Sign language week provides an opportunity to "highlight the value of communication access," the chief executive of Manx Deaf ...

Student Wellbeing and Inclusivity (SWAI) will be marking Sign Language Week (16-22 March) with various opportunities for students and staff to get involved in, including free British Sign Language ...

YOUNGSTERS at Knox Academy are being offered the chance to learn a new language. In the run-up to Deaf Awareness Week in May, the school is introducing a British Sign Language Sign of the Week.

Natalia Arroyo, Marisa Ewers and Maggie Murphy are savouring their autonomy in the club’s major roles and are aiming high amid tough challenges ...

Edinburgh Council unanimously backs Equal Edinburgh 2024–2028, a new plan to tackle city inequality, boost inclusion, and improve accessible services.

Edinburgh Council unanimously backs Equal Edinburgh 2024–2028, a new plan to tackle city inequality, boost inclusion, and improve ...

Academy Award-winner Rachel Shenton has built quite the career for herself over the years, first earning recognition for her work in the British soap opera Hollyoaks, and later winning an Oscar for ...

A beloved charity has held its first-ever Christmas fundraiser with a festive fair. The Brighton, Hove and West Sussex Deaf Children’s Society's inaugural Christmas fundraising event took place on ...

Yet the Department for Education continues to exclude one of the most socially vital languages from the national curriculum: British Sign Language (BSL). And this omission is no small matter.

Dear Editor, There are nine million adults of working age in the UK that have hearing loss in one or both ears. Chances are, ...

Global sailing pioneer Gerry Hughes headlines Fife’s BSL Culture Day in Dunfermline, with talks, book signing, Q&A and Deaf community ...

A new framework aimed at reducing poverty and inequality in Edinburgh has received unanimous backing from councillors.