Deaf-led support across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
Most of our team are deaf or hard of hearing, so you are understood in your own language. Whatever you are facing, CDA is here.
1,300+
Instances of support every month
50
Events every month across the county
“Outstanding”
Our CQC rating, twice running, 2021–2025
Latest News
What we have been up to across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
- Tuned In Autumn 2026 is out — and Hearing Help is coming to Ramsey
The Autumn edition of our Hearing Help newsletter is out now, with a brand new drop-in launching in Ramsey on 17 September and lipreading classes returning to Cambridge. - Deaf sector charities invite BSL users to take part in groundbreaking project on BSL and AI
Cambridgeshire Deaf Association has joined seven other deaf sector charities on ‘BSL and AI: What is the Future?’ — a project asking deaf BSL signers what they want from AI, and where they don’t want it. - “It’s given me an identity again” — could a befriender help you, or could you be one?
Our Hearing Help Befriending service offers free companionship and support for people living with hearing loss across Cambridgeshire — and we are looking for more volunteers to join the team.
Latest Videos
New from CDA TV — our news, stories and information in British Sign Language
Cambridgeshire Deaf Association
We have been at the heart of the Deaf Community in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough for more than 100 years, and no other organisation in the area has our experience.
We make sure local services — healthcare, benefits, safety and more — are accessible in British Sign Language.
Community
CDA was created because of the importance of a strong Deaf Community.
The events and meet-ups CDA run give deaf people the chance to socialise with people in their own language and to receive vital information from CDA and relevant professionals.
Hearing Help
Hearing Help have been delivering services for local people with hearing loss since 1978.
Originally we provided them under the name of CAMTAD and then later Hearing Help CIO. On 1st April 2022 they transferred to Cambridgeshire Deaf Association who support and will sustain the original mission of: reducing the impact of hearing loss on people’s lives across Cambridgeshire.
CDA for Life: our strategy for the years ahead
Discover our vision, mission and five strategic themes for supporting the deaf and hard of hearing community of Cambridgeshire & Peterborough over the next five years.
Read our strategy
