British Deaf Association awards Sign Language Charter to Greater London Authority
The British Deaf Association has awarded its Sign Language Charter to the Greater London Authority (GLA), recognising the…
23 September 2026
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BT Sport launches ‘Sign Up’ to spotlight the deaf community
BT Sport has launched 'Sign Up' - a new initiative that aims to raise the profile of the deaf community within sport, help make its programming accessible to all,…
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BDA Statement re: Laycock Primary School
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…
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International Day of Persons with Disabilities
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…
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Work to be done on census figures for BSL
The British Deaf Association (BDA) is pleased to see that the 2021 Census managed to reach and count more deaf BSL signers in England and Wales, an increase of…
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Send a BDA eCard this Christmas
The BDA is on #DontSendMeACard raising funds for Christmas this year! It's really simple – make a donation of what you would have spent on paper cards and you…
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BDA win at Sense Awards 2022
We are very excited to announce that the British Deaf Association picked up the award for Campaigner of the Year at this year's Sense Awards for our work on…
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