Deafness: further information

British Deaf Association Scotland

The British Deaf Association Scotland is the Scottish Division of the British Deaf Association (BDA).

Deaf Action

Deaf Action aims to raise awareness of the needs and rights of deaf people, challenge discrimination, and provide services to promote independence and quality of life.

Deaf Connections

We are committed to enabling deaf people to participate fully in the community to make equality and fairness a normal feature of their everyday lives.

Deafblind Scotland

Deafblind Scotland works with adults who have become dual sensory impaired later in life - this is called acquired deafblindness.

Hearing Concern LINK Scotland

The aims of Hearing Concern LINK are to provide help and support to Deaf, deafened and hard of hearing people and the partners and families.

RNID (Scotland)

RNID (Royal National Institute for Deaf People) is the largest charity working to change the world for the UK’s 9 million deaf and hard of hearing people.

Scottish Council on Deafness

The Scottish Council on Deafness is an umbrella body representing around 90 organisations working with and on behalf of Deaf Sign Language users, Deafened, Deafblind and Hard of Hearing people.