Two deaf friends to walk length of UK for Mental Health awareness
Two deaf friends will hike the length of the UK to raise money and awareness for mental health in deaf people.
BDA Press Release: UN committee paves the way for a BSL Act
https://player.vimeo.com/video/231897644
UK Government needs to grant deaf people “the right to educated high-quality sign language interpretation”: leading UN committee paves the way for a British...
Let’s get BSL into the National Curriculum
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TV & Radio Presenter Wayne Barrow has set up an e-petition calling for British Sign Language to be part of the National Curriculum.
The...
Swiss deaf protest against emergency sirens
The Swiss Federation for the Deaf staged protests in four cities in Switzerland this week as their government carried out the annual testing of...
Leicestershire Police becomes first Force to sign the British Sign Language Charter
As part of International Week of the Deaf, Leicestershire Police became the first police force in the UK to sign the British Deaf Association’s...
97% of young people support for BSL in GCSE
97% of young people support the idea of a GCSE in British Sign Language (BSL). A petition (currently at 22,008 signatures) calls for BSL...
Inside the BSL Charter
Signing up to commit its public services to the BSL Charter – ensuring it is equally accessible for all – is no easy feat....
Stop Changes to Access to Work march
On Saturday 26 September, 1,000 deaf, disabled and non-disabled marchers from all over the UK took to the streets of London to protest against...
Deaf Awareness Week: Celebrating Role Models
When I started blogging, I was also going through the process of finding my deaf identity, and part of that was looking for a deaf role model; someone to look up to. Other than the famous deaf celebrities, I couldn’t find that person and I aspired for an influential individual, so I figured why not become that person?
Deaf group raise third party data protection issues with local MP (BSL)
https://vimeo.com/202253935
Ruth Goode tells British Deaf News about a recent meeting with her groups local MP on the subject of deaf people communicating through a third party...
