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Please note unfortunately we are not able to run courses for individuals.
Why book training with Enhance the UK?
British Sign Language (BSL) is the signed language of the Deaf community in the UK. It’s a totally different language to English and involves a combination of hand shapes, facial expressions, lip patterns and body language. If you’d like to be more accessible to Deaf BSL users our British Sign Language training for organisations is the ideal solution.
Do you want to make your organisation accessible? If so, it’s important to remember that people’s first experience of your organisation is often when visiting your website.
There are 12 million people with hearing loss in the UK and there are 151,000 British Sign language (BSL) users. That’s a lot of people who may not be able to access your content. Adding subtitles to videos is a step in the right direction, however, for BSL users more needs to be done.
English and British Sign Language are very different in their structure and style. Many BSL users find it difficult to understand written English, resulting in subtitled videos being inaccessible to them. To be fully accessible many Deaf people need the content to be translated into BSL.
BSL Services FAQs
No. British Sign Language has a different grammatical structure then English. Please be assured that our translators are highly qualified and experienced at accurately translating English into BSL.
Learning to sign is not easy. It takes patience and practice, but it is fun and enjoyable! It’s important that you realise that you wouldn’t go into a French class and expect to be fluent within a few hours and it’s the same with British Sign Language. It’s a highly complex language and takes a long time to reach fluency. But, every bit of sign language you know is helpful to aid communication and also establish a rapport.
No. We can help you to choose the content to be translated and will assist you to work to your budget.
No. Many of the signs used for Makaton are taken from British Sign Language but Makaton is not a language. It is a basic signing and symbol system used to support spoken language. BSL is a full language with its own grammar and syntax and is the language of the Deaf community.
Our courses are run be highly experienced Deaf trainers who are warm, friendly and supportive.
