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.
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!
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.
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.
We are pleased to release an application process for young Deaf people to apply to attend the WFDYS Camp in South Korea this summer.
The British Deaf Association (BDA) has secured new funding for a new Equality and Rights project for Deaf people in Derby and Derbyshire. The funding has been awarded by The National Lottery Community Fund, the largest funder of community activity in the UK.
