The Association is the only voluntary organisation working with deaf people
in Tayside. We have been providing services for over 100 years.
These services now include:
·
Advice and Information
· Social Work Services
· Communication Support
· [Sign Language
Interpreters, Lipspeakers]
· Sign Language classes
· Lipreading classes
· Deaf Awareness Training
· Social club and activities
The
Association aims:
·
To ensure facilitation of access to services available in the wider
community.
· To promote the interests of Deaf, deafened
and hard of hearing people.
A
Brief History - then & now
The Association was founded in 1893 as the Dundee Mission to the Adult
Deaf and Dumb when it's main function was the provision of a religious
and social focal point for the Deaf community in Dundee, Angus, part
of Perthshire, Inverness and north-western Scotland including the
Western Isles.
The
Association was based at Dudhope Castle in Dundee until moving to
the premises at 36 Roseangle in 1939, when the Deaf Church and games
hall were built and added to the premises.
Until the l960's
the Missioner was the only employee of the Association, and work centred
on the Church.
With the expansion
of Social Work after the passing of the 1968 Act, the Association
took on responsibility for providing this service on behalf of local
authorities.
Following local
government reorganisation in 1975, the Highland area provided the
social work service to deaf people directly. Boundaries with other
areas were redrawn to leave the Association with responsibility for
Tayside and the Western Isles. In 1995 service to the Western Isles
ceased and activities were confined to Tayside.
