Our Strategic Vision
At long last, our language has now been recognised by the UK Government. We must seize this opportunity to prepare the ground for the world we want, promote the nationwide learning of BSL and protect our language to ensure it flourishes long into the future.
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This Strategic Vision sets out the British Deaf Association’s 10-year vision for a new civil rights movement: #BSL2032
Over the next decade, the Deaf communities in the UK must take ownership of our own future as a linguistic and cultural minority that has been oppressed and discriminated against for more than a century
Our vision is for a good quality of life for every Deaf baby, child and adult in the UK, where the language, communication and information barriers that have limited us for so long have been surmounted, as our language, British Sign Language (BSL), is at last given the space to flourish. Language is at the heart of what it means to be human. To be able to express ourselves, share information, and build relationships, every human needs a strong language foundation. Deaf people continue to be deprived of that basic human right in 2023. It is time for this to change.
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Our 10-Year Strategic Vision 2022-2032
View our Strategic Vision in an interactive format below. This gives you an easy way to read through the document online and explore our priorities, ambitions, and direction for the future of the British Deaf Association.
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