Deaf Awareness Training is a powerful tool, key to building inclusive environments.

We are very passionate about raising awareness of the barriers Deaf people face at work. Our awareness training courses promote equality and improves access for all Deaf and hard of hearing people.

What can be achieved?

Confident Staff

Deaf Awareness Training will enable your staff to be confident when communicating with Deaf customers and staff. They will have a better understanding of accessibility issues within your organisation and be more able to make improvements to your services.

Knowledgeable Staff

They will be able to apply the Equality Act 2010 and help their Deaf colleagues feel supported so they can contribute to your company’s success.

Bringing people together

You will be given an insight into the Deaf world to help highlight and break down barriers, encouraging equality for all. Our trainers will draw on their own experiences to enable a better understanding of the hurdles faced by Deaf people and those with hearing loss.

What will you learn?

You will be brought up to speed on all sorts of core subjects to enable your organisation to become an easily accessible place for anyone that is Deaf or hard of hearing, these include:

• Terminology and types of deafness and hearing loss
• Deaf statistics
• Medical and social models of disability
• The Equality Act 2010 and definitions of disability
• Deaf culture and language
• Basic communication tactics
• Working with communication professionals
• Bespoke training for your organisation

How we do it:

We offer a range of high-quality training options that are competitively priced and can be tailored to the needs of your organisation. Training can be delivered to groups of up to 16 people, at a venue and time that is convenient for you. All Deaf Awareness training is led by experienced Deaf professionals.

Deaf Awareness Training can be incorporated into your organisation’s existing staff CPD programmes or as part of an induction training programme to ensure the inclusive environment is carried throughout the organisation.

Everyone who completes a training session will receive a certificate and learning resources to take away with them.

And it doesn’t stop there, we stay with you.

We provide an on-going free consultancy service. Ensuring all of our customers have the support and guidance they need, whenever they need it. We offer consultancy on matters such as Deaf equality, access issues, employment issues, British Sign Language Training or any other subject concerned with deafness. Just pick up the phone and one of the team will be more than happy to help.