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
DEX Deaf Youth Council Live Well Project
An exciting workshop on October 20th! DEX Deaf Youth Council has obtained an £8,000 funding from Live Well to do a project for Deaf young people. The aims are to motivate, guide and prompt Deaf young people to 'live well' - be happy, be healthy and be...
DEX Deaf Citizenship and Participation Project
The DEX Deaf Youth Council (DDYC) has finished the ASDAN Citizenship course which was delivered entirely in BSL, as were the assessments. The course developed skills including learning, teamwork and problem solving. There have been monthly workshops and...
DDYC Citizenship Course Ends
The DEX Deaf Youth Council's Citizenship course has ended now, and we just have a few more assessments to do for those who wanted to try for the ASDAN qualification. So far four have passed and we are really proud of their hard work. The course and...
DDYC Live Well Project Meeting
Yesterday was the first meeting for the DEX Deaf Youth Council to start their new Live Well project. The DDYC members started to plan the programme for next year and decided which activities on their "wish list" they wanted to do. We will post information...
New DDYC Project Starting
We have a new DDYC project starting in September to develop the DEX Deaf Youth Council! If you are aged 17 years - 30 years and interested please contact us
DDYC Flamborough Beach Clean Up
As part of the ASDAN Citizenship course, eleven DDYC members went over to Flamborough to visit the Living Seas Centre and to take part in a beach clean up. We are working on Module 2 Community and Volunteering....
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