“We thought that he would never be able to speak to us... Nor, more importantly, would he ever be able to hear us tell him we love him.” Parent of profoundly deaf little boy.

In 2016, our gorgeous little boy, Arlo, was born profoundly deaf. With the help and support of the wonderful staff at The Elizabeth Foundation, despite his disability, Arlo has learnt to listen and talk, using current technology. We are so grateful that we have been able to access The Elizabeth Foundation - there is nowhere else like it in the UK.

So, please dig deep and help me to raise as much money as I can to help support the Foundation.

'The Elizabeth Foundation (TEF) helps deaf babies and pre school children learn to listen and speak. We are there to support and inform families from the moment their child is diagnosed with any degree of hearing loss. This year over 80 babies, toddlers and pre-school children will attend specialist education programmes and get individual speech and language therapy...'