17 - 23 March 2025
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As part of SLW 2025, we are offering free British Sign Language sessions for companies and organisations! Delivered live on Zoom by, these interactive sessions will introduce your team to the basics of BSL and help promote inclusivity in the workplace.
The sessions will run from 17th to 20th March 2025, with multiple time slots available each day to suit different schedules.
No prior experience is needed, and anyone in your organisation can take part. These lessons are designed to give participants a solid introduction to BSL, making workplaces more accessible and inclusive for Deaf colleagues, customers, and clients.
Secure your organisation’s spot today by completing the registration form.
BSL will be available soon
We're still making preparations for this year's Sign Language Week and will update the website regularly in the run-up to March. Thank you for your patience.
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SIGN LANGUAGE WEEK 2025
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Sign Language Week holds immense significance for the BDA, particularly this year as we launch our #TakingBSLForward civil rights movement. The week serves as a crucial opportunity to garner support for our mission and act as a platform to launch our 'Early Years’ position statement.
As the 'National Representative Organisation of British Sign Language (BSL) and Irish Sign Language (ISL) in the UK,' our responsibility is to 'Promote, Preserve and Protect' BSL and ISL. Our national sign languages have faced marginalisation for over a century at the hands of the hearing majority—teachers, doctors, politicians—who relentlessly promoted oralism, denying Deaf children access to sign language and resulting in damaging language deprivation.
BSL stands as the fourth most widely used indigenous language in the UK, with an estimated 151,000 individuals utilising the language.
BSL will be available soon
We're still making preparations for this year's Sign Language Week and will update the website regularly in the run-up to March. Thank you for your patience.