AVUK's vision is that all deaf children have the same opportunities in life as their hearing peers. The charity works to increase awareness, understanding and access to Auditory Verbal therapy by providing services directly to families and sharing their expertise with health and education professionals so that many more families can access Auditory Verbal therapy close to where they live.

AVUK is a charity that touched the lives of our family in so many ways.
The charity helped Ollie and Alice to be the amazing, outspoken children they are today, and Claire dedicated much of the past 12 years to helping AVUK to give the same opportunity to other families across the country.

Claire became a Trustee of AVUK in 2011 and was Chair of the Board from October 2013 to March 2020. She championed the development of the family bursary scheme to increase access to AVT for all. She led the Board during a time of significant growth for the charity following the October Club partnership in 2014 which enabled AVUK to expand its professional training programme; expand its operations from a new London centre in Bermondsey and launch its first five-year strategy and cost benefit analysis of Auditory Verbal therapy. After stepping down as Chair, Claire joined AVUK's Advisory Panel and she remained passionate about the charity whilst battling her cancer so bravely for so long.

Claire's memory will forever live on through her amazing children and through the fantastic work of AVUK.