Deaf Awareness Week 2021

This week (3 - 9 May) is Deaf Awareness Week. This year's theme is about ‘Coming Through it Together’. It's an opportunity to celebrate Deafness, raise awareness of best practice and for demonstrating change and positivity.

During the week the UKCouncil on Deafness (UKCoD) aim to:

• Raise awareness
• Improve access to education, health, social care and employment
• Ensure people have the accessible information they need
• Advocate and inform government and the public at large about Deafness and hearing loss
• Raise awareness about the importance of embracing and recognising language and culture
• Raise awareness about preventing hearing loss
• Improve the quality of services for people who are Deaf or have a hearing loss