Charter mark for deaf awareness

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Charter mark for deaf awareness

JOB Centre Plus IW has proven its commitment to providing deaf and hard-of-hearing people greater accessibility to work and all its services, by achieving the RNID’s prestigious Louder than Words charter mark.

Louder than Words is a best practice charter for businesses that offers a high level of deaf-aware services for deaf and hard-of-hearing staff and customers, in line with current disability discrimination law.

Wendy Phillips, advisory services manager at Newport Jobcentre Plus, said: "Both hearing and deaf customers have commented on the improvements and are very positive about our service. We are very proud of this great achievement".

RNID offers the Louder than Words charter so that the nine million people who are deaf or hard of hearing in the UK have equal access to work opportunities and the same levels of service as anyone else.

RNID works to ensure that all changes are inexpensive, appropriate and easy to implement.

 

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Are you aware an official challenge has gone to the UK's Charity Commission opposing the RNID's claims on representation ? UK deaf do NOT support the RNID, it has no mandate nor has ever consulted 9 million people on representation, indeed recently it was claimed they have removed the deaf right to be consulted as part of their official remit, after deaf complained the RNID were refusing to hire or train deaf people, the RNID responded by removing the onus from their remit to do that ! They are a discredited corporate charity, nothing to do with deaf people. We want them out of our lives....