Tracy’s London Marathon moment Tracy Clarke-Wolfe, who works with predominantly special education needs students, decided to fundraise for Hearing Link to raise more awareness of our services as we are ‘a very worthwhile cause’. She has hosted a number of different fundraising events this past year from baking cakes to hosting fundraising nights at restaurants and scouting the area […]
Hearing Link volunteer wins prestigious Heather Jackson Award Scottish Hearing Link volunteer, May Wood, has been announced as the winner of the Heather Jackson Award 2017. Everyone at Hearing Link is delighted with this news recognising May’s contribution to our organisation. Her work on the Helpdesk in particular is noted, not just by the members of staff and other volunteers, but also by […]
Thank you fabulous London Marathon runners! Congratulations to our phenomenal team of Virgin London Marathon runners who took on the 26.2 mile challenge to raise vital funds in support of our work. Tracy Clarke-Wolfe, Dan Harrison, Ben Raven and Antonia Woodbine all took on the Virgin Money on Sunday 23rd April to raise more than £5,500 (so far!). We asked our […]
Rocking the boat People react very different ways when you tell them you are deaf. Some believe you can’t possibly be completely deaf and start shouting, just as many fancy someone who is deaf must automatically be fluent in lip reading or have some other way of understanding what they say without any effort from them. The other […]
I Do Like That Shirt Some of Sue’s recent pithy and astute observations. “Yes, you have put on weight”. Well, duh! “Those baggy brown cord trousers are what an old man would wear”. Whoopee, I’m not old yet. “I don’t like that shirt”. Rubbish. Disagree. My favourite Hawaiian shirt is a silky, midnight blue creation with subdued silver orchids on […]
Information event in Omagh, NI Hearing Link will be present at an upcoming event organised by the sensory support team of the Western Health and Social Care Trust in Northern Ireland. This information session will be taking place on Tuesday 25th April 2017, from 2pm – 5pm, at the Silverbirch Hotel in Omagh. The event is targeted at any individual regardless of age […]
Spring Fling 2017 in Edinburgh Some of our fantastic volunteers will be manning a stand at this years Spring Fling, taking place at the Eric Liddell Centre in south Edinburgh. We invite you to come along, chat with our volunteers and learn how Hearing Link can help you or anyone you know who is living with hearing loss. We will […]
