On September 3rd our interpreting team travelled to Manchester for EFSLI 2022. This year’s conference had the tagline ‘#Awkward’ because the aim was to talk about all of the taboo topics in the interpreting world. The weekend was about highlighting the areas that...
BSL is the first language of 87,000 Deaf people in the UK. On 28th April 2022, the BSL Bill was given Royal Assent and became the BSL Act 2022. This act ensures that BSL is recognised as an official language of England, Wales and Scotland in its own right. This helps...
The Museum of Liverpool, situated on the waterfront by the Liver Building, teaches its visitors about Liverpool’s fascinating and diverse history. As you might expect, the museum explores The Beatles and the success of Merseyside football clubs, but visitors...
EVENTS 2021 We had the pleasure of supporting a lot of great events in 2021 – lectures about mental health services by The Independent Mental Health Network, Brighter Sound’s ‘Let’s Reconnect’ Festival and Send a Cow’s talk on their Disability Inclusive Livelihoods...
Both of my parents are Deaf and use BSL, so becoming an interpreter might seem like it was a natural progression for me. I had worked in other professions before actually working as an interpreter – I was a qualified nurse, then went into social work and specifically...
My first experience with British Sign Language was when I was in primary school, watching the CSW at the front of the assembly hall interpreting what was being said. Then when I started middle school I became friends with another student who was deaf. While he was...
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