Together, we are stronger. Together we are a movement for BSL.
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Who are we?
We are an independent partnership of Deaf organisations working together to strengthen British Sign Language in Britain. All member organisations have a core purpose that includes BSL. This means promoting or supporting BSL and using it as their everyday language.
We want the BSL Act 2022 to work well. We want the Act to enable Deaf people to thrive in education, healthcare, employment, and many other areas.
Your organisation can join the BSL Alliance if you share our aims.
About.
English
BSL
Who are we?
We are an independent partnership of Deaf organisations working together to strengthen British Sign Language in Britain. All member organisations have a core purpose that includes BSL. This means promoting or supporting BSL and using it as their everyday language.
We want the BSL Act 2022 to work well. We want the Act to enable Deaf people to thrive in education, healthcare, employment, and many other areas.
Your organisation can join the BSL Alliance if you share our aims.
How does the BSL Alliance operate?
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- Member organisations agree which issues to work on – it could be interpreting, family language policy, access to healthcare etc.
- A single issue can be led by one organisation, or a small working group of organisations.
- Organisations collect facts about issues from their local network and Deaf communities – how many people face barriers in their everyday lives, etc.
- Reports are prepared using this data.
- We discuss and agree on actions we want the Government to take.
- Our ideas can be supported by the whole BSL Alliance.
- We send our final proposals to the Government, the BSL Advisory Board or other authorities – for example NHS, Local Councils.
For example
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What if...
A hospital in Birmingham does not provide BSL interpreters for Deaf patients. The NHS and Government regards this as a local problem for Birmingham only.
The BSL Alliance’s Healthcare working group identifies the same issue happens in hospitals in London, Cardiff, Glasgow, Manchester and elsewhere. It is a national issue.
BSL Alliance member organisations collect evidence of systemic failures across Britain and share it with the Alliance’s Healthcare working group, made up of Deaf organisations with specialist experience of BSL in the NHS / healthcare sector.
The Healthcare working group presents evidence, talks about possible solutions, and agrees which solution to propose. They produce a report which shows evidence that Deaf people across Britain have the same problem and suggest BSL-led actions that work for Deaf people.
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Everyone can then use this report in their work. Proposals supported by the whole BSL Alliance will carry much greater force. We are representative organisations across Britain, working at local, regional, and national level. We all know and work with BSL.
Join us and make BSL more powerful.
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Amanda Johnston
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Partner / Art Director
Brandon Harrison
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