Registered Charity Number 220773
History
History
We have been at our current location since 1926
The charity was established over 100 years ago, by a group of Deaf people who met regularly under a street light down High Street in Hull.
These locals met, to talk and communicate in their own language in a society that pretty much ostracised them for being different.
After a while a room in a local pub was rented to them, and from there on in the charity started to take form.
They rented their first base down High Street, Number 179 in 1853 and from there the charity grew in size and popularity.
Eventually the charity was well enough established, to find premises of its own that more suited its needs and size.
We rented 53 Spring Bank, a place that is now Disc Discovery, and we purchased a plot of land approximately 10 doors away.
In 1926 the newly built Hull & East Yorkshire Institute for the Deaf and Dumb (as it was then called) was opened.
Although the name has changed we have continued to remain in this beautiful building as it suits our needs perfectly. The building cost the charity a whopping £14,500 to build back in 1925/26, which was a tidy sum of money.
We are proud to state we own it outright and have no affiliation with the government or county councils.
We run ourselves, and manage our own charities funds, but we do rely on fund raising, donations and bequeaths to keep the building, its minimal staff and the charity and events it provides going for the Deaf community .
The building has had a few name changes over the years, as it has changed and improved with the times. Our most recent change was to replace the word Institute for the word Centre.
If you would like any more information on the charity and its wonderful history, or if you would like to make a donation to the charity, please contact us.