Last week, we shared the exciting news that we had chosen a winner and two runners-up for our BSL Poet Laureate competition 2023. You have been waiting patiently, but now we can share their poems with you!
UK BSL Poet Laureate: Kabir Kapoor
LATEST NEWS
Coronation of Your Majesty The King
On the occasion of the Coronation of Your Majesty The King and Her Majesty The Queen Consort, we, the British Deaf Association (BDA), wish to extend to Your Majesty our sincere congratulations and best wishes for yourself and your family, and our hopes for the welfare and prosperity of the people of United Kingdom.
BSL Poet Laureate Competition: Winner
Remember the BDA was looking for the UK’s first ever Deaf BSL Poet Laureate? We are proud to announce that we have found the right person!
BDA Condemns “life-threatening communication failures” in NHS
The British Deaf Association (BDA) has condemned the “life-threatening communication failures” experienced every day by Deaf British Sign Language (BSL) users in the NHS, after the latest tragic incident in which a Deaf woman from Derby found out by accident that her husband had died, as paramedics could not communicate with her and no BSL interpreter was provided.
News Release: Introduce yourself to BSL
The British Deaf Association (BDA) today launched the first national Sign Language Week campaign since the legal recognition of British Sign Language in 2022. The BSL Act (2022), which passed on 28 April 2022, recognised BSL as an indigenous language of Great Britain after many years of campaigning by the Deaf community, led by the BDA and the BSL Act Now! campaign group.
Message to Young Deaf People: Apply to join the WFDYS Youth Camp
We are pleased to release an application process for young Deaf people to apply to attend the WFDYS Camp in South Korea this summer.