Petition · Department for Work and Pensions
Fund access to lipreading classes, and classify as Health and Wellbeing course
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723 signatures
What the petition asks
Lipreading courses can be essential rehabilitation for anyone who has lost some or all of their hearing. Therefore the Government should fund access to them and ensure they are classified as health and wellbeing courses rather than leisure activities, to recognise their importance.
They can teach communication skills, coping in noise, problem solving, understanding hearing aids and the ear, and managing tinnitus.
Timeline
| 19 May 2026 | Petition opened for signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
723
Status
Open for signatures
Department
Department for Work and Pensions
Opened
19 May 2026
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 26 Jul 2026.