east acton centre
020 8749 4111 (Advice and advocacy - voice and fax)
020 8743 3696 (Equipment - voice and fax)
020 8749 4111 (fax)
020 8743 1287 (text)2 Erconwald Street
East Acton
LondonW12 0BS
Staff
Mary Hicks Centre Manager Sandra Campbell DeafBlind and BME Officer Carol Elgy Technical Officer Roger Hamblyn Technical Fitter Ralph Garai Equipment Administrator Lindsay Wood CSW Kelly Nicholson Communication Support Worker Duane Wong Communication Support Worker Alix Richards Volunteer Margaret Chadwick Volunteer
Walk-in enquiries
| Tuesdays | 10:00 - 13:00 |
| Wednesdays | 10:00 - 13:00 |
| Thursdays | 10:00 - 13:00 |
Hearing aid maintenance:
10am to 12 noon
Thursday mornings.
Margaret Chadwick is our hearing aid volunteer
The East Acton Centre in West London is supported by the
London Boroughs of Ealing, and Hammersmith and Fulham.
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News
- The BME Deaf Womens' Grup have just released their programme for August, September and October 2008.
Click
to download this programme.
- An advice and advocacy service for residents of Hammersmith and Fulham is run each Thursday by Alix Ricahrds, from 10am to 1pm.
- The East Acton Centre are starting an employment support service. Click here to download a PDF brochure with more information.
- The EAC's 3rd newsletter has just been released. Click here to download.
- A Signing Club has just been started for people wanting to learn BSL or to improve their BSL skills. Click
for more information. Please contact the office if you want to find out more.
- Vic Wooster - a long-standing volunteer at the East Acton Centre, sadly passed away recently.All members of staff at the East Acton Centre as well as Paul Bartlett, CEO, attended his funeral to pay their final respects. Vic will be badly missed by all as he was a popular, hard-working and loyal volunteer. Vic helped clients change their hearing aid batteries, replaced tubing and perfomed general hearing aid maintenance twice a week for over 15 years.
RIP - Vic Wooster
Advice, Information and Advocacy
The EAC provides assistance to Deaf people, and parents and carers of Deaf people, with general help with personal issues Including welfare rights benefit claims such as Disability Living Allowance.
We also provide inforamiton on a wide range of topics about deafness in general and on issues affecting individuals in society.
Mary Hicks and Sandra Campbell provide you with assistance here.
We support Deaf and hard of hearing residents of the London Boroughs of Ealing, and Hammersmith & Fulham.
For residents of Hammersmith and Fulham, the service is open on Thursday from 10am to 1pm and the following are offered:
information; advice; help with phone calls, signposting, form filling.
DeafBlind Support
Sandra Campbell works with DeafBlind people by providing inforamation and advice as well as social and independent living assistance to DeafBlind people living in Ealing.
Lindsay Wood provids communication support to Sandra.
In addition we provide general services to DeafBlind people at the EAC.
Interpreting Service
If you are a resident of the London borough of Ealing, we provide a BSL, lipspeaking and notetaking service for hospital and Social Service appointments, as well as other arrangements you have with different council departments.
Equipment Assessment and Provision
deafPLUS EAC provides an equipment assessment, fitting and maintenance service for Deaf and hard of hearing people living in the Borough of Ealing. Including loop systems, alerting devices and personal listening devices.
Carol Elgy is our Technical Officer, Roger Hamblyn, Technical Fitter, and Ralph Garai is the Administrator of this service.
Margaret Chadwick provides advice from 10am to 12 noon every Thursday morning about hearing aids - tubing, batteries and maintenance.
Ethnic Minority Service
Sandra provides support for Deaf and hard of hearing people from BME backgrounds, including:
- Advice and adovcacy
- Culture-sensitive service taking into consideration issues relating to ethnicity, culture and religion
- Personal development
- Social network for Asian Deaf women every second Wednesday. See here
Please contact the EAC to find out more.
Information Technology Service
The EAC provides an IT service and the following are provided:
- IT Cafe during drop-in hours and by appointment
- IT training for Deaf and hard of hearing people aged 50 and above
deafPLUS is the working name of
Breakthrough Deaf-Hearing Integration,
a company limited by Guarantee.
Registered Company number: 3680467. Registered Charity number: 1073468
Website created and maintained by Paul Bartlett 2006.
Last updated
September 30, 2008