Council’s implementation of British Sign Language Plan
The Council’s BSL Plan 2018-24 has seven holistic actions. These actions are consistent with the ten long term goals of the National BSL Plan in Scotland, which are, early years and education; training and work; health, mental health and wellbeing; transport; culture and the arts; justice and democracy.
These goals represent the Scottish Government’s aim “to make Scotland the best place in the world for BSL users to live, work and visit.”
The Council will implement measures to promote awareness of BSL and the use of BSL, with the long term goal being that across Scotland information and services will be accessible to all BSL users*.
Contact Scotland –BSL is an online British Sign Language interpreting service that allows deaf people across Scotland to access services free and available 24 hours a day throughout the year: https://contactscotland-bsl.org/
If a BSL user requests a face-to-face meeting then the School is required to provide a face-to-face interpreter.
*Whenever we refer to ‘BSL users’ we mean D/deaf and /or Deafblind people (those who receive the language in a tactile form due to sight loss) whose first of preferred language is British Sign Language
Disclaimer
Please note that whilst information provided on this website is considered to be correct at the time of printing, it is possible that there may be some inaccuracy by the time you read it.
The Council’s BSL Plan 2018-24 has seven holistic actions. These actions are consistent with the ten long term goals of the National BSL Plan in Scotland, which are, early years and education; training and work; health, mental health and wellbeing; transport; culture and the arts; justice and democracy.
These goals represent the Scottish Government’s aim “to make Scotland the best place in the world for BSL users to live, work and visit.”
The Council will implement measures to promote awareness of BSL and the use of BSL, with the long term goal being that across Scotland information and services will be accessible to all BSL users*.
Contact Scotland –BSL is an online British Sign Language interpreting service that allows deaf people across Scotland to access services free and available 24 hours a day throughout the year: https://contactscotland-bsl.org/
If a BSL user requests a face-to-face meeting then the School is required to provide a face-to-face interpreter.
*Whenever we refer to ‘BSL users’ we mean D/deaf and /or Deafblind people (those who receive the language in a tactile form due to sight loss) whose first of preferred language is British Sign Language
Disclaimer
Please note that whilst information provided on this website is considered to be correct at the time of printing, it is possible that there may be some inaccuracy by the time you read it.