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Mary Bucknall

Trustee and Vice Chair

Mary Bucknall is a Trustee and currently the Vice-Chair of Open Ears. She is profoundly deaf herself and relies totally on lip-reading with the help of a powerful digital hearing aid. Prior to moving to Dorset to live nearer her family, Mary spent some years living and working in Kent as a Deaf Awareness trainer. Her interests are reading, writing, local history and travel. As well as Open Ears, she is a member of Deaf Anglicans Together (DAT) and is currently one of their representatives on the Church of England General Synod.