[3] In 1876 Queen Victoria agreed to become the organisation's patron and it became the Royal Association in Aid of the Deaf and Dumb (RADD).

It provides employment and legal advice, and specialist support for Deaf people from black and ethnic minority communities.

[5] RAD provides activities and support groups for families with parents and/or children who are deaf or hard or hearing.

Opening in 1873, and moving to the Acton site in 1925, the church provided a focus for worship, teaching, and social activities across the capital.

St Saviour's was the only English church ever designed specifically for the Deaf community, in both its architecture, and its fixtures and fittings.