Birkdale Trust for Hearing Impaired
Open or will open again
Health, wellbeing and sport
Human rights and equality
Medical conditions
People with disabilities
Antrim & Newtownabbey
Ards & North Down
Armagh City, Banbridge & Craigavon
Belfast City
Causeway Coast and Glens
Derry City and Strabane
England
Fermanagh and Omagh
Great Britain
Lisburn and Castlereagh
Mid and East Antrim
Mid Ulster
Newry, Mourne and Down
Northern Ireland
Scotland
Wales
Micro (up to £1,000)
Small (up to £10,000)
Overview
The main objectives of this charity are:
- To advance the education of children and young people with particular reference to those with a hearing impairment.
- To support any other Charitable Object, which promotes the welfare of hearing impaired children and young people.
The Charity makes grants to young people up to an age in their mid-twenties resident in the UK. This funding provides support in a variety of ways and to organisations linked to deaf young people.
Types of requests and projects the Trust will consider:
- assistance with the purchase of specialist hearing equipment or other aids which will benefit an individual or organisation.
- the provision of funding for special courses, individual tuition or speech and language therapy.
- support for appeals against local authorities’ educational placement decisions.
- the financial support of another charity for hearing impaired.
- special projects
Recent Grants
For a list of charities suppoted in 2022/23, view their accounts here