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Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID)

19-23 Featherstone Street
London EC1Y 8SL

TELEPHONE: 0171 296 8000

FAX: 0171 296 8199

E-MAIL ADDRESS: Gerda.loosemore-reppen@rnid.org.uk

WEBSITE ADDRESS: www.rnid.org.uk

PATIENTS FORUM CONTACT PERSON

Gerda Loosemore-Reppen

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES

The Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID) is the largest charity representing the 8.7 million deaf and hard of hearing people in the UK. As a membership charity, we aim to achieve a radically better quality of life for deaf and hard of hearing people. We do this in the following ways:

• Campaigning and lobbying to change laws and government policies
• Providing information and raising awareness of deafness, hearing loss and tinnitus
• Training courses and consultancy of deafness and disability
• Communication services including sign language interpreters
• Training of interpreters, lipspeakers and speech-to-text operators
• Seeking lasting change in education for deaf children and young people
• Residential and community services for deaf people with special needs
• Equipment and products for deaf and hard of hearing people
• Social, medical and technical research
• RNID is campaigning actively about increasing sub-titling on television

MEMBERSHIP

Individuals; various organisations.

AREAS OF SPECIAL INTEREST

See aims and objectives.

NETWORKING

Membership of: Disability Charities Consortium; Disability Benefits Consortium; NAGSEN; DRC; Digital Hearing Aids Project; Deaf Broadcasting Forum; Coalition on Charging; NHS Direct Access Group; Patients Experts Group – Chief Medical Officer; National Community Care Alliance.

COMMUNICATION

Members-individual: receive bimonthly membership magazine; letters, general information; invitations to conferences. Organisational members receive similar information.

STAFFING

About 1500 in total.

GEOGRAPHICAL AREA COVERED

United Kingdom; Wales; Scotland; Northern Ireland.

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