Wellington Mayor to take Silent Leadership Challenge

Wellington Mayor amongst High Profile Leaders for Silent Leadership Challenge

Influential leaders from around New Zealand are going deaf for the day for the Silent Leadership Challenge to raise awareness around hearing impairment.

42 high profile leaders have signed up for the challenge on Friday 2 August, with six leaders from the Wellington area participating. All participants will tackle three communication challenges in their workplace and one at home while wearing bright yellow hearing protectors to simulate deafness.

The Wellington leaders include Mayor Celia Wade-Brown, Hon Annette King MP, Jane Wrightson, CEO of NZ On Air and Julian Hughes, Executive Director of the Business Leaders’ Health and Safety Forum.

Jane Wrightson encourages everyone to get involved, and supports the work that The National Foundation for the Deaf undertakes on behalf of all hearing impaired New Zealanders.

“I have been proud to support media access for deaf and hearing impaired audiences for over two decades. During this time we’ve had the privilege of meeting a very wide range of fantastic New Zealanders who are great advocates for their community,” says Wrightson.

With over $23,000 raised to-date, The Foundation is seeking others to get involved to meet their target of $100,000 in donations. All funds raised will go towards The National Foundation for the Deaf to fund its advocacy and support work on behalf of deaf and hearing impaired New Zealanders, and its work to raise awareness of the need to prevent noise-induced loss hearing loss.

“We are absolutely delighted with the tremendous support to-date from a diverse range of leaders throughout New Zealand,” said The National Foundation for the Deaf CEO, Louise Carroll.

“But we’d love to see many more corporate and community leaders on board.”

To join the Challenge, leaders need to register online at www.silentleadershipchallenge.com and aim to raise funds by seeking sponsorship donations from people in their professional and social networks.
On the day of the Challenge, participants will be posting photos and personal stories online via the Foundation’s Facebook and Twitter pages, using the hash tag #silentleadershipchallenge.

Registrations close on Wednesday 31 July at 5:00pm.

All information on the event and cause can be found at www.silentleadershipchallenge.com.

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