A funeral directors in Witney has joined forces with a hearing organisation to encourage people to recycle their hearing aids.

S & R Childs, soon to be rebranded Oliver & James, has joined forces with Hearing Technology (HT) to find a sustainable, non-monetary answer to encouraging people to donate to charity.

HT strives to improve lives at home and abroad through better hearing.

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Zoe Fawcett-Eustace, co-founder of HT said: “I feel incredibly passionate about HT and am delighted that Tripp Hearing and S&R Childs are supporting us.

“I was profoundly deaf by 19 and had always been disheartened when I was advised to put my ‘older’ hearing aids in the bin following their replacement upgrade.

“That is what inspired me to start HT, in a world of scarce resources and much need, it’s terrible to waste life changing hearing aids.” 

Simon James-Hiscock, business leader for Oliver & James, said: “Earlier last year a colleague of mine met an organization at a conference called Hearing Technology, Hear Today, Hear Tomorrow.   

“They collect old hearing aids and recycle them to provide people in less fortunate parts of the world the opportunity to hear.   

“It’s something that we felt was a great idea and we were keen to support in any way we could.   

“We’ve been working with Zoe, who is the founder of the scheme, on how we can support the effort across the region.    

“This is a great initiative.”