DEAF SUPPORT is a voluntary organisation based in Bedfordshire that aims to encourage deaf and hearing people to understand each other.  It was set up in 1997 by Sandra Dowe, a retired teacher of the Deaf who had Deaf grandparents, assisted by a group of deaf and hearing volunteers and has the aims and objectives to:

Currently the organisation promotes the use of BSL in classes and assists with the provision of Communicators for deaf people of all ages in Bedfordshire, Luton, Buckinghamshire and the home counties.