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We are excited to introduce the BSL Teacher Directory, which has been developed between a number of organisations who all aim to promote British Sign Language teachers and qualifications. The purpose of the BSL teacher directory is to allow teachers to promote their skills, experience, and teaching qualifications. Whether you are a BSL teacher searching …

A new campaign to end the exclusion of Deaf athletes has recently been launched by UK Deaf Sport. The campaign, ‘Fair Play’, hopes to raise the status of Deaf athletes through funding from the Government- something that is currently not in place. The campaign hopes that the Government will begin to fund deaf athletes and …

We are pleased to announce that Signature have won the Positive Impact Award at the prestigious CPD Awards, for our Deaf Awareness Course which was created alongside RNID. The CPD Awards, which are run by the CPD Register, is an annual celebration of high quality CPD Courses. The positive Impact Award celebrates an organisation, company or training provider that …

We are delighted to announce on Friday 17th November 2023, we have inducted 2 new people into the Signature Hall of Fame. The 2 new inductees to the Signature Hall of Fame are Rubbena Aurangzeb-Tariq and Craig Crowley MBE. The purpose of the Signature Hall of Fame is to give recognition, where it is due …

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has today encouraged organisations across the capital to help tackle inequalities as he signed the British Deaf Association’s British Sign Language Charter for British Sign Language. Sadiq and Deputy Mayor for Communities and Social Justice, Dr Debbie Weekes-Bernard, welcomed members of London’s Deaf communities and representatives from organisations and …

Signature are proud to announce that we have been shortlisted for the Awarding Organisation of the Year at the Federation of Awarding Bodies Awards 2023. The prestigious FAB Awards, which is now in its 8th year, recognises the contributions made by awarding organisations and their employees to education and skills in the UK over the …

Signature collaborate with Signly to Boost Digital Accessibility on Their Website Since 1982, Signature has supported more than 500,000 people to learn British Sign Language. Signature is proud to be the leading awarding body for deaf communication and language qualifications in the UK. The organisation continually strives to create qualifications that will provide learners with …

In November 2022, Signature held our inaugural Hall of Fame event at the National Football Museum in Manchester where we inducted 10 people into the Signature Hall of Fame. The event recognised those people who have gone above and beyond to improve deaf communication over this time. While we would love to be able to …

Press Release: Bringing highly anticipated award winning Indie Film “Since August” to audiences worldwide this summer, a remarkable poetic drama told entirely in American Sign Language (ASL) with English subtitles and no spoken dialogue, is set to make its highly anticipated release on August 16th, 2023. Written, produced, directed, and co-edited by the visionary filmmaker …

We are delighted to announce that Signature have been named as one of four finalists in the Positive Impact Award at the prestigious CPD Awards, for our Deaf Awareness Course which was created alongside RNID. The Positive Impact Award has been created for an organisation, company or training provider that has made a positive impact …