Deaf Unity grew out of community, and community remains at the heart of what we do. We recognise that thriving in society is about more than education and employment, it is about having a sense of self, a sense of community and having access to developments so that you can be an informed member of society.
We provide activities and opportunities for members of the community to come together, sometimes for the first time, and build relationships that exist outside of more focused projects.
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Deaf Unity Café
Monthly, community-facilitated café that has been running for over a decade at the Royal Festival Hall café in London. We run this free-to-attend café on the third Friday of each month. If you would like to attend and support this activity, please let us know. You can join our Facebook group to stay up to date with the events.
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Deaf Lives
Funded by Heathrow Community Trust and Barchester’s Charitable Foundation, this community-based project focuses on strengthening the deaf community in West London. Our steering group identifies topics of interest and concern to the community and brings in subject experts to speak directly to attendees.
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Healthy Deaf Minds
Healthy Deaf Minds (HDM) was founded in 2000, aimed at raising the awareness of deaf BSL users to mental health issues, in its broadest sense. Since then there have been nearly 100 HDM meetings in central London. Topics have covered a wide spectrum: deaf/hearing working relationships, domestic abuse, alcoholism, depression, psychiatric medications, cancer, arthritis, diabetes, dementia, etc. Check out our events page to find out when the next date is.
