Equality and Rights project: Announcement

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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.

BDA England: Announcement

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We are delighted to share the news that we have received funding from Scope, the disability equality charity, to continue our ‘Bringing our community together’ project until 2024.

BDA Statement re: Laycock Primary School

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We were extremely concerned to learn that this excellent specialist deaf unit in Islington is under threat for what appears to be purely budgetary reasons. Parents are rightly up in arms, and they must be listened to; they know what is right for their children, because they can see the benefits of their children being surrounded by their deaf peers every day, and learning in a language that is accessible to them.

International Day of Persons with Disabilities

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The BDA’s vision to Protect, Preserve and Promote British Sign Language (BSL) and Irish Sign Language (ISL) in Northern Ireland conforms to the United Nations ethos that “disability inclusion is an essential condition to upholding human rights” and that includes Deaf people who use BSL and ISL.