Take our Deaf At Work survey
We’ve created a survey, so you can tell us more about your employment experiences
By taking the survey, you can help us understand what support you need, and what resources employers need to make the workplace more accessible and inclusive. This will also help us to build evidence of what needs to change and why, so we can work with the deaf community and deaf organisations towards a future where employment is accessible and inclusive.
To do this, we will use anonymised quotes from your responses. We will never include any information that could identify you without seeking your permission first.
At the end of the survey, you will be given the opportunity to sign up to our mailing list but if you leave that blank, your responses will be completely anonymous. If you do sign up to our mailing list, we will be able to see which responses you submitted, but we will never use your name or any identifying information about you without your permission.
Stories are a powerful way to bring the issues we face to life. If you would like to share your story with us after this survey, please email [email protected]
Why we created this survey
deaf together is a campaign to end the inequalities deaf people face – starting with a focus on employment. Since the campaign launched a year ago, we’ve been told by the advisory group and the deaf community (this includes people who are Deaf, hard of hearing, or have hearing loss or tinnitus) that we are facing barriers in three key areas:
- Unemployment – the accessibility of Jobcentre services and training, and employer awareness and attitudes present significant barriers to employment.
- Access to Work programme – the portal is inaccessible, inefficient and not user-friendly, and not enough people know about this.
- Career progression – professional development opportunities, including training and networking, are not accessible which means deaf people are unable to access the same promotions, and career advancement as hearing peers.