British Deaf Association awards Sign Language Charter to Greater London Authority
The British Deaf Association has awarded its Sign Language Charter to the Greater London Authority (GLA), recognising the…
23 September 2026
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Letters to Santa
This Christmas, Huawei and the British Deaf Association have come together to give every deaf child a letter from Santa.
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Welfare Reform – Interpreter Provision
BDA (NI) have some good news we would like to share with members of the Deaf community. Deaf people will be able to go to their local Advice NI…
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National Mentoring Day
"I am more confident saying that I am deaf... before I joined DRP, I hadn’t met a deaf person in my life. I thought I was the only one…
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World Mental Health Day
Mental health is just like physical health. Everyone has it and needs to take care of it. We all know that to stay healthy we should eat well, exercise,…
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It’s International Week of the Deaf 2018!
The World Federation of the Deaf (WFD) was established in Rome, Italy, in 1951, and is an international non-profit and non- governmental organisation representing approximately 70 million deaf people’s…
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DRP awarded APS Benchmark
DRP, Deaf Roots and Pride has been recognised for the standard and quality of work it delivers and has been awarded the APS, Approved Providers Standard benchmark from NCVO,…
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