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Hearing Dogs for Deaf People · Saunderton, Buckinghamshire

Impact Report 2025/2026: Rebuilding Connection, Companionship, and Confidence – together

Hearing Dogs for Deaf People's Impact Report 2025/2026, 'Rebuilding Connection, Companionship, and Confidence – together', sets out the charity's year building foundations for its 2030 Strategy for Change. In 2025/26 it helped 2,870 people who are deaf or have hearing loss through its specially trained hearing dogs and its practical and emotional support services. It supported 1,119 hearing dog partnerships across the UK, including 38 dogs helping children, and 1,189 people received emotional and practical support, information and guidance through its Hearing Link Services. Its community drop-in sessions were rated highly: 94% of attendees would recommend them to friends or family with hearing loss and 90% reported feeling understood. 129,999 visitors used its lived-experience-led hearing loss information online. Supporters raised £15.4 million in donations, and 76% of spending went on hearing dog partnerships and hearing loss services.

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Hearing Dogs for Deaf People (registered charity 293358 in England and Wales and SC040486 in Scotland), based at The Grange in Saunderton, Buckinghamshire, trains hearing dogs to alert deaf people to important sounds such as alarms, doorbells and a child calling, and provides practical and emotional support for people living with hearing loss, with or without a dog. Its vision is living well with hearing loss: together, it rebuilds connection, companionship and confidence through trained hearing dogs and support services, including Hearing Link Services, community drop-in sessions and Helpful Hours webinars. The report sets out its Theory of Change, its work to improve awareness, practice and policy, its financial summary and the stories of people it supports. Royal Patron: HRH The Princess Royal.

Key Metrics

2,870 People who are deaf or have hearing loss helped
1,119 Hearing dog partnerships supported
38 Hearing dogs helping children
1,189 People supported through Hearing Link Services
94% Drop-in attendees who would recommend the sessions

Key Outcomes

  • 90% of community drop-in session attendees reported feeling understood after attending a session.
  • 90% of people surveyed felt they now had the knowledge and resources to make changes that would improve their ability to live well with hearing loss in their home life.
  • 89% said they felt more confident getting out and about in public, social and community settings after the session.

Geography

UK-Wide

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