To find out more about this year’s BSL conference, from 17-18 July in Leeds, click here. I do love a […]
May 5, 2023 by Liam O'Dell
Comments Off on British Deaf Association announces Kabir Kapoor as UK’s first BSL Poet Laureate
A British Sign Language (BSL) version of this news story, released by the British Deaf Association (BDA) is available to […]
April 13, 2023 by Liam O'Dell
Comments Off on National BSL Day confirmed for 28 April as British Deaf Association searches for first ‘Deaf Poet Laureate’
The UK’s first National British Sign Language (BSL) Day to “celebrate” the language will take place on 28 April – […]
March 23, 2023 by Liam O'Dell
Comments Off on Interview: British Deaf Association CEO Rebecca Mansell on the BSL Conference, a ‘Deaf movement’ and more
After setting out her charity’s draft, 10-year strategic vision for ‘protecting and promoting’ British Sign Language (BSL) at the British […]
March 17, 2023 by Liam O'Dell
Comments Off on British Deaf Association publishes draft ‘strategic plan’ to ‘promote and protect’ British Sign Language (BSL)
The British Deaf Association has unveiled its draft strategic plan to prepare for a British Sign Language “movement” and “promote […]
March 15, 2023 by Liam O'Dell
Comments Off on 220,000 primary school children learn sign in ‘UK’s largest ever online BSL’ lesson
More than 220,000 primary school children across the UK learned basic British Sign Language (BSL) signs today, as part of […]
February 7, 2023 by Liam O'Dell
Primary schools across the UK have been invited to take part in a free online British Sign Language (BSL) lesson […]
January 18, 2023 by Liam O'Dell
The British Deaf Association (BDA) is to launch a new BSL Alliance to monitor “the progress of the BSL Advisory […]
October 13, 2022 by Liam O'Dell
Comments Off on Olly Murs deletes sign song video after ‘learning the difference’ between Makaton and BSL
Pop star Olly Murs has taken down a clip of him signing his latest single in Makaton for his “fans […]
October 12, 2022 by Liam O'Dell
The British Deaf Association (BDA) has issued an additional statement following concerns the Makaton Charity had referred to British Sign […]
June 5, 2025 by Editor
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