Welcome to our new website. It is very basic at present but we will be adding plenty of information in the near future.

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We would like to reassure our clients that they can continue
to access local services at both of our centres
on the following days and times:-

Wick - Monday, Wednesday and Thursday from 10.00 am - 2.00 pm

Thurso - Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday from 10.00 am - 2.00 pm


CONTACT DETAILS
WICK OFFICE
THURSO OFFICE
The Sensory Centre
Telford Street
WICK
KW1 5EQ
The Sensory Centre
9 Riverside Place
THURSO
KW14 8BZ
Fax/Tel: (01955) 606170
Fax/Tel: (01847) 895636
E-mail: deafcare@sensorycentre.org.uk

OPENING TIMES
WICK OFFICE
THURSO OFFICE
Monday, Wednesday & Thursday
from 10.00am - 2.00pm
Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday
from 10.00am - 2.00pm

DOWNLOADABLE DOCUMENTS
2009 Annual Report (160kb)
Communication Tips (270kb)
Fingerspelling Alphabet (104kb)
Good Communication
in Public Meetings (737kb)
Deaf Awareness - Deaf Equality (636kb)
CDC Volunteer Leaflet (23kb)
Burglary Symbols (218kb)
See Beat the Bogus Caller weblink below
The above files require the free Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader
which can be downloaded by clicking this link

LINKS TO OUTSIDE ORGANISATIONS & SERVICES

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NHS Audiology Department
Raigmore Hospital, Inverness
01463 704046
For appointments or reviews
Social Work Deaf Services and Hearing Support Team, Dingwall
01349 868710 lynda.campbell@highland.gov.uk
For assessment for specialist equipment in the home/work
Deaf Communication Project, Inverness
01463 248100
jenny.liddell@highland.gov.uk
For information about training in deaf awareness, communication tactics, british sign language
Deaf Action, Inverness
01463 250204
highland@deafaction.org
www.deafaction.org
For information or to book a language service professional - lipspeaker, sign language interpreter, note taker
SJS Services, Muir of Ord
01463 871950
enquiries@sjs-services.co.uk
www.sjs-services.co.uk
For advice and purchase of specialist equipment for the home/work
Sight Action, Inverness
01463 233663
admin@sightaction.org.uk
www.sightaction.org.uk
For information, advice and equipment in connection with visual impairment

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Royal National Institute
for the Deaf
RNID Scotland, Glasgow
0141 341 5330 e-mail
rnidscotland@rnid.org.uk
www.rnid.org.uk
Scottish Council on Deafness (SCOD), Glasgow
0141 248 2474
admin@scod.org.uk
www.scod.org.uk

Hearing Concern LINK, Edinbrugh
0131 447 9420
scotland@hearingconcernlink.org
www.hearingconcernlink.org

EmergencySMS System
www.emergencysms.org.uk
Currently on Trial this new service will allow users to contact emergency services via SMS.
Requires mobile pre-registration - see site for details
Beat the Bogus Caller
www.beattheboguscaller.com
In conjunction with the Burglary Symbols download above - keep yourself safe & recognise the signs.

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