Why you should help
The Ear Foundation was first set up in 1989 to bring the new technique of cochlear implantation to the UK, offering useful hearing to profoundly deaf children. The Ear Foundation is a unique charity providing support for children across the UK with cochlear implants and hearing aids – through information, community education, resources, and research & development.
In the UK around 800 children per year are born profoundly deaf, and a number of others become deaf through accident or illness. Profound deafness makes it difficult for a child to learn how to talk, read and write through the usual path of hearing, which affects their ability to participate fully in family and social life.
For these children, modern technology including either a hearing aid or a cochlear implant, may help. The fitting of the technology is only the start. In order to benefit from the implant, the children, their families and their local professionals (for example teachers of the Deaf, speech and language therapists) need ongoing training and resources, not offered by statutory services.
The Ear Foundation offers a bridge between the clinic-based audiology services and the child’s own community, by providing education and support for those living and working with the children on a daily basis. This ensures the children can use their new hearing in their everyday lives, where the majority of them are now attending mainstream schools and are joining fully in family life.
Over 3,500 children and young people in the UK now have cochlear implants, representing over half profoundly deaf children. Despite this high figure, The Ear Foundation receives no statutory support and it relies a great deal on donations and grants.
Any support that you are able to give us would be very much appreciated.
Shopping on line? – When shopping on-line (and research shows that now, just before Christmas is when most of us “log on”), PLEASE REMEMBER to go through www.thegivingmachine.co.uk and select to support The Ear Foundation. We receive commission from an enormous amount of retailers, and it can be useful method to search for some Christmas ideas too!
How does it work? It’s so simple and doesn’t cost you a penny! Simply log on and select the Retailer you want to visit, click into your chosen website and when you make any purchases, TEF receive a % of commission from the Retailers themselves (not you!). The website also sends you a Thank You email and updates you as to how much money you have generated for Charity!
Please pass on to your family and friends and make sure you bookmark the page and keep it as one of your favourites! The Giving Machine also has download posters which you can pass on your school or work colleagues.
Christmas Cards – In our latest Newsletter you should have received a Christmas Card leaflet with some lovely cards to choose from. Further information can be obtained from our website or email rachel@earfoundation.org.uk with your orders. Thank You.
Phoenix Trading Cards – if you’ve not seen these quality Greetings Cards before, then go on line and take a look. One of their representatives, Sharon Rider, is offering The Ear Foundation 10% of her sales, so whether its Birthday, Christmas, Christening or Get Well Cards you’re looking for, take a look at www.phoenix-trading.eu/web/sharonrider and remember to mention The Ear Foundation when ordering!
In the current economic climate we all find ourselves in, The Ear Foundation appreciates any support you can offer, and every penny you raise is appreciated! Thank You!
If you or someone you know has any fundraising ideas or who would like some ideas from us, contact Jo and ask for an Information Pack. We will help you in any way we can, and are extremely grateful in these difficult times, for all offers of support, large AND small!
