Visitors from Masonic Charitable Foundation

DDYC, Other

DEX were very grateful to received a £5k grant from Masonic Charitable Foundation earlier this year. John Birkenshaw (Provincial Grand Charity Steward), Ian Wright (Provincial MCF Representative) and David Brazil (Charity Steward, Leeds) from Masonic Charitable...

Zara and Anthony are interviewed by BBC’s Look North!

DDYC, Other

Yesterday our Projects Facilitator Zara Emery and DDYC member and committee volunteer Anthony Golphin were interviewed by BBC’s Look North about the new BSL information boards at Leeds train station! You can watch the interview here: https://youtu.be/H4v2Di9VLiE...

DEX staff and members attend Castleford Academy’s Deaf Aspirations Event!

DDYC, Other

Our Projects Facilitator Zara and volunteers Anthony and Lucy were at Castleford Academy’s amazing Deaf Aspirations event this week. They met lots of deaf young people interested in joining our groups and DDYC member Tyler gave a wonderful presentation about his...

DEX is now registered with Easy Fundraising!

DEX News, Fundraising, Other

DEX is now registered with Easy Fundraising! That means you can raise money for DEX through your online shopping without it costing you anything! Signing up to Easy Fundraising is very quick and completely free. Please sign up if you can. Let us know if you need any...

More New Funding News!

DDYH, DEX News, Other

New Funding News!! DEX would like to say a huge thank you to The National Lottery Community Fund for awarding us a £9.5k grant! This funding means we can start running monthly events for our DEX Deaf Youth Hub (DDYH) for 11-17 year olds!  The group is so important...

DEX member joins the British Youth Music Theatre for the week!

DDYC, DEX News, Other

British Youth Music Theatre contacted us as they wanted to involve a deaf performer in their play- both as a performer and to evaluate the accessibility for deaf people in their organisation. It was a week long activity. At the end of the week they invited members of...