Liverpool Football Club kindly donated 20 tickets to MSDP, to enable members of the Deaf community to attend the Legend Football Match on Saturday 22nd March. Due significant interest, LFC increased to number of tickets to 45. Everyone really enjoyed the match, and the feedback has been fantastic. The group signed You’ll Never Walk Alone,…

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For the last two years, MSDP has been raising funds to provide interpreters at funerals for Deaf community members and their families. So far, the fund has helped cover interpreting costs for 13 funerals. An interpreter costs £125 per funeral, so the fund plays an important role in helping Deaf people access communication and fully take part…

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In 2025 we were very pleased to be nominated as one of the Soroptimist International Liverpool’s Charities of the Year. The SI President Pat Perkins is passionate about supporting the Deaf community and continues to join forces with MSDP to make a difference. You can read more about Pat, and her personal connection to the…

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We were delighted to attend the Commitment to Carers Conference, hosted by Wirral Carers Alliance at the Floral Pavilion on Wednesday 11th June 2025. The event formed part of Carers UK’s 60th anniversary celebrations, with the themes of Empowered, Connected and Equality reflected throughout the day.  The conference offered a fantastic opportunity to connect with…

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Our working partnership with University of Liverpool continues to go from strength to strength, with new cohorts of medical students attending our Deaf Awareness training every September. Background to the partnership The partnership between MSDP and the University of Liverpool began over 20 years ago. The original workshops were set up and jointly delivered by…

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MSDP work with organisations across Merseyside to ensure voices of the Deaf community are heard. Mark McKenna, Head of Patient and Family Experience at NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, tells us what it means to partner with MSDP. At NHS University of Hospitals of Liverpool Group, we want to provide the best possible experience…

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We are proud to provide Deaf Awareness training to organisations across Merseyside. We help organisations to improve their understanding and awareness of some of the issues faced by people who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing – and provide some suggestions to help mitigate some of the challenges. We recently held a Deaf Awareness session…

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At MSDP, we are always on the lookout for ways to enhance the lives of the d/Deaf and Hard of hearing community. Recently, we received a generous donation of signing puppets from HearFirst, a fantastic Deaf-led organisation who deliver workplace training, who also helped to develop our fantastic Deaf Awareness e-learning course! We are thrilled…

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Mandi was born prematurely and diagnosed as profoundly deaf at 1 years old. Her mother was devastated and worried about all the things that Mandi couldn’t do. However, through her specialist deaf schools Mandi found support and confidence and in her own words; “the only thing I can’t do is answer the phone.” Mandi’s first…

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In November 2024, Jo Parr (CEO) attended an event at Liverpool City Football Club to celebrate Liverpool City Region Combined Authority’s Apprenticeship Levy.  As a charity, funding for training is limited, so we were delighted when Liverpool Football Club approved our request to fund apprenticeships under the Levy Transfer Scheme. This funding is transforming our…

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MSDP is a charity and we rely on our volunteers to help us run various aspects of our work. One of our volunteers is Jackie Barrow, who joined us in 2022. Jackie was born Deaf to hearing parents and uses speech, but also uses some BSL. Jackie finds it hard sometimes to understand what people…

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