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Involve Interpreter February Newsletter
Meeting Labour MP Dawn Butler We were delighted that our BSL Interpreter Manager, Dionne Thomas was able to meet Dawn Butler, Labour MP and Shadow Secretary of state for Women and Equalities. Dawn has promised continue her campaign to improve access for BSL users. We...
Meeting Labour MP Dawn Butler
The 'Meet Dawn Butler' event was open to the public to ask frank and open questions about Labour’s policies, position and future strategies. Our BSL Interpreter Manager, Dionne Thomas attended the event and was able to raise some important points. Firstly, she thanked...
Deaf Person’s Journey
After several trips to see my doctor I was sent to the hospital for further tests and scans. Being born Deaf, I don’t speak, and can only lip read if it’s someone I know well. I use British sign language to communicate and it gives me the freedom to express myself...
Journey of a Nurse Practitioner
My name is Nadia, I am a paediatric nurse practitioner at a busy hospital and absolutely love my job. I have had to deal with many families who are non-native and use a variety of different languages to communicate. I have worked with spoken language interpreters...
Journey of a Video BSL Interpreter
I qualified as a sign language interpreter 6 years ago and have really enjoyed my very varied career so far. I have always enjoyed community and medical interpreting as you are able to foster such great connections with the Deaf users. One of my favourite parts of the...
Deaf Person’s Journey
After several trips to see my doctor I was sent to the hospital for further tests and scans. Being born Deaf, I don’t speak, and can only lip read if it’s someone I know well. I use British sign language to communicate and it gives me the freedom to express myself...