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Imagine feeling left out of conversations because you can’t understand what your family are saying to you or the enormous sense of isolation because you can’t make yourself understood by your school friends or workmates. Sadly, for many Deaf people this can be an everyday reality in the wider hearing world. During National Deaf Awareness […]

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 […]

Christian, a student in College, recently took part in the first round of a national competition to showcase the South West’s best construction trainees. SkillBuild is a nationwide competition run by Construction Industry Training Board (CITB), with the endorsement of WorldSkills, and has taken place for over 45 years. This year’s heat took place at […]

A small group of College learners had an opportunity recently to attend the world famous TEDx talks which took place in Exeter. Our group included four GFE students and we all travelled up to the Northcott Theatre to see various speakers perform and talk about a variety of moving and motivating subjects. What we witnessed […]

190 years ago, our charity founder, Mrs Hippisley Tuckfield wrote to the Gentleman of the County (Devon) persuading them that there was a great need for an education provision for deaf children in the region. She wrote: “This school could happily become the foundation of a great and lasting benefit to a most interesting class […]

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 […]

Jo’s class in college has been learning about archery and teambuilding skills at Haven Banks. In the first week they had fun problem solving as a team and in the second week they learned how to use bows and arrows to hit the targets. Their skills developed as they gained confidence using a bow and […]