Updates to our website

Please note that we have made it much easier to find the information that you need on our website. We have also added more pictures to make the website easier to navigate.

Opening Times

• extended times for telephone and email enquiries
• our opening times are now easier to understand
• We can now offer more flexible appointment times

Contact details

• A new online form has been introduced to make contacting us easier
• Contact the Service Manager directly by email if preferred

Membership

• A new page encouraging membership
• Now includes a sample newsletter (our newsletters will remain for members only)
• Potential members can now download our membership form directly

Making a Payment or donation

• You can now pay by card in person or over the phone
• You can renew your membership by bank transfer

Fundraising

• Added details of Legacy giving, Facebook donations and Amazon Smile

Volunteering

• Updated the various ways that you can help through volunteering

Coffee Morning Support Groups and Hearing aid Clinics

• Download our latest clinic lists directly from a link at the top of the page

Lipreading Classes

• We have added a new page detailing where to find local classes

 

We’ve had a great morning supporting the Hardy Group Dementia Social Meeting

This morning CamTAD Hearing Support attended the Hardy Group Social Meeting at the Polish Club on Kedleston Road.

This fantastic local charity support people with dementia and their carers and provides a range of social activities such as the meeting this morning and coach trips around the country to local attractions.

This morning they were joined by two young ladies who demonstrated a seated dance class that they hold at DEDA (Derby Dance Centre) for members of the group. There were also a couple of young solicitors in attendance to give advice around wills.

The group had plenty of time to socialise and had a quiz and a game of bingo too.

We had a lot of interest in the equipment that we had available for carers and we also gave advice around hearing aids, even servicing a few while we were there.

If you know someone with dementia that lives in Derby City and you would like to get involved please check out their website:

https://hardygroupdementia.org.uk/

 

 

CamTAD introduces new ways to renew your membership or make donations.

Membership is a great way to support CamTAD Hearing Support, you get a membership card, which helps reduce the number of forms that you have to complete when you visit and you get an informative newsletter Quarterly which includes equipment updates, other local support services, the clinic dates for the next Quarter, news and features.

New – payment by card over the phone

We can now accept payments by card over the telephone. This has been introduced because many of our members struggle to get to the office or cannot easily get along to their local community clinic. This is done through a service called Square Virtual Terminal and is encrypted for the safety of your personal details.

New – contactless card facility

We are pleased to announce that we are now able to take contactless card payments at the CamTAD Office at London Road Community Hospital. This can be used for memberships, donations and our equipment loan charges (the deposit for loaned equipment would still need to be  in cash).

As a charity it is important that we use our funds wisely. Due to new technology, contactless card readers are now much easier to access and have no expensive charges for us to offer this service. We will be charged just 1.7% transaction fee which is just 17p for a £10 membership renewal.

Payment by bank transfer

If you wish to pay directly into our bank, please use your surname and membership number as a reference so that we can allocate the payment correctly. Here are our bank details:

Sort Code: 30-92-59                  Account No: 03091673

Please note that your membership can be extended by an extra 12 months at any time up to the renewal date so you don’t have to worry about getting to us close to the date.

Gift Aid

Please note that the quarterly newsletter also includes a Gift Aid form which can also used for membership/subscriptions. If you are a tax payer this will allow us to claim a further £2.50p from your membership or 25p for each £1 donation.

Help fundraise for CamTAD Hearing Support during Amazon’s Prime Day Sale

If you are looking for a bargain during this year’s Prime Day from Amazon then you can use your purchases to benefit CamTAD Hearing Support. If you access Amazon through their Amazon Smile website then you will get the same great prices but we receive a percentage back as a donation.

CamTAD Hearing Support’s 34th AGM

On Friday 28th June CamTAD Hearing Support held their 34th Annual General Meeting in the Conference Room at London Road Community Hospital. We had a good attendance from members who came along to support the event and to listen to our speakers.

Our officers for the year were elected and we had a lovely presentation of gifts for Michael Sanders, who has retired after 25 years of being on our Executive Committee. We have a new Committee member, John Young, who joined at the AGM. If you would be interested in joining our friendly Committee please do get in touch.

Our first speaker was Piyush Patel, an Audiologist at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton. He brought along new hearing aids that are being issued for patients with complex hearing loss that are patients of the hospital. This included a range of assistive devices that work alongside the new hearing aids.

Sadly our other speaker, Lisa Caldwell was unwell but our wonderful volunteer Francis Spencer stepped in to talk about the Listen Hear Support Group which meets once  a month at the Guinness Trust, located close to the hospital.

We would like to thank our members for attending on the day, Ann Sullivan from Deaf and Hearing Support in Chesterfield who kindly came along to offer Electronic Notetaking for those who needed it, our speakers Piyush and Francis for their interesting presentations, all the volunteers who helped support the event and the hospital Facilities and Catering teams for support with the room and refreshments.

Using technology to instruct professionals in the County.

This morning we have been filming an instructional video so that health colleagues in Alfreton can know how to use a MiniTech+ conversation amplifier that they have purchased to help patients hear when they visit them in their home or in community venues. It was fun to do and it may be something that we look to introduce to our website or Facebook page at a later date, we would need to identify funding to add captions/subtitles.

Let’s Talk Loneliness Campaign

We have registered with the Lets Talk Loneliness campaign and have some great new CamTAD Hearing Support Coffee Mornings starting in July. Don’t struggle with your hearing loss alone, come and join us for a tea or coffee and cake and make friends in a hearing loss friendly environment.

In January 2018, following recommendations from the Jo Cox Foundation, the UK Government announced a programme of work to tackle loneliness. The following October, the Government launched its Loneliness Strategy , which committed to tackling the stigma of loneliness and promoting the importance of social connections. And from this, the #LetsTalkLoneliness campaign was born, to encourage everyone to start the conversation and say it’s OK to feel lonely and it’s okay to talk about it.

https://letstalkloneliness.co.uk/