Let’s end 2021 with a massive Thank You to our volunteers who have helped to keep us going during the year. Your time, enthusiasm and sharing of your hearing loss experiences is much appreciated, whether on our Helpdesk or helping us to run LinkUps or other services. We couldn’t do what we do, without you. […]
Our LinkUps are here for you in 2022! LinkUps are a free support group for people with hearing loss and their families. A LinkUp is led by up to two facilitators and an event support team, who all have professional or lived experience and understanding of hearing loss. The group facilitators, volunteers and participants involved […]
We’ve been working with GoMedia, a company that is developing a new app in conjunction with the Department for Transport. The app will aim to deliver real-time announcements direct to passengers’ smartphones in SMS format during journeys. The app is in the advanced stages of development and tests will take place in early 2022 on […]
An exhibition that focuses on technology and services designed to make life easier for people with hearing loss will take place this month (September) in Orpington, Kent. The HEAR Today exhibition will take place on Saturday 18th September at Orpington Methodist Church, 19 Sevenoaks Rd, Orpington BR6 9JH from 10-4pm. Admission to the event is […]
If you are worried about your hearing and live in London, why not drop in and meet a Hearing Link volunteer for hearing loss support and information? We will be at Wellbeing Cafe at Mycenae House, 90 Mycanae Road, Blackheath, SE3 7SE on the second Thursday of every month for a friendly chat from 1.30-3.30pm. […]
This week (1st-7th June) marks Volunteers Week. At Hearing Link we are entirely grateful to our wonderful network of volunteers who support people living with hearing loss and their families across the UK. Kate Vale, our Network & Training Manager, has shared the following message, thanking our volunteers for their time, generosity and […]
**Warning: This review may contain spoilers** On the day of its national cinema release (17th May), Hearing Link volunteer Sylvia Irvine-Robertson shares her review of Oscar-winning film Sound of Metal. This is a film to watch, and I guarantee you will find it thought-provoking and brilliantly acted. The sound team creates unnerving, but realistic effects, […]
