{"id":5,"date":"2022-09-15T11:52:18","date_gmt":"2022-09-15T10:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/hearingdogs\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2026-03-23T14:23:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T14:23:09","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/hearingdogs\/welcome\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"hero\">\n\t<div class=\"hero__container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"hero__row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/hearingdogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/135\/2022\/09\/banner1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"banner1\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"title\">\n\t<div class=\"title__container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"title__row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"title__content\">\n\t\t<h1>\n\t\t  About Us\t  <\/h1>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"content\">\n\t<div class=\"content__container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"content__row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content__column\">\n\t\t  \t\t\t\t<p>At Hearing Dogs for Deaf People, we see the full picture. We know that with the right support, people with hearing loss can live full, confident and connected lives. That\u2019s why we focus on transforming lives through <strong>connection, companionship and confidence<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>We address not just the practical challenges of hearing loss, but the emotional and social impact that so often goes unnoticed. Our work recognises a simple truth: hearing loss affects far more than hearing.\u00a0It affects how people feel about themselves, how safe they feel in the world, and whether they believe they belong.<\/p>\n<h3>What We Do<\/h3>\n<p>At Hearing Dogs for Deaf People, everything we do is designed to help people live well with hearing loss. We\u00a0transform the lives of\u00a0people who are deaf or have hearing loss by rebuilding connection,\u00a0companionship\u00a0and confidence, through trained hearing dogs and practical and emotional support services<\/p>\n<p>We do this by addressing not just the practical challenges of hearing loss, but the emotional and social impact that so often goes unseen. Our work recognises a simple truth: hearing loss affects far more than hearing.\u00a0It affects how people feel about themselves, how safe they feel in the world, and whether they believe they still belong.<\/p>\n<p>We\u00a0have developed a unique model of support that places people,\u00a0not just interventions,\u00a0at the centre. Through highly trained hearing dogs, peer-led services,\u00a0long-term\u00a0partnership\u00a0support\u00a0and evidence-led innovation, we enable people to reconnect with the world around them.<\/p>\n<p>We are the only organisation in the UK accredited to train and place hearing dogs for deaf people, and we are one of the few charities offering a truly holistic response to hearing loss,\u00a0supporting people before, during, and\u00a0beyond a\u00a0dog partnership.<\/p>\n<p>You can find out more about the history of the charity on our\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;text-decoration: underline\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hearingdogs.org.uk\/about\/our-history\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">history page<\/a><\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>For more information and support for hearing loss please go to our\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;text-decoration: underline\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hearingdogs.org.uk\/support\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Support for you page<\/a><\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<h3>How We Help<\/h3>\n<p>Anyone, at any age, can begin to have issues with their hearing. Although technology like hearing aids can help, we know that the solution to living well with hearing loss is not one size fits all.<\/p>\n<p>So, we empower each person who comes to us to find the solutions that work for them by:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Creating carefully matched hearing dog partnerships.<\/li>\n<li>Providing emotional and practical support, information, and guidance.<\/li>\n<li>Collaborating with other organisations to improve policies, encourage best practice, and raise public awareness of deafness and hearing loss.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Achieving Our Mission<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>We collaborate with the people we support, our volunteers and our staff to ensure our services are as helpful as possible, always shaped by the lived experience of deaf people and are continuously improving.<\/li>\n<li>Our peer-to-peer collaboration is always open, as we believe this is the most effective way to reach new people needing support and maximise\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;text-decoration: underline\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hearingdogs.org.uk\/about\/impact\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">our impact.<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li>We place the values of connection and companionship at the heart of our charity.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;text-decoration: underline\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hearingdogs.org.uk\/about\/collaboration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">We collaborate with other organisations<\/a><\/span><\/span>\u00a0to increase our shared impact in helping people with deafness and hearing loss.<\/li>\n<li>We are digitally enabled and make decisions based on data.<\/li>\n<li>We always value the trust our supporters place in us and so we carefully measure and evaluate the effectiveness of what we do.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/hearingdogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/hearingdogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/hearingdogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/hearingdogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/hearingdogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/hearingdogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":377,"href":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/hearingdogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions\/377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/hearingdogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}