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Deaf people are fed up with being unfairly treated. Deaf-initely Women is proud to be working in partnership with local charities in response to deaf, deafblind, and hard of hearing people being treated unfairly in work or when accessing goods and services. Derbyshire...

Becky was from a small village called Jacksdale in Nottinghamshire but now lives in Alfreton Derbyshire. She left her job as an advocate in January 2020 to take over the running of a restaurant in Melton Mowbray with her partner. Their business is called Luck &...

Karen Adams, from Derbyshire, has owned a Childminder business since April 2007.  She is fully Deaf with BSL and her business is named K.A. Childminder. Karen loves looking after children, which she has done for over 20 years; always involved with helping with...

Corvette Silo, from Derby, owns and manages a company, Kingswell Support Service Limited that provides Support Workers for Deaf people. Originally, she studied textiles at university. Since graduating, in her mid 20’s, she went on to set up a business by setting up a...

Janet Mellor, Skills and Training Co-Ordinator I joined Deaf-initely Women in July 2018. My previous work at Deaf & Hearing Support based in Chesterfield was advising people about the services and equipment available for deaf people.   I managed a volunteer team...

Gene Barlow is delighted to join Deaf-initely Women as a Home Security worker. Gene provides information and advice on how to make your homes safe and secure to live in. This service is FREE for all deaf, deafblind and hard of hearing women living in Derby and...

Hello, my name is Aga Latif and it is wonderful to be back with the Deaf-initely Women team. Currently, I work as a Sexual and Reproductive Health Community Worker at Deaf-initely Women, in partnership with Derbyshire Integrated Sexual Health Services (DISHS). Deaf...

Award-winning British charity supporting victims for 25 years Supporting victims of honour-based abuse and forced marriage. Founder - Karma Nirvana was founded in Derby in 1993 by the survivor, campaigner and author Jasvinder Sanghera CBE. www.karmanirvana.org.uk...

Meet a solicitor and a barrister who work in discrimination law. Listen to a Solicitor’s stories on how she has helped deaf people getting justice including compensation. What to do?..... Lisa and Catherine will explain how they can support you. Thursday 15th July,...

Recently we received confirmation that we were nominated in this year’s Impact Awards. This award was to support ‘Tech for Good’, UK’s digital transformation across the whole country. We have had a phenomenal growth in all aspect of communication/responding, social...