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Up bright and early on Sunday 20th March and ready for a challenge, a team of volunteers from the Deaf Academy headed to Rock Solid at Escot Park. Volunteers had a great day manning various obstacles and cheering on the team from Interserve taking part in aid of the Deaf Academy, whilst also getting a […]

Exeter Deaf Academy is hosting a free family sign language weekend on Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 April. Imagine feeling the enormous sense of isolation when you can’t find a way to communicate with anyone, not even your own family. Imagine feeling cut off because you can’t understand what they say or make yourself heard. […]

Friday 18th March was a busy day here as we both marked the 13th anniversary of BSL being recognised as an official British language by the British Government and raised money for Sport Relief and the Women’s British Deaf Football team. We started our BSL Celebration Day earlier in the week with students dying t-shirts […]

We’re marking our 190th anniversary by launching a prestigious car raffle in Exeter city centre. Mercedes-Benz of Exeter has donated a brand new £22k A-Class car which will be on display in Princesshay to raise thousands of pounds for the Deaf Academy. Raffle tickets are now on sale until Christmas Eve, following the announcement that […]

On Saturday 12th March an awesome team of Exeter Deaf Academy volunteers along with some help from RGB Building Supplies collected a fantastic £1647.96 for Exeter Foundation at the Exeter Chiefs versus Newcastle Falcons rugby match. Thank you to everyone who volunteered, supporting us and Exeter Foundation, we couldn’t have done it without you!

This year, the Exeter Big Noise Chorus annual Christmas Concert, on Thursday 3rd December, will raise deaf awareness by teaching audience members to sign popular Christmas songs alongside their usual toe-tapping musical score. Big Noise Chorus believe everyone should be able to enjoy Christmas to the fullest and have taken this view with their forthcoming […]

It’s been another successful World’s Biggest Coffee Morning for Exeter Deaf Academy, raising money for Macmillan through their annual event. Students and staff worked hard all week preparing a delicious spread of cakes and biscuits – a real favourite was the rainbow cake with different coloured layers made by Primary. Students were creative in encouraging […]

In the UK 1/25 children are born with a genetic disorder. On Friday 18th September Exeter Deaf Academy decided to raise money for those children affected by taking part in Jeans for Genes Day. An assembly was held before the day explaining the work of this charity and why it was important. Jeans for Genes […]

Exeter Deaf Academy were delighted to be invited to the Exeter Foundation Season Launch dinner held at Sandy Park on Saturday 12th September. A grand total of £47,000 – raised through various fundraising activities last season, including match-day bucket collections – was distributed to the charities and organisations following another hugely successful year. Welcoming over […]