Volunteering England targets deaf volunteers

By Paul Jump, Third Sector Online, 10 May 2007

Volunteering England is launching a sign language introduction to its website to help address concerns that volunteering is not accessible to deaf people.

The move follows a survey in which almost two thirds of respondents said volunteering organisations are not well prepared to work with deaf volunteers. The poll, conducted on the Volunteering England website in March and April, saw just 20 per cent of the 374 respondents answer ‘yes’ to the question...

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