National Deaf Children's Society Family Fund Programme

The National Deaf Children's Society is working in partnership with Family Fund to deliver a nationwide programme to support families raising deaf children aged 0 to 11, or who are still in primary school. The programme will fund specialist equipment, assistive technology, and British Sign Language (BSL) learning, helping children with hearing loss to communicate more effectively and take part fully in everyday family life, education, and play. The funding aims to help deaf children and their families access technology and equipment that supports communication, improves interaction with family, friends and education, and promotes social wellbeing and relationships. Eligible families are those with a main carer applying on behalf of a child who is deaf (including all types and levels of hearing loss, from mild to profound, including deafness in one ear and temporary hearing loss such as glue ear), living in the United Kingdom, and applying for a child aged 0 to 11, or a child who is still in primary education.