Loud Shirt Day UK

Get Loud in October for deaf children! 

Be a champion for deaf children this October and get loud in your loud shirt to raise vital funds, so Auditory Verbal UK can support more deaf children get an equal start in life. 

Loud Shirt Day is celebrated on Friday 18 October 2024, but you can get loud any time in October!  


How To Take Part? 

This October, we challenge you to be LOUD and raise funds. 

Some ways you can be loud: 

Wear a loud shirt every Friday for the month of October  
Go for a 5K run or walk in your loud shirt 
Do a dog jog with your four-legged friend 
Host a Loud Shirt Day quiz in loud shirts at your workplace or school  
Make loud treats for a bake sale 

Take on a challenge in your loud shirt, such as a bungee jump, inflatable 5K or half marathon!  

The possibilities to do it loud for deaf children are endless! 

Read more on how to take part. 


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Don’t forget to tag #LoudShirtDay if you’re sharing on social media!  

On Friday 21st October, the GC will be taking part in Loud Shirt Day to support Auditory Verbal UK (AVUK), a charity working to give deaf babies and children the same opportunities in life as their hearing peers. We are asking colleagues to change the life of a deaf child by wearing their loudest, brightest shirts and donating to AVUK.

Currently, 92% of deaf children under the age of five in the UK don’t have access to an Auditory Verbal early intervention programme that helps them to develop listening and spoken language. Additionally, a YouGov survey commissioned by AVUK revealed that more than a third (35%) of adults have no idea that a child born profoundly deaf can learn to speak as well as a hearing child. More than a quarter (27%) believe a child born profoundly deaf cannot learn to speak as well as a hearing child.

By taking part in Loud Shirt Day you can challenge the perceptions of what deaf children can achieve and support the charity in delivering its Auditory Verbal programme to more children in the UK.

Alicja Boryn