History of The Deaf Agency

In the mid-1990’s, a Language Service Professional and parent of a Deaf child realised that the local Deaf community needed more CSW’s, Interpreters and Note Takers for communication support.

The Deaf Agency was started.

Since then, the client list has grown and the Deaf Agency has developed.

One thing remains the same – the company is still run by experienced people that actually work and take part in the Deaf community themselves, so can understand many of the situations/problems that are faced on a daily basis.

Why Use Us?

Our goal is to encourage empowerment and equality for Deaf people in all parts of life, whether it is in education, at work or socially

High quality communication support and appropriate signing level for what you need

Easy communication, making everyone’s lives easier and quicker

Professionalism and efficiency – we are all qualified and experienced in dealing with all sorts of situations

You can feel safe and confident in our hands, knowing we will deal with things professionally and appropriately

Dedication- we always go that little bit further! All of our staff will try to go above and beyond what is expected of them when needed

You will never feel you are just getting a standard service and will always be offered further guidance and advice on any support issues if you need it

Confidentiality (see our GDPR Deaf Agency student client policy)

You can trust that any information passed through our staff will not go any further

Reliability – we will do our best not to let you down and are rarely unable to cover a booking once it has been confirmed. If for any reason our assigned staff cannot make it, then we will always try to find someone to cover

You can be worry-free and trust we will be there when you need us

Flexibility – we are as flexible as possible with last minute changes or last minute bookings, with no extra ‘last-minute charges’. We also have a very short cancellation period- only 48 hours*- because we know and understand that things can change and are not always under your control! (*unless stated and agreed otherwise)

No extra costs and wasting budgets

More About Us

Our Language Service Professional Team

Our experienced team of staff include:

  • Registered Sign Language Interpreters (RSLI) and Trainee SLIs
  • Communication Support Workers (CSWs)
  • Specialist Notetakers for the Deaf (electronic and manual)
  • Palantypists
  • Lipspeakers
  • Qualified Deaf Awareness / British Sign Language trainers
  • Teacher of the Deaf (TOD)
  • Deaf Role Models / Personal Assistants
  • Deafblind guides
  • BSL qualified Yoga instructor
All of our team and freelancers are dedicated and passionate about the Deaf community, with some of us having grown up in the deaf world as a CoDA (child of Deaf Adults).

Our staff all have the relevant qualifications for the bookings they are sent to cover and all staff and freelancers have a current Enhanced DBS certificate (issued within the last three years).