Walsall Deaf Children'S Society
Charity 1044129
Overview
Summary
Walsall Deaf Children'S Society appears to occupy a focused early-navigation role for deaf children and their families: helping people respond to diagnosis, understand education options and manage administrative barriers. Its stated remit combines relief and education, while its activities suggest that practical advice may be its main route to impact. The inclusion of grants and amateur sport indicates a potentially broader support model, but the available evidence does not show how these elements connect in practice.
Operational geography
Coverage: Regional
Operational areas:
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Remaining uncertainties
- No direct evidence was found that Walsall Deaf Children's Society currently delivers services, operates a site, or has a material delivery partnership within Birmingham or any of the supplied Birmingham wards or places.
- The Charity Commission register records the charity as registered but significantly overdue in its reporting, with its most recent financial data for the year ended 31 March 2019 showing £0 income and £0 expenditure. This makes its current level and geography of activity uncertain.
- The charity's registered address is in Walsall and should not be treated as proof of an operational service site.
- A 2025-26 SEN information report from a Walsall academy lists the organisation as a support contact for 'Wolverhampton & Walsall'. This reasonably suggests a wider Black Country reach, but it is indirect directory evidence rather than confirmation by the charity of current delivery locations.
Additional evidence needed
- A current statement from the organisation identifying where it provides advice, parent support, events or school-transition support.
- Current annual returns, accounts or a Charity Commission update confirming whether the charity remains operational.
- Current information from official local-authority SEND or family-support directories showing commissioned, referral or partnership activity and the areas covered.
- Confirmation of any Birmingham-based delivery, venues, schools or partner organisations before assigning a Birmingham ward or place.
Areas of work
- Amateur Sport
- Disability
- Education/training
Who they help
- Children/young People
- People With Disabilities
How they help
- Makes Grants To Organisations
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
A bridge at the point of diagnosis
The organisation appears to support families at a particularly consequential transition: when a child is newly diagnosed as deaf. Its role may be to make specialist systems, especially education, more navigable before families become isolated or decisions become fixed.
Why it matters
This suggests its value may lie less in delivering a single service than in reducing uncertainty across several systems at once. Organisations working in health, schools and family support may therefore be important potential partners.
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“Provides newly diagnosed deaf children and their parents with wide ranging help and advice.”
Source:Organisation“Provides help in choosing appropriate schools and further education.”
Source:Organisation
Practical advocacy may be its core operating model
The available evidence suggests the society may create impact through hands-on navigation and advocacy rather than primarily through direct education provision or specialist clinical support.
Why it matters
This distinguishes it from organisations whose main role is service delivery. Its practical knowledge of forms, entitlements and education pathways may be a transferable civic asset for families and partner organisations.
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“Provides help in form filling.”
Source:Organisation“Provides advocacy/advice/information.”
Source:Charity Commission
A broader support model is suggested, but not yet explained
The charity's classification indicates grants to organisations and amateur sport alongside disability and education work. This may indicate an ambition to support participation and community life as well as individual family decision-making, though the connection is unclear.
Why it matters
If these activities are active, the society may have relationships beyond advice services, including local groups or inclusive activities. That could reveal overlooked routes into peer support and belonging.
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“Makes grants to organisations.”
Source:Charity Commission“Education/training, Disability, Amateur Sport.”
Source:Charity Commission
- Whether support is delivered directly by volunteers, staff or through partner organisations.
- Whether grants and amateur sport are current activities, historic classifications or significant parts of the charity's work.
- Which local schools, health services or deaf-community organisations the society works with.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent annual reports or activity updates showing services delivered, beneficiary numbers and current priorities.
- Information on grant recipients, referral routes and partnerships with schools, health services and local deaf organisations.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
Provides newly diagnosed deaf children and their parents with wide ranging help and advice.We also provide help in form filling and help in choosing appropriate schools and further education.
Charity objects
TO FURTHER IN EVERY WAY ALLOWED BY THE LAW, THE EDUCATION AND RELIEF OF DEAF CHILDREN WITHOUT REGARD TO RACE,RELIGION,CREED,DISABILITY,SEX OR FAMILY CIRCUMSTANCES.