The CODA Support project was set up in 2008 through a partnership between Deaf Access, CoDPUK and Kent County Council. The CODA Support pilot project covers Kent County Council and Bromley Borough.
Deaf Access helps Deaf and Hard of Hearing people to improve and maintain their independence by providing information, support and services, as well as by promoting public awareness and understanding.
Lynne Barnes 
Divisional Co-ordinator for Deaf Studies
Lynne is Divisional Co-ordinator for the Deaf Studies team at UCLan (University of Central Lancashire). Lynne is a CODA – her father is Deaf. Brought up in the Deaf community, she worked as a teacher of deaf children and as support tutor for post-16 deaf students before setting up the Deaf Studies degree programme in 1993. Lynne also acts as an Adviser to deaf and hard of hearing students across the university. Her research interests are in the education of deaf children and access for D/deaf students within Higher Education, for which she gained an MA in 2005. She has organised and contributed papers to numerous conferences, developed a national Access Course for Deaf Students, and is a consultant on many working groups and projects. Lynne was awarded a prestigious National Teaching Fellowship in 2008 for her work in Deaf Studies and in establishing support services for deaf students in HE.
Kate Boddy
Kate is an Advocacy Service Manager based at the Deafness Resource Centre and oversees the running of Advocacy, Outreach and children and young people’s services. Kate provides 1:1 advocacy support to Deaf people and their families including CODAs. Her parents are both profoundly Deaf, with the addition of Deaf aunties and uncles. Kate was brought up in the Deaf communities in North Wales / Wirral and currently works within St Helens.
Kate’s partner is also a CODA and they have enjoyed participating in CODA international conferences where they met may CODA friends from across the world, who have since visited them in sunny old England.
Kate has a special interest in working with younger CODAs promote exploration and understanding of identity and within schools to raise Deaf and CODA Awareness.
Catherine White
Catherine is Irish, eldest hearing child of six, four brothers, one sister, both parents deaf (and both are now deceased), deaf uncle, deaf aunt, five deaf first cousins, two deaf second cousins, grew up as one family unit, mode of communication growing up in the home was Irish Sign Language, while outside the home spoke English.
Catherine first started “official” interpreting at 16 years old, moved to Lodnon, qualified as BSL Interpreter 1991, lived there 9.5 years, moved to Auckland New Zealand, qualified as NZSL Interpreter 1996, stayed there 3.5 years, returned to Ireland for 7 years, and qualified as ISL Interpreter 2000, made her way back to the UK three years ago living in Nottingham and now in Leicester with her 11 year old son.
Catherine has been involved with Coda since 1986 when she first met Lou Fant and Millie Brother at the World Federation of the Deaf Conference in Finland. Catherine has attended Coda Conferences and Coda events in America, Australia, England, Ireland, Austria, Canada, Kosovo. Catherine first set up the Coda / HMFD events in London with other Codas who were interested alongside very enthusiastic Deaf parents of Codas including a workshop at the BDA Conference in Brighton in 1991.
Catherine also organised the first european wide Coda event in her hometown in Ireland.
Sabina Iqbal-DPUK
“I’m delighted to be working closely with CODA UK & Ireland to exchange our support of our respective organizations in reaching out Deaf parents and their children who are CODA themselves. Through the partnership, we are reaching out to the wider audience and promote positive images of Deaf parents and the well-being of CODA too.”