Get the Chance in the running to be named Wales’ most deaf friendly organisation.
Get the Chance is in the running to be named as one of Wales’ best organisations for being accessible to deaf people.
The shortlist has been announced for the Excellence Wales Awards 2018 – the annual awards run by Action on Hearing Loss Cymru.
The charity’s awards recognise businesses that take steps to make their services accessible to the 575,500 people in Wales who are deaf or have hearing loss.
All organisations either nominated themselves or were put forward by a person who is deaf and has received a good service in the past year.
The shortlist is now in the running to be awarded one of four titles;
- Service Excellence
- Excellence in Health
- Excellence in Arts and Entertainment
- Excellent Employer
The awards will be decided by an independent panel, made up of people who are deaf or have hearing loss. A People’s Choice Award will be chosen by the public, to vote for Get the Chance in this category please click on the link here.
Rebecca Woolley, Director of Action on Hearing Loss Cymru said,
“The judging panel now have a difficult job to decide the winners from an impressive shortlist. All the shortlisted organisations prove that simple changes can really improve the lives of people with hearing loss. I hope that organisations across Wales are inspired by this shortlist and start thinking about the simple changes they can make to ensure their services are accessible to the one-in-six people who are deaf or have hearing loss.”
Guy O’Donnell, Director, Get the Chance said,
“Our volunteers produce unique content which supports Deaf audiences and artists to ensure a range of opinions are seen and read relating to sport and cultural provision. We are honoured and humbled to be shortlisted as part of this years awards.”
The awards will be held at Cardiff’s St David’s Hotel on 4 May 2018, presented by ITV Wales News reporter Megan Boot.