by Lynn Hounsome | Feb 25, 2017 | Blog, Deaf Education, Families, Fundraising, General Interest, Members
HE DID IT! – You can still congratulate Andy Stubbs, DELTA’s Chair, who is certainly a glutton for punishment. Having been injured (yet still completed the London Marathon for DELTA in 2015), he rediscovered running, but off-road rather than tarmac,...
by Ed Rex | Jan 19, 2017 | Blog, Volunteers
Exciting news! John Paul, one of our staunchest DELTA Deaf Volunteers is being featured on BBC2’s Special Forces: Ultimate Hell Week . It started on Sunday 29th January at 9pm for 6 weeks. Even after the water torture of last weeks episode (19th February) John...
by Katrina Alcock | Dec 31, 2015 | Blog, Deaf Education, Families
DELTA are delighted to announce that one of our co-founders, Sue Lewis is to receive an MBE in the New Year’s Honours. As I’m sure you know. Sue helped to found DELTA’s predecessor charity NAG in a bid to support deaf children and their families following the natural...
by Ed Rex | Oct 10, 2015 | Blog, Fundraising
Wow, wow, wow, wow!!! Thank you to everyone who helped, supported, sponsored and cajoled over the last 6 months. The idea was born, like most great/crazy ideas, after one too many glasses of red wine and surrounded by friends. To be exact, I was at Glorious Goodwood...
by Ed Rex | Sep 20, 2015 | Blog, Deaf Education, Summer Schools
Every year for the past 30 years DELTA has run Summer Schools for families with Deaf babies and children. Every year families come together and receive information and have their questions answered in interactive workshops and talks. They learn to recognise the skills...
by Ed Rex | Sep 20, 2015 | Blog, Fundraising
By Jill Blackburn (Parent) Hello lovely DELTA lot! I ran the British Vitality 10k in London back on Sunday July 13th 2015. It was such a brilliant day with perfect weather. London is really quite hilly in places, being from Oxford I’ve never noticed this...