# DEAF AWARENESS: NE

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1178549
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** May 29, 2018
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1178549


## Contact

- **Address:** The Linskill Centre, Linskill Terrace, North Shields, Tyne and Wear
- **Postcode:** NE30 2AY
- **Phone:** 07734176196
- **Email:** info@deafawarenessne.org.uk
- **Website:** www.deafawarenessne.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** 1. THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WHO ARE DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE NORTH EAST OF ENGLAND BY THE PROVISION OF SERVICES, INFORMATION, SUPPORT, ADVICE, EDUCATION AND FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PEOPLE.2. THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO RAISING AWARENESS OF ISSUES OF DEAFNESS TO THE WIDER PUBLICNOTE: FOR THE PURPOSES ALL OBJECTS THE WORD ‘DEAF’ COMPRISES ALL PEOPLE WHO ARE DEAF, DEAFENED, HARD OF HEARING, DEAF-DISABLED OR CULTURALLY DEAF AND THOSE PEOPLE WHO REGARD THEMSELVES AS HEARING IMPAIRED OR OF HAVING A HEARING LOSS.

**Activities:** deaf awareness: NE runs a series of sessions and activities from the Linskill Centre, North Shields, to help raise awareness of issues impacting on deaf and hard of hearing people. These session include sign language, lipreading, tinnitus support, deaf awareness training and deaf sports. Hearing induction loops, speech to text and BSL/English interpreters are used as appropriate.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Economic/community Development/employment, Recreation
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Newcastle Upon Tyne City
- North Tyneside
- Northumberland



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £163793 | £113996 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £95998 | £80165 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £43809 | £46089 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £25806 | £40860 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £41414 | £23294 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Annette Rosemary Muffitt** (Chair) — appointed Oct. 31, 2023
- Christine Tawse — appointed Oct. 15, 2024
- Denise Huscroft — appointed Feb. 10, 2026
- Helen Ganson — appointed Oct. 13, 2020
- Josh McKenzie — appointed Oct. 14, 2025
- Karen Skipper — appointed Oct. 13, 2020
- Trish Jackson — appointed Oct. 14, 2025
- William Peters — appointed Oct. 18, 2022