# DEAF ACTIVE

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1129601
- **Other names:** DEAF ACTIVE YOUTH SERVICE
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** May 14, 2009
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1129601


## Contact

- **Address:** The Joseph Lappin Centre, Mill Lane, Old Swan, LIVERPOOL
- **Postcode:** L13 5TF
- **Phone:** 075710883702
- **Email:** admin@deafactive.net
- **Website:** www.deafactive.org



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND [RELIEVE NEEDS OF] [HELP] D/DEAF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE, CODA&#x27;S (CHILDREN OF DEAF ADULTS), HEARING FAMILY MEMBERS, FRIENDS AND PEERS THROUGH:(A) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;(B) PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.(C) TO HELP CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES, SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR CAPABILITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY. (D) TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE UP TO THE AGE OF 19 LIVING IN MERSEYSIDE BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF PHYSICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES.(E) ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS;(F) ADVANCING EDUCATION;(G) RELIEVING UNEMPLOYMENT;(H) PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS. THE WORD &quot;DEAF&quot; (WITH A CAPITAL D) IS USED TO DESCRIBE AN INDIVIDUAL WHOSE FIRST OR PREFERRED METHOD OF COMMUNICATION IS BRITISH SIGN LANGUAGE (BSL), WHILE THE TERM D/DEAF - NOW WIDELY RECOGNISED BY CARE SERVICE PROFESSIONALS - REFERS TO EVERYONE WITH A HEARING LOSS: DEAF, DEAF, DEAFBLIND, HARD-OF-HEARING AND DEAFBLIND PEOPLE.

**Activities:** DEAF ACTIVE EXISTS TO PROMOTE  AND ADVANCE THE LIVES OF DEAF AND HEARING CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS IN MERSEYSIDE.  WE PROVIDE AWARENESS RAISING SESSIONS, SIGN LANGUAGE TRAINING, INLUSIVE PLAY PROVISION, AFTER SCHOOL CLUBS, YOUTH CLUBS, RESIDENTIAL BREAKS AND YOUTH EXCHANGES.  WE PROVIDE FITNESS AND WELLBEING CLASSES, PERSONAL TRAINERS AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES TO DISADVANTAGED PEOPLE.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Disability, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Amateur Sport, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment, Recreation, Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL
- Knowsley
- Liverpool City
- Sefton
- Wirral





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **STACEY ROBINSON** | Chair | Aug. 12, 2013 |
| ANTHONY RICE |  | Nov. 30, 2017 |
| Hayley Jayne Thornton |  | Nov. 30, 2017 |
| Jonathan Anthony Webster |  | June 2, 2025 |
| Zachary Walker |  | June 2, 2025 |




