Deaf Awareness Week is running this year from 4 to 10 May. The week involves over 100 deaf charities and organisations and is a great opportunity to promote deaf awareness at home, work or when you are out and about.

This year we are asking people to take practical steps to improve their deaf awareness please see hear for further information.

Please find below details of local events taking place across the UK.

England

South East

• 5 May 2009: Information Stand and Hearing Aid Troubleshooting clinic at Queen Mary Hospital, Roehampton
• 5 May 2009: Information stand, Lovatfields Retirement Village, Milton Keynes
• 6 May 2009: Information Stand and Hearing Aid Troubleshooting clinic at Ealing Hospital
• 6 May 2009: Deaf Awareness Event, Yew Tree Resource Centre, Romford
• 6 May 2009: Age Concern Lunch Club in Peartree Bridge, Milton Keynes
• 7 May 2009: Information Stand and Hearing Aid Troubleshooting clinic at Kingston Hospital
• 7 May 2009: Information stand, Stoke Mandeville Hospital
• 7 May 2009: Information stand, Costco Kingston, Milton Keyes
• 7 May 2009: Buckinghamshire Sensory Team and RNID, Stoke Mandeville Hospital, South Central Ambulance Service NHS Trust

Contact our South East office for more details on these events.

Midlands

• 5 May 2009: Deaf Awareness Week information day, Hereford

Contact our Midlands office for more details on this event.

North

• 5 May 2009: Information drop in for people of working age, Bury
• 5 May 2009: Information stand at Crook library, County Durham
• 6 May 2009: Information stand at Salford Hope Audiology Clinic
• 6 May 2009: Barnard Castle library, County Durham
• 7 May 2009: Information stand at open day at RNIB Liverpool
• 7 May 2009: Information stand, Choppington, Northumberland
• 8 May 2009: Information day at CitizenZone, Preston
• 8 May 2009: Information stand, Stanhope, County Durham
• 8 May 2009: Information event to the Knit and Natter group at Stanhope, County Durham

Contact our North office for more information on these events.

South West

• 5 May 2009: Information stand, Hatherleigh Market
• 5 May 2009: Hearing therapists at Cheltenham Hospital
• 6 May 2009: Information stand, Arundell Arms, Lifton
• 7 May 2009: Information stand, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth
• 7 May 2009: Hearing therapists at Gloucester Hospital
• 8 May 2009: Information stand, Whiddons Tea Rooms, Chagford
• 8 May 2009: Information stand in Yeoville, Somerset
• 9 May 2009: Information stand and talk at Truro Roman Catholic Church, Yeovil

Contact our South West office for more information on these events.

Scotland

• 2 May 2009: Open day with the opportunity to try out equipment, ask questions and get minor maintenance on hearing aids at Hear to Help, Galashiels
• 9 May 2009: Coffee morning with the opportunity to try out equipment, ask questions and get minor maintenance on hearing aids at Hear to Help in Trinity Parish Church, Hawick
• National Trust BSL tours during the week

Contact RNID Scotland for more information on these events.

Wales

• 5 May 2009: Information stand at Chepstow Library

Contact RNID Cymru for more information on this event.

Northern Ireland

• 30 April 2009: Exhibition at Waterfront Hall for the whole week, Belfast
• 5 May 2009: Information Stand at Enniskillen Library, Co Fermanagh
• 7 May 2009: Hearing Aid/Information drop in clinic at Lurgan Library
• 7 May 2009: Hearing Aid/Information drop in clinic at Cookstown Library
• 8 May 2009: Information Stand at Omagh Library, Co Tyrone

Contact RNID Northern Ireland for more information on these events.