Have you seen our relatively new booking system? We’re very pleased. Bookings and payments for our Signature-approved courses (Level 1 through to Level 6) can now be made quickly and securely through Dot’s new website. Also new to the site is the facility for paying for courses in installments. As well as the interactive booking system, […]
The UN General Assembly has proclaimed today (23rd September 2022) as the International Day of Sign Languages to raise awareness of the importance of sign language. Did you know that there are 300 different sign languages? Did you know there are over 70 million D(d)eaf people worldwide? And did you know sign languages are natural […]
We were delighted to deliver Deaf Awareness Training for Hearst as part of National Inclusion Week (encourages organisations to treat all staff fairly and to continue meeting the Equality Act 2010). Hearst publish magazines such as: – ASDA magazine– Best– Cosmopoliton– Country Living– Elle In the session, I covered areas such as how to tell the […]
The British Film Institute is a film and charitable organisation which promotes and preserves filmmaking and television in the United Kingdom, and encourage access to and appreciation of a wide range of film. We at Dot Sign Language were delighted when they asked us to teach a group of their staff BSL. They recognise the importance of […]
Due to the number of people who booked onto the training sessions, this morning Kathleen taught a second Deaf Awareness and British Sign Language workshop at Guildford Tunsgate. Staff from the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford Museum, city centre retailers and Tunsgate head office staff all enjoyed a morning of learning how to communicate in BSL. […]
The Hawthorns School in Bletchingly, near Redhill, received funding from Surrey Deaf Children’s Society for a Deaf Awareness training workshop for their staff. The school is attended by two children with moderate to severe hearing loss, as well as several at any time experiencing glue ear (8 in 10 children experience this before age ten!) […]
Kathleen and Paul taught a very well received session at St Helier’s Hospital last Friday. Attendees particularly enjoyed pairing up and practising fingerspelling and phrases in British Sign Language. When we create training sessions we include vocabulary and scenarios which are appropriate to the workplace such as meeting and greeting patients / customers, checking an […]
This is a theatre which is committed to being accessible. They host performances with BSL interpreters, captioned performances, and provide hearing enhancement aid when required. Dot Sign Language were approached because Customer Experience Manager Ellen Bleasdale, realised how important it is for the Front of House Team to be able to communicate with Deaf patrons […]
Experience Guildford is a group of 240 city centre retailers who are committed to improving customer service and making Guildford an attractive place to shop, eat and have a great day out. We were delighted when they asked us to teach a half day Deaf Awareness and British Sign Language workshop at their Tunsgate headquarters. […]
Kathleen was invited to London-based digital marketing agency Merkle Periscopix to teach the team British Sign Language. They want to be more welcoming and accessible to D/deaf customers and colleagues. As well as teaching fingerspelling and useful phrases for meeting and greeting, Kathleen taught vocabulary related to their work such as Digital, Data, Marketing, Technology, […]
