merton
Merton Civic Centre
Morden
SM4 5DX
United Kingdom
Email: mary.hicks@deafplus.org
Telephone: 07861 499235
Website: https://www.deafplus.org/our-locations/merton
In a perfect society, deaf people would be able to readily access mainstream services and have equal opportunities to their hearing peers. However, this is not the case. This is why deafPLUS exists.
Our vision is an accessible world for deaf people, with barriers to participation and opportunity removed.
Our mission is to empower deaf people to take control of their own lives, by developing their potential and supporting them to achieve independence.
Information and Advice
We provide one-to-one confidential Information & Advice services including in BSL across England. Our goal is to help D/deaf and hard of hearing people develop their independence and wellbeing.
The Information & Advice support we offer includes, but is not limited to:
Benefits
Housing
Debt
Employment
Independent living
https://www.deafplus.org/information-and-advice/
Independent Living
A one-to-one support service for deaf, hard of hearing and deafblind people.
deafPLUS and Action Deafness work in partnership to provide Personal Assistants (PA’s), who support and develop service users’ skills to enable them to live independently in the community, to access a variety of services, including our own community activities and to build friendships.
deafPLUS is part of the YOUchoose consortium, which includes several deaf organisations across the country, who provide one-to-one support to Deaf, deafened, hard of hearing and deaf-blind people. YOUchoose is led by Action Deafness Community, a registered Care Quality Commission provider.
https://www.deafplus.org/independent-living/
Health, Wellbeing And Social
deafPLUS provides health & wellbeing activities.
Our work tackles health inequalities and social isolation amongst D/deaf and hard of hearing people. We provide various activities, workshops, training and courses that is available for clients, families and health professionals to crucially improve access for deaf and hard of hearing community.
We provide various types of activities, such as:
Health workshops
Family holiday activities
Deaf Awareness Training for health professionals
Lipreading classes
Arts and crafts events
Befriender support
https://www.deafplus.org/health-and-wellbeing/
Living with Hearing Loss
Living with a hearing Loss is intended to support older people to manage the difficulties experienced by losing their hearing. This is achieved by providing access to appropriate information, skills and services in an empathic learning environment.
When a person’s hearing begins to deteriorate, communication becomes hard work. This can cause problems with family and friends or a loss of independence and social life. With the right advice, equipment, and tips for communication, people with hearing loss can continue to lead fulfilled and independent lives.
Since the Covid pandemic we have been offering all of our free courses on Zoom. Now we are able to provide 3 different courses under the Living with Hearing Loss project:
Lipreading classes
BSL For FUN
Peer Support Group Workshops