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Self-help organisations
Deafness
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Royal
National Institute for Deaf People |
The Royal
National Institute for Deaf People (RNID) is the largest charity
representing the 8.7 million deaf and hard of hearing people in the
UK. As a membership charity, we aim to achieve a radically better
quality of life for deaf and hard of hearing people.
We do
this in the following ways:
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Campaigning
and lobbying to change laws and government policies
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Providing
information and raising awareness of deafness , hearing loss and
tinnitus
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Training
courses and consultancy of deafness and disability
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Communication
services including sign language interpreters
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Training
of interpreters, lipspeakers and speech-to-text operators
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Seeking
lasting change in education fir deaf children and young people
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Employment
programmes to help deaf people into work
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Typetalk,
the national telephone relay service for deaf and hard of
hearing people
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Residential
and community services for deaf people with special needs
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Equipment
and products for deaf and hard of hearing people
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Social,
medical and technical research
The RNID
is affiliated to: UK Council on Deafness, Disability Rights
Commission, Disability Rights Taskforce and many others.
Royal
National Institute for Deaf People
19-23 Featherstone Street
London
EC1Y 8SL
UK
Tel: +44 (0) 0207 296 8176
Fax: +44 (0) 0207 296 8199
Email: martin.bottomley@rnid.org.uk
Web: www.rnid.org.uk
Contact: Mr Martin Bottomley
Title: Web Project Manager |
