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Today was my first time as volunteer interpreter at Southampton Parkrun. It was really lovely to be involved and meet loads of lovely volunteers and runners alike. There is a BSL interpreter at this event every Saturday morning (Southampton Common 9am start). If you do...

28 December, 2019

It was an excellent experience and opportunity to be Santa's interpreter at Whitely Village. It was good fun to interpret the Christmas story and was fantastic when deaf children or hearing children with Deaf parents came along. This was a new event and hopefully the...

28 December, 2019

I am very excited to announce that I am now a registered trainee BSL English interpreter. This marks the realisation of a key goal of mine. The next big goal is hopefully about 2 years away - becoming fully qualified. Available now for interpreter bookings....

24 May, 2019

I thought I would take this opportunity to let you know that this week marks DEAF AWARENESS WEEK. Maybe you/ your child could teach someone the BSL alphabet, or to sign their name. Or, Maybe if you work, you could think about spreading the word about improving communication...

13 May, 2018

It has been a great week for BSL and the Deaf world with the film "The Silent Child" winning an Oscar this week in the Best Live Action Short Film category. The film explores how a deaf child's life is improved when her social worker...

08 March, 2018

[caption id="attachment_15127" align="alignnone" width="300"] Sally explains to the children how Orla alerts her to sounds at home.[/caption] On Monday 25th September I visited Brockhurst Primary School to give two assemblies. The first was to the infants and was about communication with d/Deaf people. They learnt how...

28 September, 2017