SUPPORTING DEAF CHILDREN
AND THEIR FAMILIES
IN DORSET
Welcome to the Dorset Deaf Children's Society website. We are a registered charity who organise events and activities to enable children and young people with a hearing loss, parents and families to meet each other and share their experiences and also have some fun!
We provide grants and equipment for children with a hearing loss and their families and also provide information to help families make informed choices for their children's education and welfare.
Membership is free for all families with a child or young person with a hearing loss living in Dorset or for supporters of children and young people with a hearing loss and their families living in Dorset.
If you wish to join Dorset Deaf Children's Society
please contact Shirley Sorbie on 01202 571089
or email info@dorsetdcs.co.uk
for a DDCS membership form.​
If you become a member of National Deaf Children's Society that does not make you an automatic member of
Dorset Deaf Children's Society and vice versa.
We have seperate memberships.
To view the DDCS Mission Statement please click on this link:
View the DDCS Constitution - voted in at the 2009 AGM. Click on the link to the right.
In line with The National Deaf Children's Society guidelines the Dorset Deaf Children's Society have adopted their Safeguarding Policy. The policy is based on NDCS guidelines and can be accessed by clicking on the link to the right.
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The person responsible for implementing these guidelines is Katie Bray, Safeguarding Officer
To view the DDCS Privacy Policy please click on this link:
To view the DDCS Equality and Diversity Policy please click on this link:
To view the DDCS Complaints and Feedback Policy please click on this link:
To view the DDCS Social Media Policy please click on this link:
We are associated with the National Deaf Childrens Society.
To view their website use this link - http://www.ndcs.org.uk
Christmas Party
On Saturday 4th December we held our annual Christmas Party at The Blandford School, Blandford and 175 members came along including some very excited children. After missing out on the 2020 party it was so good to be back!
To start the party we had music and games from Party time for Kids, craft tables, face painting and also a photo both. Everyone had a great time dressing up in the props for their pictures! A raffle was held to raise funds for us and the DCS information table was also available for families to help themselves to any literature and information they might need.
Everyone enjoyed a finger buffet with plenty of delicious food and tea, coffee and juice were available. The savoury food was provided for our families by the school catering company, Caterlink Ltd. We would like to thank Karen Hall and her team for giving up their time to make the savoury food for us. Mark Bennett Patisserie provided us with some delicious cakes and we added to this with other cakes, biscuits and fruit.
After the food it was time for the entertainment provided by Richard and Party Time for Kids! This included his wonderful bubbles, games for the children and dancing and before long the adults were joining in! Everyone had a great time.
We then got everyone together to film a good luck message to Rose and Giovanni on Strictly Come Dancing as we hoped they will get to the final of the competition. Which of course they did and they won it! The film was sent into NDCS to forward on to BBC with other films. Unfortunately we didn’t make the programme but our film reached 8,859 people and was viewed 4,300 times on Facebook! So at least it raised awareness of DDCS.
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It was then time for a visit from a very special visitor…… Father Christmas who brought presents for all the children. Photos taken with Father Christmas are available on the DDCS picture website. If you wish to view and download them you need to contact us on info@dorsetdcs.co.uk
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We would like to thank Liz Bishopp and her team at The Blandford School for once again letting us have the venue free of charge and also thank the many volunteers who helped before and on the day to make the party such a success!
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