Signature

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