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Fund more British Sign Language (BSL) interpreters in the emergency services

Created by Elizabeth Andrea Corbett
Closes on 20 July 2026

Fund more BSL interpreting services to ensure they continue throughout emergencies from start until finish. As it stands interpretation from BSL 999 ends when emergency services is dispatched, but there is often no interpreter during the emergency.

We want to ensure deaf people have equal access to emergency services without communication barriers and ensure the Equality Act 2010 and BSL Act 2022 are upheld.

Research has shown that many deaf people are dying young or have complex healthcare due to barriers. We want to prevent healthcare inequalities among the deaf community.

Petition: Fund more British Sign Language (BSL) interpreters in the emergency services Fund more BSL interpreting services to ensure they continue throughout emergencies from start until finish. As it stands interpretation from BSL 999 ends when emergency services is dispatched, but there is often no interpreter during the emergency.

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We wanted to tell you about some other activities that are happening around Norfolk Deaf Festival in case you want to make a long weekend of it.

Thursday 25 June, 7:30pm at Norwich Theatre a captioned showing of The Bodyguard, The Musical
https://norwichtheatre.org/whats-on/the-bodyguard-2/

Friday 26 until Monday 29 June, Cinema City Norwich
Additional captioned film screenings will be hosted. Films and times will be published on its website on Monday 22 June.
https://www.picturehouses.com/cinema/cinema-city-picturehouse?filter=

Friday 26 and Saturday 27 June, Apple Norwich in Chantry Place
During the two days of Norfolk Deaf Festival, there will be a BSL interpreter at the 'How to' sessions. Book your session on the Apple website, by choosing the day you want to visit from the calendar at the top.
https://www.apple.com/uk/today/calendar/norwich/?sn=R391

Saturday 27 June, 10:30am-12:30pm, Cafe Bar Marzano, Norwich Signing Cafe
A friendly regular meet-up group 2for D/deaf or hearing people, users or learners of BSL.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1549683441994045/

Saturday 27 June, 7pm, The Glass House, Deaf pub

Sunday 28 June, 11am-12noon, Norwich Castle
Local historian Daniel Jillings will run a BSL tour of Norwich Castle.
Tickets: https://www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk/article/78949/BSL-Tour-of-Norwich-Castle
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Image: an aerial photo above Norwich Market, City Hall, St Peter Mancroft, Norwich Theatre and more, courtesy of Sky Cam East.

Learn the British Sign Language (BSL) signs for ALL 48 countries competing at the FIFA World Cup 2026.

In BSL, some countries may not have widely recognised signs and therefore fingerspelling can be used to remove any ambiguity. Where there isn’t an established sign for a country, it’s common practice to use the International Sign (IS). The IS sign often adopts the sign used by that country’s native Deaf population. Some BSL signs (as you might notice) reflect external stereotypes of a country which are visually descriptive.

Languages naturally evolve and in BSL, many countries have variations of signs. For this video, we’ve opted to demonstrate just one sign per country. It’s worth keeping in mind that countries such as Spain, the USA and Canada do have variations. If you know any different signs, please share them in the comments.

Learn British Sign Language (BSL) for free with Commanding Hands. Subscribe to us on YouTube for more content.

Commanding Hands aims to provide free learning resources to help everyone learn British Sign Language (BSL). We believe access to learning BSL is a basic right for people in the UK. Our content will always be free-to-access in some format.



https://youtu.be/XjN9MvxYyJU?is=N2poIOWY5zYmvY42

Learn the British Sign Language (BSL) signs for ALL 48 countries competing at the FIFA World Cup 2026.

In BSL, some countries may not have widely recognised signs and therefore fingerspelling can be used to remove any ambiguity. Where there isn't an established sign for a country, it's common practice to use the International Sign (IS). The IS sign often adopts the sign used by that country's native Deaf population. Some BSL signs (as you might notice) reflect external stereotypes of a country which are visually descriptive.

Languages naturally evolve and in BSL, many countries have variations of signs. For this video, we've opted to demonstrate just one sign per country. It's worth keeping in mind that countries such as Spain, the USA and Canada do have variations. If you know any different signs, please share them in the comments.

Learn British Sign Language (BSL) for free with Commanding Hands. Subscribe to us on YouTube for more content.

Commanding Hands aims to provide free learning resources to help everyone learn British Sign Language (BSL). We believe access to learning BSL is a basic right for people in the UK. Our content will always be free-to-access in some format.



https://youtu.be/XjN9MvxYyJU?is=N2poIOWY5zYmvY42