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Clubs and groups
Want to enlarge your circle of friends in an environment where hearing loss is not an obstacle? One way of networking and meeting other hard of hearing people is by going to, or setting up, a hard of hearing club.
There are over a hundred of these all over the UK. People who go to the clubs range from 18 years of age and over. The longest running club was started in 1929, and it is still going strong today. New clubs are created every year.
Each club arranges its own activities and social events. Clubs meet in many different places: community halls, pubs, church halls and people's homes.
Nearly all the clubs have a Christmas party, an annual general meeting and a summer event. Most of the clubs are 'self-sufficient' in the way that they run, but all clubs have a secretary, treasurer and chairperson.
See our link pages for information about hard of hearing clubs.
If you'd like to know more, please contact us and we'll pass on your contact details to the local organiser, who will get in touch with you directly. Contact Hearing Concern.
If you organise a local club or group please get in touch. We can include your club/group's website in our Links section, contact us.
Greater London
Barnet
Bromley
Croydon
Ealing
New Malden
North London
Sutton
Tottenham
Twickenham
Home Counties and East Anglia
Amersham
Benfleet
Bookham
Bungay
Cambridge
Chatteris
Chelmsford
Guildford
Epsom
Milton Keynes
Newbury
Oxford
Princes Risborough
Reading
Rochford
Stevenage
Midlands and Surrounding Counties
Birmingham
Chesterfield
Cleethorpes
Grantham
Leamington Spa
Leicester
Loughborough
Mansfield
Matlock
Nottingham
Shrewsbury
Telford
Wolverhampton
Worksop
North East and North West England
Bebington
Birkenhead
Blackburn
Blackpool
Chester-Le-Street
Gateshead
Houghton-Le-Spring
Leeds
Leigh
Liverpool
Newcastle Upon Tyne
Oldham
Ormskirk
Peterlee
Sheffield
St Helens
Stockport
Wigan
Northern Ireland
Ballymena
Belfast
Scotland
Aberdeen
Ayr
Edinburgh
Forres
West Lothian
South East and South West of England
Andover
Barnstaple
Birchington
Brighton
Canterbury
Caradon
Cheltenham
Coleford
Crawley
Dover
East Dorset
Folkestone
Gloucester
New Milton
Plymouth
Romsey
Royal Forest of Dean
Sidcup
Southampton
Swindon
Thanet
Weson-Super-Mare
West Cornwall
Weymouth
Wales
Llanelli
Chepstow
Dyffryn Conwy
If there isn't a group in your area, please consider starting one up! We'll give you advice on how to set up a club and tips on fundraising as well as ways of recruiting new members and networking with local professionals to help promote your club.
In addition to the local groups, younger members and active members of all ages will be interested in the HC Active! group, which organises activities and get-togethers nationally and in different parts of the country.