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Sign Language: SASLI Awarded nearly £1.5 Million

Sign Language: SASLI Awarded nearly £1.5 Million

The Scottish Government has approved a £1.5m Building Bridges funding proposal, which will significantly help to deliver a long-term strategy to improve linguistic access to services through registered British Sign Language/English interpreters.

The funding, over three years, will assist SASLI's proposed scheme, which will sustain and develop two pathways for interpreter training and registration. This will benefit the estimated 6,000 Deaf people in Scotland for whom BSL is their first or preferred language.
Helga McGilp, SASLI Director, says: "SASLI welcomes the Minister's announcement. This is a wonderful opportunity to develop bridges for both deaf and hearing partnerships, and strengthen working relationships in the field of BSL/English interpreting."

Leading the Building Bridges partnership, SASLI will begin the process of recruiting 10 apprentices. In addition to training 10 new interpreters, SASLI, working collaboratively with organisations in the field (the British Deaf Association, the Royal National Institute for Deaf people, Heriot-Watt University and interpreting agencies) will:

  • Create an infrastructure that will be the foundation of an integrated route for the training and registration of interpreters; both those who choose to train through the academic route and those who choose to train vocationally;

  • Contribute to the evidence base for the provision of academic content, the practical expertise and the experience required to train interpreters;

  • Establish an online learning resource that can be used for training future interpreters, as well as supplementing the existing Continuing Professional Development programme for SASLI registered interpreters;

  • Progress towards the improvement of existing interpreter training at Heriot-Watt, by supporting the development of full-time University-based programmes;

  • Deliver a second Training of the Trainers course for BSL tutors;

  • Provide employment opportunities for Deaf people as tutors and interpreters;

  • Include apprenticeship places for Deaf people who are interested in training as interpreters, through the provision of accessible training.


    • REHACARE.de; Source: British Deaf Association

    - More about the British Deaf Association at: http://bda.org.uk

     
     
     
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