A Spotlight on Injustice
Our response to the Final Report from the Commission on COVID-19, Ableism and Racism.
Category: Blog
The future of primary care conference 2023 by National Voices
At the conference we highlighted continued poor access and provision of communication support in BSL in primary care settings.
Volunteers Week 2023
Volunteers Week 2023 we are celebrating SignHealth’s Trustees who volunteer their time, skills and knowledge to support our organisation and community.
Becoming an anti-racist organisation
SignHealth are developing our Equity Diversity and Inclusion aims and objectives by gathering views from our staff and using the expertise of an EDI consultant to create and anti-racist organisation.
One year on, 25,000 conversations later, what has BSL Health Access achieved?
SignHealth looks back at why we set up the service in response to the pandemic.
Deaf Awareness in Child Protection Social Work
Marie Vickers explains that within child protection processes, social workers have little understanding of Deaf culture. Often, erroneous assumptions are made based on what is considered ‘normal’ in the hearing world.
Equality in mental health: Richard’s story
By Richard France for the Mental Health Foundation I have spent a number of years in and out of psychiatric institutions from the age of 23, back in 1993 which I first became ill with … Continued
BSL Zone Q&A Stream: Coronavirus and Domestic Abuse
Available to watch after 7pm, Wednesday 20 May 2020 Domestic Abuse: A discussion Fifi Garfield, Marie Vickers & Sabina Iqbal discuss domestic abuse and how the current lockdown situation has changed things. This Q&A programme … Continued
Deaf identity and mental health
Today I will talk about the importance of Deaf identity and how it is linked to our body image. What does that mean? Well having a good deaf identity can mean having good mental health, … Continued
