Deafblind UK

National Centre for Deafblindness
John and Lucille van Geest Place
Cygnet Road
Hampton
Peterborough
PE7 8FD

Tel: 0800 132 320 (free helpline)
Tel: 01733 358 100
Web: www.deafblind.org.uk
Best time to telephone: normal office hours

Deafblind UK has the following objectives.

• To enable those people with a dual sensory impairment to live full and active lives despite their disability.
• To teach and encourage touch-based communication systems.
• To raise awareness of deafblindness in the caring professions and amongst the wider public, and to ensure that the needs of deafblind people are appropriately met in health / community care planning.

The organisation's activities include the following:

• Visiting / assessing deafblind individuals.
• Participation in national developmental / lobbying groups.
• Contributing to individual community care plans.
• Information and advice on dual sensory loss.
• Social activities for deafblind people; rehabilitation services; holiday flat.
• Independent living accommodation.
• Linking deafblind people through magazines and newspapers in touch-based media.
• International representation.
• Support for families and friends of deafblind members.

Deafblind UK has regional offices - contact the organisation for further details.