Doreen Woodford
Miss Doreen Woodford, one of our founding trustees, sadly passed away peacefully in her sleep on Saturday the 31st of December. She will be missed by many not least from within our organisation which bears her name and also from within the deaf community which she has been a part her entire life. Doreen’s unequivocal [...]
PANCAKES!
The 8th of March saw Woodford take to Shrewsbury with hundreds of donated items to sell along with baskets of eggs, butter and flour, ready to offer the busy shoppers of Shrewsbury a tasty and freshly made pancake for a suggested donation, all in the aid of the First Official Pre-School For Deaf Children in [...]
Fundraising at -20 degrees; a volunteers perspective…
The title is not that much of an exaggeration, at around -5 degrees this certainly proved to be my most arctic fundraising experience to date. That said, I’m not an overly experienced street fundraiser, I’ve dabbled a bit and helped out with bits and pieces of fundraising in university. My first major experience of fundraising [...]
Towards Sustainability: Tanzanian Vocational Training Centre for Deaf People
The Vocational Training Centre (VTC) for young deaf people in Tanzania is on its way towards self sustainability in just its first academic year. Working with a parents led organisation UWAVIKA to provide their deaf children with a sustainable future the VTC’s first students are studying business enterprise, tailoring and carpentry. The skills and experience that [...]
Students at work in the Vocational Training Centre for Deaf people
Working closely with UWAVIKA, a Tanzanian parents of the deaf led organisation, Woodford are following the progress of the first students to enrol this year in the Vocational Training Centre for Deaf people in Tanzania. Students are studying Business Enterprise, Tailoring and Carpentry. Here is a picture of one of the students working hard. Also [...]
Helping deaf children and young people around the world.
We work with local partners to make sure that deaf young people can become full and active participants in their families and communities. In particular we support projects highlighted through community based initiatives.
We are currently supporting projects in Malwai, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.
We were set up in 2004 and we are based in Shrewsbury in the UK.
You could help us by making a donation, raising money for us, becoming a supporter or volunteering.
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