What a difference a donation makes...

Nestled close to the heart of Derby City Centre, Royal School of the Deaf provides a unique service to the deaf community in Derby and across the UK. The school has existed in Derby for many years – since 1893 in fact - and has always provided a safe environment for generations of deaf students to learn, grow and develop. 

 

The school has a primary school, a secondary school and a sixth form college all on site and makes special provisions for their students including a special audiology booth, soundproofing against all walls and plenty of natural light. 

 

The money raised last October has been earmarked for the primary school and is being used to create a special ‘forest school’. This means that the old play equipment and climbing frames will be replaced by all new wooden, state-of-the-art, play equipment. As well as this, there will be access to mud kitchens, den building kits, an outdoor library and even a castle for the students to play in. It will be a wonderful surprise when the children return in September to see all the new equipment and experiences which they will be able to access. 

 

What’s next? The school would really like to refurbish the residence blocks in which their boarders currently reside. They aim to modernise and replace the kitchen areas, create a patio area with a canopy in which to host BBQ’s and to also to create a special cinema room in which the community can gather and enjoy each other’s company.