Stories

Jennifer is now totally blind and has age related hearing loss. She, and her husband, have found it difficult to adjust to her sight loss. She said: “I can’t make friends myself. I have to be passive and wait for people to talk to me and can’t initiate anything.”

Doreen felt very lonely and isolated following her husband’s death, and this led her urgently to seek our support for advice and to learn about anything that would help her to communicate with distant family and friends, so we teamed her up with Kelly!

I knew I wanted to help out. So, I decided on a triathlon – I don’t make things easy for myself! At this point, I didn’t even own a bike and hadn’t run for years, so I knew this would be a huge challenge.

Deafblind UK member, Mick is no stranger to high-adrenaline fundraising challenges. From skydives to zipwires and wing walks, find out how Mick has raised an incredible £1,100 for Deafblind UK.

Dilwyn was becoming increasingly cut off from his community and feeling extremely lonely, until Deafblind UK befriender, Gaby, started to visit him once a week.

Dorothy from North Wales has been living with age-related deafblindness for a number of years so coming along to the Deafblind Cymru social group once a month is one of Dorothy’s few chances to leave her house and meet other people.

Roger didn’t let sight and hearing loss stop his ambitions to help others. Read how he has boosted his confidence and made a difference to others by volunteering.

Fran thought she’d never be able to fish again when she lost her sight but she was lured back in with some help from Deafblind Cymru.

For Roy, something as simple as knowing what time it is was a huge challenge. Find out how we gave him the gift of time!

Freddie wanted to volunteer while he was at Uni, but didn’t have much time to give. Luckily, we had just the job for him and we introduced him to Laurel!

Communicating is very difficult for Christine, but with the support of Deafblind UK, she achieved something she never thought possible!