Sabina, Chair/Founder of Deaf Parenting UK was delighted to have her on board of Ambassador and said “It’s fantastic news that she accepted our offer to become our Ambassador. Being parenting consultant for many well-known brands including Bounty, Parenting TV, Parenting Advisor for NSPCC’s Family Magazine and BBC Parenting advice website and many more, we hope to benefit from her wealth of knowledge and experiences she can offer to Deaf Parenting UK.”
Eileen Hayes, MBE, Parenting Consultant
A mother of four, Eileen Hayes, MBE, is author, magazine columnist, trained counsellor and frequent broadcaster on TV and radio. Her background includes teaching, psychology, health promotion and research on ante- and post-natal care and education.
A regular contributor to the media on family topics, on programmes like, “The Wright Stuff” and Jeremy Vine,. Eileen has also made several series of Practical Parenting tips for Living Channel, and presented a parenting slot on BBC series A Family of My Own and Everyone’s Got One. She was Editor-in-Chief of Your Family magazine and website for five years; and is parenting expert on www.bbc.co.uk/parenting, and www.gurgle.com.
Eileen has published several books on childcare, including Understanding Your Baby, Understanding Your Toddler (Egmont), Crying (Pan MacMillan), Tantrums (Hamlyn) and Crying and Comforting (Dorling Kindersley).
As Parenting advisor to NSPCC, she has worked on major campaigns such as Full Stop and Protecting Babies and written a wide range of their publications, including Baby’s First Year, and “Encouraging Better Behaviour” as well as carrying out a great deal of their media response work on family issues.
“Being a parent is always challenging and all parents have difficulties at times no matter what their circumstances. Deaf parents will face all the same challenges as hearing parents, but may face extra barriers in accessing supports that they needs and therefore need specialist support/ help to overcome such barriers, whether this is being able to attend a Deaf parenting skills workshop run by deaf parents using BSL, or some peer support from parents who have already been there. Deaf Parenting UK is available to give them the information, advice, support and confidence they need around parenting and promote well-being within families.”
To learn more about our Deaf Parenting UK Ambassador, go to our Ambassador page.
