WDDA Deaf Communication Card Initiative

We are providing these cards free of charge to all Deaf BSL users so please just get in touch if you would like one. If you are an agency working with Deaf BSL users and would be interested in holding a supply of cards to give to your service users please email admin@wdda.co.uk.

Significance Sign Choir

Significance is our award winning Sign Choir. The Choir meets at the Victoria Education Centre in Poole on Thursdays at 7pm. Open to all. We also have a Junior Sign Choir (ages 5-15) led by Louise that meets at Bournemouth Deaf Club on Saturday afternoons at 2pm.

‘Family Fun Day’ brings BSL to Boscombe Chine Gardens!

Thank you to everyone who joined us at our ‘Sign for Change’ Family Fun Day on Sunday 23 June 2019. The weather was kind to us and it was great to bring hearing and Deaf children and families together to introduce BSL to the wider community. We raised £184.11 on the day, had people sign up to learn BSL with us and generated lots of interest in our sign choirs. A special thank you to Trustees George, Keith and Donna, volunteers Jas, Angela, Sandra and Louise and to Significance Sign Choir and our Junior Sign Choir for all their hard work in making the day such a great success. We’ll be setting a date for next year’s event very soon!

'Sign for Change'

We are looking to raise £5,000 to help fund our work supporting the development of a small team of Deaf and hearing BSL users to enable them to deliver Deaf Awareness & Communication training to local Nursery and Primary Schools in Dorset. “The sessions are amazing. I like learning how to sign to my friends.” – Year 3 Pupil. “I find the Sign Language lessons very fun and it means I can talk to someone who is deaf. Something I didn’t know how to do before” – Year 4 Pupil. If you would like to make a donation, or to find out more about our ‘Sign for Change’ campaign, please email us at donations@wdda.co.uk

Launch of 'Make it Clear!' Campaign

Wiltshire and Dorset Deaf Association is pleased to announce the launch of our new 'Make it Clear!' Campaign on 1st July 2020. The aim of the 'Make it Clear!' campaign is to get clear panel face masks in to circulation to help prevent further barriers to communication for the d/Deaf and HoH community. #makeitclear
WDDA celebrates after receiving £20k of National Lottery funding to deliver creative workshops for d/Deaf BSL users!

WDDA celebrates after receiving £20k of National Lottery funding to deliver creative workshops for d/Deaf BSL users!

We are VERY excited to announce that we have been granted almost £20,000 in National Lottery funding to support our ongoing work delivering creative workshops for d/Deaf BritishSign Language (BSL) users in Bournemouth and Dorchester. Sessions will be led by professional artists from CoCreate with BSL communication support provided by...
Social Coffee Morning & Special Lunch to mark Deaf Awareness Week 2024

Social Coffee Morning & Special Lunch to mark Deaf Awareness Week 2024

Join Wiltshire and Dorset Deaf Association for a social coffee morning & special lunch to mark Deaf Awareness Week 2024 at Bournemouth Deaf Club on Friday 10th May 2024. This event is open to anyone in the d/Deaf or Hard of Hearing community.No need to book. Drop into Bournemouth Deaf...

Halloween Coffee & Crafts

CoCreate are back with us for another Coffee & Crafts at Bournemouth Deaf Club on Friday 27th October 2023. 10am-1pm. This event is free to attend and open to anyone in the d/Deaf or Hard of Hearing community. BSL communication and all materials provided. Come together in a welcoming space...