Our Deaf Coffee Morning is a safe and welcoming place for BSL and SSE users to meet, chat and feel included. Tea, coffee, cold drinks and snacks available to buy at the bar, please feel&nbsp;free to&nbsp;bring your own lunch.​Meeting Dates ~ Autumn / Winter 2025:3rd October17th October31st October 14th November28th November12th December We will be back on:9th January​​LOTS of free parking.​Please be aware&nbsp;- we do not guarantee there will be BSL interpreters or communicators at this activity as it is not a teaching or practice session.

A safe and welcoming place for BSL and SSE users to meet, chat and feel included.

The Place Theatre

Deaf Access Bedfordshire

Making Bedfordshire a place where deaf and hard-of-hearing people can live, work, study, and relax without barriers.

Thank you for requesting an appointment. PLEASE WAIT for a text message or email to confirm your booking. Please ensure you bring all of your paperwork and ID with you to your appointment. PLEASE let us know if you are unable walkup or down the stairs.

This is our free Information, Advice and Guidance (IAG) service with access to BSL communicators and Registered BSL interpreters.​If you have hearing loss we can help you with a wide range of personal and private matters, from finances, legal matters and medical issues, to divorce and funeral arrangements. This service is by appointment only.

You have booked a space at the BDA National Highways Event. Tuesday 17th March 10.30am - 1pm at The Place Theatre, Bradgate Road, Bedford, MK40 3DE. Look forward to seeing you there!

BDA are visiting Deaf Access Bedfordshire! To raise awareness about National Highways, journey planning, driving on all-lane motorways, and what to do in the event of a breakdown. Come along to this to see a demonstration by a National Highways manager, a traffic officer showing how to carry out a vehicle check and a question and answer session with the BDA, traffic officer and National Highways manager.

Join Michael from Back to the Fitness for a 45 minute exercise session. Fully accessible for our deaf community, these sessions are suitable for all fitness levels, experience and ages (16+). Improve your physical and mental health, make friends and feel great!

Welcome to DEAFinately Awesome Kids Family BSL Course! We are delighted to be able to offer this fun, friendly and practical course to the parents of deaf children COMPLETELY FREE OF CHARGE! This six week 'Baby Signing Basics(TM)' Course provides a gentle introduction to using BSL with your deaf baby. The classes build, week on week to give you and your little one all of the skills and knoweldge you both need to communicate clearly and confidently. Our welcoming classes support you to learn how to sign with your baby, how to recognise their non-verbal communication cues with you, and how to support their speech, language and literacy development -with or without a hearing aid or implant. The classes, delivered by our deaf BSL tutor, help you and your little one normalise wearing hearing aid, and using your hands to communicate. We offer a safe, judgement-free place to explore how you and your family might fit into the deaf world, to ask questions and to build your network of families who understand your world. The course has been created by the award winning, CPD accredited<a href="https://www.littlesignersclub.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Little Signers Club</a>, who have over a decade's experience in working with hearing families to support them to learn BSL with their little ones. Specially adapted, using input from our BSL tutor and the latest, internationally renowned research on deaf children's language and reading development&nbsp;by the <a href="https://ladder-lab.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(2, 14, 1);">Ladder Lab </a>(Literacy and Deafness Development Research Lab), the course is designed to meet you and your deaf little one - and your whole family - where you are, with kindness, encouragment and support. Whilst the course is aimed at children aged 3-12 months, we know how important it is for your baby to have access to signing as early as possible and we welcome new parents and babies from birth - just as soon as you are ready. This course has been funded by the amazing team at<a href="https://www.makesomenoise.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Global's Make Some Noise</a>, and we are working with <a href="https://www.bbpcf.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bedford Borough Parent Carer Forum</a> to bring it to you in a comfortable and safe environment and we are hugely thankful to both organisations for their help in making this possible. We can't wait to meet you and your little ones and join you on your signing adventure!

Bedford Borough Parent Carer Forum SEND Network Event – Shaping the Future of Short Breaks

Child Development Centre Kempston

BSL Cafe! Where? The Place Theatre (Lobby)Bradgate RoadBedfordMK40 3DE when? 09.45am to 11.15am We run a regular meet-up for all BSL users, from complete beginners to&nbsp;native signers and interpreters. The group, which is hosted and 'guided' by one of our qualified BSL tutors, is open to anyone with an interest - no experience necessary.&nbsp;This safe, welcoming and inclusive space gives our deaf friends a welcoming place to catch up and socialise and provides our hearing allies with the opportunity to practice their BSL and get to know the deaf community. The Café creates links and friendships across communities. Drinks and snacks will be available to purchase, however please bring lunch with you. Children are welcome as long as they have a responsible adult with them at all times.

Thank you for booking a place on our 6 week Foundation course, we look forward to meeting you soon. Please be aware:<ul><li>This course is on the first floor. We have a stair lift to assist people with reduced mobility, but we are not yet wheelchair accessible for this course. If you are a wheelchair user and have paid for this course, please contact us asap so that we can refund you and make arrangements for an accessible course. Thank you.</li><li>The cost of this course is £48 in total per person. If you have paid more than this (there are occasionally system glitches) please contact us asap so that we can correct this for you.</li></ul> Terms and Conditions:Once a booking has been made and payment received, cancellation terms are:Cancelation 0-7 days before booking: Zero refund available.8-14 days before: 50% refund15+ days before: 75% refund If you have questions or are running late for any session, please contact:07421 521 579

Do You Want To:<ul><li>Learn a new language?</li><li>Explore a career working in the Deaf Community?</li><li>Make your workplace, home, or educational setting more deaf-inclusive?</li><li>Communicate with Deaf friends, family, colleagues or customers?</li><li>Access an entry-level priced course, taught by an experienced Deaf tutor?</li><li>Discover a fun, friendly, supportive introduction to BSL?</li></ul> Then join our next BSL Foundation Course!This 6-week course will teach you basic conversational British Sign Language, as well as giving some insight into deaf history and culture. Together, we will explore the barriers faced by people with hearing loss and how we can come together to break those barriers down. Classes run every Wednesday evening from 6:30pm - 8:30pmStart Date: Wednesday 25th February 2026End Date: Wednesday 1st April 2026 Cost: £48.00 total Terms and Conditions of Course AGE:This course is for adults aged 16+If you have a child who is interested in learning to sign, please contact info@accessbedford.org.uk and we will be happy to talk about other course options. ACCESS:This course takes place on the first floor of the building. If you have reduced mobility or struggle with stairs, please contact us before you book: info@accessbedford.org.uk REFUNDS:7 days notice or less - No refund available8-14 days notice - 50% refund available15 days or more - 90% refund available

Join us for Deaf Pub. BSL users and students all welcome to come for a catch up and a drink in a relaxed, friendly atmosphere. This is a purely social actiity and no Interpreter or CSW will be present.

🍻 Deaf Pub – Friday 26th July Join us for a relaxed evening with the Deaf community – catch up, socialise, and unwind! 🗓 Friday 26th July | ⏰ From 7:30PM 📍 The Pilgrims, Wetherspoons, Bedford 🔞 18+ onlyAll Deaf and signing-friendly people welcome – see you there! 👋

Deaf pub - The Pilgrim's Progress - JD Wetherspoon

Join our social group for our deaf and hard of hearing community without BSL. Not everyone with hearing loss is able / confident to sign, but that doesn't mean we don't have our own communication needs and challenges. This group offers support, activities, shared experiences and understanding. From support with technology, and training for friends, collegues and family, to simply meeting people who have a shared experience and 'get it'. All welcome - under 16s must be supported by a responsible adult.

Our Deaf Coffee Morning is a safe and welcoming place for BSL and SSE users to meet, chat and feel included. Tea, coffee, cold drinks and snacks available to buy at the bar, please feel&nbsp;free to&nbsp;bring your own lunch.​Meeting Dates ~ Winter/Spring 2026: 23rd January 6th February20th February6th March20th March3rd April17th April ​​LOTS of free parking.​Please be aware&nbsp;- we do not guarantee there will be BSL interpreters or communicators at this activity as it is not a teaching or practice session.

Thank you for booking a place on our 6 week Foundation course, we look forward to meeting you soon. Please be aware:<ul><li>This course is on the first floor. We have a stair lift to assist people with reduced mobility, but we are not yet wheelchair accessible for this course. If you are a wheelchair user and have paid for this course, please contact us asap so that we can refund you and make arrangements for an accessible course. Thank you.</li><li>The cost of this course is £48 in total per person. If you have paid more than this (there are occasionally system glitches) please contact us asap so that we can correct this for you.</li></ul> Terms and Conditions:Once a booking has been made and payment received, cancellation terms are:Cancellation 0-7 days before booking: Zero refund available.8-14 days before: 50% refund15+ days before: 75% refund If you have questions or are running late for any session, please email: tammy@accessbedford.org.uk

Do You Want To:<ul><li>Learn a new language?</li><li>Explore a career working in the Deaf Community?</li><li>Make your workplace, home, or educational setting more deaf-inclusive?</li><li>Communicate with Deaf friends, family, colleagues or customers?</li><li>Access an entry-level priced course, taught by an experienced Deaf tutor?</li><li>Discover a fun, friendly, supportive introduction to BSL?</li></ul> Then join our next BSL Foundation Course!This 6-week course will teach you basic conversational British Sign Language, as well as giving some insight into deaf history and culture. Together, we will explore the barriers faced by people with hearing loss and how we can come together to break those barriers down. Classes run every Wednesday evening from 6:30pm - 8:30pmStart Date: Wednesday 15th April 2026End Date: Wednesday 13th May 2026 Cost: £48.00 total Terms and Conditions of Course AGE:This course is for adults aged 16+If you have a child who is interested in learning to sign, please contact info@accessbedford.org.uk and we will be happy to talk about other course options. ACCESS:This course takes place on the first floor of the building. If you have reduced mobility or struggle with stairs, please contact us before you book: info@accessbedford.org.uk REFUNDS:7 days notice or less - No refund available8-14 days notice - 50% refund available15 days or more - 90% refund available

Deaf Access Bedfordshire

Deaf Space - Information Service

BDA National Highways

Deaf Fit Class

6-Week Family BSL

BSL Cafe

BSL Foundation Course

Deaf Pub

Hearing Loss Hub

Deaf Coffee Morning

BSL Foundation Course

BSL Cafe

BSL Cafe