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Scottish Association of Sign Language Interpreters (SASLI)

October 5, 2009 03 Links, Partners and Supporters, Translation & Interpreting No Comments

The Scottish Association of Sign Language Interpreters (SASLI) (http://www.sasli.co.uk/index.php) aims to foster and enhance British Sign Language/English interpreting services in Scotland. SASLI maintains a register of Interpreters (http://www.sasli.co.uk/interpreters.php) and encourages the training of those wishing to develop interpreting skills, thereby improving communication between Deaf and hearing people as equally participating members of the community. SASLI’s website contains a lot of information not only about how to find an interpreter and other SASLI services, but about BSL and other issues relating to the Deaf community. Most of this information is in BSL as well as English. SASLI is an advisory partner to BSL:UPTAKE.

Deaf Action

October 5, 2009 03 Links, Deaf People & Deaf Culture, Health & Social Care, Legal Issues and the Justice System, Translation & Interpreting No Comments

Deaf Action (www.deafaction.org) (formerly known as Edinburgh and East of Scotland Deaf Society) raises awareness of the needs and rights of deaf people, challenges discrimination, and provides services to promote independence and quality of life. Its Head Office is in Edinburgh, with other offices in Livingston and Inverness. Its services include a Communication Support Unit, Social Work, Specialist Equipment Services, Training & Development, Youth & Community Development, Supported Accommodation, Outreach Service and Social & Leisure Facilities. Its website contains useful information about Communication Support, Specialist Equipment, Training, and Advice, Care & Support, in BSL as well as English; and more sources of information in English, including newsletters.

Scottish Council on Deafness (SCoD)

October 5, 2009 03 Links, BSL/Sign Language, Deaf People & Deaf Culture, Government & Politics, Health & Social Care, Legal Issues and the Justice System, Partners and Supporters, Translation & Interpreting No Comments

The Scottish Council on Deafness (SCoD) – www.scod.org.uk - is the lead organisation for deaf issues in Scotland. It represents 90 organisations working with and on behalf of Deaf Sign Language users, deafened, deafblind and hard of hearing people. Its membership provides an effective working partnership between the Voluntary Sector, Social Work and Education Departments, NHS Trusts, Health Boards and the Government. SCoD’s website has a large amount of useful information, much of it in BSL as well as English. SCoD is an advisory partner to BSL:UPTAKE.

Deaf Connections

October 5, 2009 03 Links, Deaf People & Deaf Culture, Health & Social Care, Legal Issues and the Justice System, Translation & Interpreting No Comments

Deaf Connections (http://www.deafconnections.co.uk/) works with Deaf and Hard of Hearing people across the West of Scotland. It is based in Glasgow and provides a range of specialist services. Its website contains information about Deaf Connections and its services, some of it in BSL as well as English. There is a lot of other information in English, including research papers on issues such as Deaf people’s access to employment (http://www.deafconnections.co.uk/images/pdfs/accessing%20employment%20the%20challenges%20facing%20deaf%20people%20in%20glasgow.pdf) and The Mental Health Needs of Deaf Black Minority Ethnic People. (http://www.deafconnections.co.uk/images/pdfs/deaf%20bme%20mental%20health%20research.pdf)

Signature

October 5, 2009 03 Links, BSL/Sign Language, Partners and Supporters, Translation & Interpreting No Comments

Signature (www.signature.org.uk)  (formerly Council for the Advancement of Communication with Deaf People, CACDP)  promotes excellence in communication with deaf and deafblind people so that its vision of a society in which deaf people have full access can become a reality. It encourages greater understanding of deaf and deafblind people and the languages and communication methods they use; it offers nationally recognised qualifications in subjects such as British Sign Language and speech to text reporting, which you can study at more than 700 locations across the UK and Ireland. Signature administers the National Registers for Communication Professionals working with Deaf and Deafblind People (http://www.nrcpd.org.uk). It has offices (http://www.signature.org.uk/page.php?content=7) in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Signature in Scotland (http://www.signature.org.uk/scotland) has an office in Glasgow. Signature’s website has a great deal of information about learning BSL, interpreter training, how to find and interpreter and many other topics. Much of the information is presented in BSL as well as English. Signature is an advisory partner to BSL:UPTAKE