It is an umbrella organisation of associations, both voluntary and statutory, working in the field of hearing loss and representing people who are deaf, deafened, hard of hearing or deaf/blind Wales Council For Deaf People actively encourages parents of deaf children to join their local Children's Hearing Services Working Group to ensure their child's needs are addressed British Sign Language Interpreters, Lipspeakers and Speech To Text Operatives to facilitate language support to deaf and hard of hearing people Wales Council For Deaf People is the major voluntary body in Wales concerned with deafness Wales Council For Deaf People works in partnership with other organisations and had a stand at the Senedd for the International Day of Disabled People