Deaf Multilingual Community Support (DMCS)

To promote the interests and welfare of Deaf people in and around London. This community is under represented and because of communication barriers, Deaf people are not able to access many services

Contact details

Services

  • Advice and advocacy
  • Health and social care
  • Links into statutory and voluntary services
  • One-to-one support
  • Practical and emotional support
  • Representation and advice
  • Social contact and peer support
  • Support with housing and accommodation issues
  • Training and volunteering and employment support

Boroughs this organisation works in

  • Barking and Dagenham
  • Barnet
  • Bexley
  • Brent
  • Bromley
  • Camden
  • City of London
  • Croydon
  • Ealing
  • East London focused
  • Enfield
  • Greenwich
  • Hackney
  • Hammersmith and Fulham
  • Haringey
  • Harrow
  • Havering
  • Hillingdon
  • Islington
  • Kensington and Chelsea
  • Kingston upon Thames
  • Lambeth
  • Lewisham
  • London-wide
  • Merton
  • Newham
  • Redbridge
  • Richmond upon Thames
  • Southwark
  • Sutton
  • Tower Hamlets
  • Waltham Forest
  • Wandsworth
  • Westminster

About this organisation

Our aim is to provide inclusivity and equality for members of the Deaf community. Because of breakdown in communication, many Deaf people are unable to access services such as; education, training, employment, medical and social.
We provide a range of services to assist the Deaf community access services, by offering the following;
Medical advice and information;
Contacting medical services through the use of our in-house interpreters and CSWs, making appointments, accompanying people to medical appointments.
Providing a free Medical Passport that contains all relevant details of the Deaf patient, in the event of no interpreter being present at the appointment/emergency appointment (this happens regularly). The details include the person’s personal details, medical history, basic BSL signs, contact details, etc.

Information and Advice. We have a IAG officer who offers support twice weekly, 8 hours per day, to assist Deaf clients in many areas, including the following;

Help with housing issues, benefits, education, training courses, etc.
Providing Deaf relay support in several different sign languages
Help to make phone calls, with the help of a BSL interpreter
Translate documents into BSL
Translate emails and other written communication, complete forms, etc.
Communicate with the Home Office on immigration issues
Communicate with solicitors
Communicate with banks, Access to Work, Department of Work and Pensions
Provide communication support at job in

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