About DEXperience / DEX Deaf Youth Council
Our service is aimed at deaf children and deaf young people including those with additional needs, aged 0-30 years of age.
We work with Young Lives Wakefield, deaf organisations and Government agencies to facilitate the DEX Deaf Youth Council (DDYC) to provide information and support to parents, children and young people.
Recently we were awarded a £50,000 grant from Heritage Lottery Fund to encourage and empower deaf young people to discover their deaf identity and culture in a fun way.
Read about the Deaf Story Heritage Project
For this year, DDYC are training deaf young people to use their smartphones in making British Sign Language videos.
DDYC recognises the powerful usage of smartphones for deaf young people in sending comments, compliments and complaints in British Sign Language to statutory authorities.
DDYC News
DDYC Committee Exhibition at Leeds City Museum
The DDYC committee have recently been working with Jordan at Leeds City Museum to create an exhibition about deaf history, deaf identity, BSL and DEX. The display was fully installed last week and it looks absolutely incredible! DEX is very proud of Anthony, Adam,...
Photos from the joint October DDYH and DDYC event!
Here are some fab photos from our Samba Drumming event on Sunday 8th October. We decided to run a joint event for the DDYC and DDYH at Leeds Society for Deaf and Blind People. The feedback on the event was great, everyone had such a good time! The next DDYC event is...
DDYC Christmas Party December
Our DDYC Christmas meal is on Saturday 2nd December at Victoria Hotel in Bradford between 1.45 and 4pm. There will be a three course meal and you can choose your food options in advance. We can help with travel costs. There will be a £5 refundable deposit to book a...
DDYC Residential Trip to Edinburgh!
On Tuesday 10th October members of the DDYC, DEX staff Claire and Zara and Ian from the DEX board set off to Edinburgh for our annual residential trip, kindly funded by the National Lottery. Here are some daily updates from our Chief Executive Officer Claire Baldwin: ...
November DDYC event!
Our next FREE event for deaf 17- 30 year olds in Yorkshire is on Saturday 4th November at Leeds Society for Deaf and Blind People. The event starts at 1pm and finishes at 4.30pm. We have invited the fantastic Fletch back and she will be teaching us a Christmas song!...
October DDYC event!
Our September DDYC event had to be cancelled because of train strikes, so we've decided to hold a joint DDYH and DDYC event in October! The event is Samba Drumming on Sunday 8th October at Leeds Society for Deaf and Blind People. It's on between 1-3pm and there will...
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