Northumberland 'In Good Hands' Deafblind Support Project
Northumberland 'In Good Hands' Deafblind Support Project - Prosiect
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The scheme will develop a 'buddy' system of 200 older volunteers who will receive accredited training to support older people with deafblindness to maintain their dignity, tackle health and wellbeing issues and provide help and advocacy to access health and other services. It will also offer a correspondence reading service to assist deafblind residents to communicate with friends and family members and open up new social opportunities within their communities.