Every deaf child’s wellbeing matters to us and to you!
DEX uses the English dictionary definition of the word “deaf” to mean “wholly or partially without hearing” to apply to all children who have hearing loss.
DEXperience welcomes everybody, whatever education experience you have. We have adopted ‘DEXperience’ to show that we are inclusive of all.
We are a deaf-led organisation that was set up to support deaf people who are being educated in mainstream education, or who attended mainstream schools. Deaf people who attended Deaf schools want to support this campaign too.
Here’s the BSL welcome to the DEX website!
DDYC 16th July Event
Our FREE DDYC event in July will be a trip to Yorkshire Sculpture Park! We will be shown round by Martin Glover who is a Deaf Artist! There will be a free coach from Queens Hotel in Leeds that will take us to and from Yorkshire Sculpture Park. There will be a free...
Kirklees 1st July Event
You may already be aware that B.I.D Services have been given some funding to start a group for deaf young people aged between 16 and 25 who live in Kirklees and they've asked DEX to work with them to run the group! We held our first event in May. Our next event is on...
DDYC 23rd June Event
We have decided to add another FREE DDYC event in June! We will be showing CODA at Leeds Society for Deaf and Blind People on Thursday 23rd June, 6-8pm. It's such a great film! Click here to watch the information in BSL: https://youtu.be/oBVxKuUcfrM Please let Sabah...
DDYC 18th June Event
Our next FREE DDYC event is on Saturday 18th June. We will be going for a meal at Bab Tooma and then walking round Roundhay Park. Please text Sabah if you'd like to come, her number is on the bottom of the poster. Here's the link to the BSL clip on YouTube:...
DDYC Volunteer Runs Edinburgh Marathon
Morning everyone - amazing news! Our DDYC volunteer and Board rep Hattie and her twin sister Annabel ran the Edinburgh marathon yesterday in a fantastic 4 hours 34 minutes!!! They also raised a huge £1360 for DEX - incredible 🤩 The money they have raised will help DEX...
DDYC Party May 22
On Saturday 14th May we celebrated our recent National Lottery Community Fund funding award of £209,080 to deliver deaf youth work for the next 3 years! It was such a lovely day with beautiful weather Our members had a great day chatting and enjoying lots of free food...
Marathon Runner Supports DEX
Harriet, a DDYC volunteer, has decided to run the Edinburgh marathon on the 29th May to raise money for DEX! She explains why DEX has been important to her in the lovely video below. We are so grateful to Harriet and wish her and her twin sister the very best of...
DDYC May Celebration Event
We are having a celebration event on Saturday 14th May! We want to tell our deaf young people how we plan to spend our National Lottery Community Fund money! Yvonne Cobb from BBC See Hear will be presenting us with our big cheque too! We'd love to see as many deaf...
DDYC April Event
Our next event is Saturday 2nd April in Leeds. Come and find out how to book a BSL interpreter for healthcare appointments and what to do if they don't turn up! We will also be chatting about volunteering with DEX. It will be lots of fun and look great on your CV!...
DDYC March Event
Our next event is on Saturday 5th March at Leeds Hollywood Bowl! There will be two games of bowling and free food. We are expecting this to be very busy so please let us know as soon as possible if you'd like to come! You can book your place by contacting us here or...
DDYC February Event
Our next event is on Saturday 5th Feb and will be all about managing your mental health! The big room at the Lightwaves Centre is very cold, so we are moving in to a smaller room. We have to make sure there is enough room to safely distance so there are only 10 places...
DDYC January Event
Happy New Year everyone! Hope it's a great one for you all! We have our first DDYC event of the year on Saturday 8th January! Kim from the Royal Association for Deaf People will be telling us how to save money on bills. There will also be fun activities and games and...