The Adult Deaf and Visual Impairment Service (ADVIS) provides specialist support to people who are:
- Deaf / deafened / hearing impaired
- Blind / visually impaired
- Dual sensory impaired
ADVIS has specialist workers who understand the difficulties caused by a sensory impairment.
All of the Deaf team can sign and access to an appropriate interpretation service is guaranteed.
You do not have to be registered blind / visually impaired to access our services.
We support people who live in Nottinghamshire. If you live in Nottingham City contact Nottingham City Council to find out about the services available from them.
What support can we offer?
The specialist support we can offer includes:
- information and advice about your situation and support in the community
- communication support when dealing with organisations and official paperwork
- help with everyday living skills
- specialist equipment to make everyday living easier
If you need a community care assessment to get long-term social care suppport we have specialist workers who know about your disability and can support you through this.
Contact ADVIS
Telephone: 08449 80 80 80
Email: enquiries@nottscc.gov.uk
Minicom: 01623 434 993
British Sign Language face-to-face sessions: Every Thursday 9.30-12.30 Meadow House, Mansfield
Other useful organisations
Deaf / deafened / hearing impaired
Local support groups
Nottinghamshire Deaf Society
22 Forest Road West, Nottingham NG7 4EQ
Telephone: 0115 970 0516 Voice/Minicom
Minicom: V11 0115 978 6881
Fax: 0115 942 3729
North Nottinghamshire Deaf Society
1 Wood Street, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire NG18 1QB
tel / minicom / fax: (01623) 652029
National organisations
Action on Hearing Loss www.actiononhearingloss.org.uk
RAD - Royal Association for Deaf People http://www.royaldeaf.org.uk
BDA - British Deaf Association www.britishdeafassociation.org.uk
Signature - Excellence in comunication with deaf people http://www.signature.org.uk%20
The Federation of Deaf People www.fdp.org.uk
British Tinnitus Association http://www.tinnitus.org.uk
British Deaf News www.britishdeafassociation.org.uk
Deafclub.co.uk www.deafclub.co.uk
The Link Centre for Deafened People
Blind / visually impaired
Local organisations
Nottinghamshire Royal Society for the Blind www.nrsb.org.uk
National organisations
See the Nottinghamshire Royal Society for the Blind links page.
Dual sensory impaired
DeafBlind UK Tel: 0800 132 320 Web: www.deafblind.org.uk
Sense Tel: 0845 127 0066 Web: www.sense.org.uk
