Deaf Cancer Support UK

01/01/2026

Happy New Year to all our Members, Volunteers, and Supporters. We wish you all the best for 2026!

If you are Deaf and affected by cancer and would like our support, please contact us in confidence via email
deafcancer@selfhelp.org.uk

22/12/2025

🎄🎄All the Team at Deaf Cancer Support UK wish you all a Merry Christmas and best wishes for 2026! 🎄🎄
We’d like to say a huge thank you to all our members, volunteers, colleagues and everyone who has supported us this year.
We will be closed from the 22nd December for our team to have a well earned break. We will return to work on 5th January 2026

20/12/2025

We're hiring - join our award-winning team!
Two Permanent Roles with the Macmillan Deaf Cancer Support Project.
Self Help UK is proud to deliver the Macmillan Deaf Cancer Support UK Project, a UK-wide initiative providing emotional and practical support for Deaf individuals living with cancer and Deaf carers. Our mission is to reduce isolation and improve equity and inclusion in cancer care by creating accessible peer support networks and advocacy services.
We are currently recruiting for two exciting positions:
– Communications and Marketing Manager
Salary: £30,000 per annum
Working hours: 37.5 hours per week
Responsible to: Project Manager
Appointment type: Permanent
Location: 21-23 Pelham Road, Carrington, Nottingham NG5 1AP or home based.
This role will lead creative and strategic campaigns to raise awareness and engagement across the UK. We’re looking for someone with strong marketing skills and cultural awareness to help us reach Deaf people living with cancer.
– Peer Group Development Worker
Salary: £27,000 per annum
Working hours: 37.5 hours per week
Responsible to: Project Manager
Appointment type: Permanent
Location: 21-23 Pelham Road, Carrington, Nottingham NG5 1AP or home based.
This role will develop, coordinate, and sustain peer support groups for Deaf people affected by cancer. You’ll work closely with the Deaf community, volunteers, and partner organisations to ensure accessible and culturally appropriate services.
You can find full details including job descriptions and person specifications on our recruitment page https://www.selfhelp.org.uk/about/recruitment/
Closing Date: 25 January 2026.
For an application pack, email: recruitment@selfhelp.org.uk.
Join us and help shape a future where everyone can access the support they need.

19/12/2025

https://youtu.be/YFcQ8DzfHhM

The BSL Advisory Board have recently released a new report 'Locked Out', which is gaining interest.
The report looks into the barriers Deaf and Deafblind communities face within health and social care.
The report has a set of recommendations, focusing on the inequalities and ways to challenge and improve services.
Please see the attached BSL translation.

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19/12/2025

The BSL Advisory Board have recently released a new report 'Locked Out', which is gaining interest.
The report looks into the barriers Deaf and Deafblind communities face within health and social care.
The report has a set of recommendations, focusing on the inequalities and ways to challenge and improve services.
Please see the attached information and BSL translations.
https://youtu.be/YFcQ8DzfHhM

17/12/2025

🎄🎄All the Team at Deaf Cancer Support UK wish you all a Merry Christmas and best wishes for 2026! 🎄🎄
We'd like to say a huge thank you to all our members, volunteers, colleagues and everyone who has supported us this year.

We will be closed from the 22nd December for our team to have a well earned break. We will return to work on 5th January 2026.

04/12/2025

🎄This Saturday you could win a £3,000 Christmas Cash Bonus on the Deaf Lottery!! 🎄
At least 60% from each ticket sold goes to support deaf organisations in the UK.
Click for more info and BSL
www.deaflotteryuk.co.uk

https://www.deaflotteryuk.co.uk/support/deaf-cancer-support-project?utm_campaign=xmas3000-25&utm_source=cause-admin&utm_medium=social&utm_content=Hyperlink

Support a local good cause this December for your chance to win our huge Christmas Super Draw

04/12/2025

Please see information from Social Research with Deaf People - SORD.
Volunteers wanted for a new study.

See poster and BSL link here and in comments
https://video.manchester.ac.uk/faculties/02c2450ae35142639406cb7ebe4dfd49/6348afbd-21cb-41f5-9b2e-305194a8125

We would like to develop, with the Deaf community, a questionnaire about patient experience in healthcare called the Patient-Reported Experience Measure (PREM) in BSL.
We know that Deaf people’s experience in healthcare is poor. At the moment, there is no BSL version of the questionnaire that asks Deaf people about their experience in healthcare. We need a BSL PREM to better understand Deaf patients’ experience in healthcare so that healthcare providers can understand and improve healthcare for Deaf people.

If you would like to take part, please read, and sign the consent form and the survey at this link: https://www.qualtrics.manchester.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_2454y9uSmptiMNU

02/12/2025

Last week, the Deaf Cancer Support Project team had the wonderful opportunity to visit Cancer Research UK in Cambridge. 🧬✨

It was a truly fascinating experience! On the tour we learnt about the incredible work being done and how AI is playing a growing role in cancer research, from improving early detection to supporting scientists in analysing complex data.

A huge thank you to the Cancer Research UK team for welcoming us and sharing such valuable insights!

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25/11/2025

🎄Reminder for our Christmas Coffee Morning in Belfast!! 🎄
Are you free on Tuesday 2nd December?
Join us at The Bobbin Coffee Shop, Belfast City Hall 10am-12pm
More details on the poster, ISL and BSL clips below

Meet other Deaf people affected by cancer, come along for support and information. Meet Avril, our Outreach and Admin Officer for Northern Ireland.

17/11/2025

Do you live in or near Belfast? Come along to our new Coffee Morning!
Meet other Deaf people affected by cancer, come along for support and information. Meet Avril, our Outreach and Admin Officer for Northern Ireland.