Greenwich Deaf Playscheme was pioneered in early 2004. Robin Ash, Jessica Wilde and Narinder Dhunday came up with the idea to set up a playscheme for South East London as they felt there was a big demand for such a service.
Greenwich Information Service supported the project in 2004, it was formed with the aims and objectives to ensure that deaf children and hearing children of deaf parent can access the social opportunities.
Aims of the Greenwich Deaf Playscheme
To give the deaf child and hearing child of a deaf
parent the opportunity to develop through play and
leisure experiences.
• To identify deaf children and hearing children as“Children in Need” in accordance with the Children Act
(1989) and to offer opportunities in accordance with
those needs.
• To reduce isolation and build up confidence of deaf
children and hearing children of deaf parents.
• To improve deaf children and hearing children’s
quality of life by giving them social opportunities
and choices.
• To enable deaf children and hearing children of deaf
parents to access activities and opportunities to
reduce the stress of communication difficulties.
• To recognise that the deaf child and hearing child
of a deaf parent is part of a family and to support
the needs of the whole family in offering respite.
• To provide a secure environment in which deaf
children and hearing children of deaf parents can
enjoy similar play and leisure opportunities to their
peers.
• To recognise the UN Charter on the rights of the
child and to make available opportunities in
accordance with those needs.
Role Models and Venue
The staff team are all deaf and for many deaf children this is the only contact with deaf adults they have. Deaf role models are vital to these children as many actually thought that all adults were hearing and that they would become hearing when they reached adulthood.
The playscheme is currently based in James Wolfe and is our 3rd venue in only 2 years. In 2004 the venue was the potteries in the Greenwich/Charlton border and then moved to the Forum in Trafalgar road.
In summer 2005 we decided to move to James Wolfe primary school because of the accessible location for the whole of catchments area.
Complaints
If you would like to make a complaint about Greenwich
Deaf Playscheme Project, Please click here to download and print the complaints form.
Please click here for the Greenwich Deaf Playscheme organisation structure.
