We are demoing STT today at the UKCouncilonDeafness Annual Conference, and also proud to be sponsors. Come along and chat with our Committee Members Natalie Bracken and Kate Richardson to find out more!

At the start of Captioning Awareness Week, we are proud to support Stagetext’s campaign for more captioning in the arts. A lot of our members provide captioning for their live events and post/pre theatre discussions #CAPaware19 #captioning #SpeechtoText #STT #access

On my way to Chair our AGM. It’s going to be a fun day, here’s hoping Storm Jorge doesn’t cause too many travel problems! #avsttr #cpd #sttrs #networking #training #horridweather

Petition: Include self-employed in statutory sick pay during Coronavirus petition.parliament.uk/petitions/3003….

Protect the self-employed by supporting the ‘statutory self-employed pay’ amendment in today’s Coronavirus bill Baroness Anita Gale Chris Rennard 🔶💙🇺🇦 Clive Hollick This amendment: publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill…

Wales has an interpreter. Scotland has an interpreter. New Zealand has an interpreter. Denmark has an interpreter. Why does Boris Johnson not have an interpreter? #whereistheinterpreter #covid19

Please do the right thing and make sure your announcement today provides #selfemployed people with the same protections as everyone else. Rishi Sunak Boris Johnson.

This is great news, it will help our members immensely in these difficult times

A staggering 2.5 million viewers switched on Stagetext's subtitles for the 24 hour stream of Phantom Of The Opera. ow.ly/1akM50znm2U #subtitles #access #theatre #news #TheatreForEveryone #PhantomOfTheOpera

Meet our Director, Lesley Weatherson. The ONLY qualified midwife and BSL Interpreter in the UK - possibly even in the world! 😃 #DAW2020 #DeafAwarenessWeek #InternationalDayOfTheMidwife #ThankYouMidwives #RemovingTheBarriers #Inclusive

As we mark #DeafAwarenessWeek during #lockdown in a global pandemic, the issues that Deaf people experience in everyday life have never been as stark, says Dr Rob Wilks bit.ly/2yAj2Ix British Deaf News British Deaf Association Royal Association for Deaf people SignHealth @DisabilityNow USW Legal Clinic

Here are some of our members’ home office setups, providing #remote #STT #captioning during #COVID19 #lockdown Luckily no pyjamas in sight!! #DeafAwarenessWeek #DAW2020 #StayHomeSaveLives

We may lose professionals altogether if their self employed business isn’t sustainable. Bills don’t reduce. Energy bills and food need to be paid for. Keep the parity with furloughed employees #Equality

Please confirm you are extending the SEISS. Our members, all freelance, can’t go back to work until mass gatherings are allowed eg conferences/events/meetings. SEISS has been amazing but needs to continue #AskRishi

We are doing some research around gaps in communication support for deaf English users. We value your feedback on what you believe the problems are around access for deaf English users and what you would like to see happen in the future: surveymonkey.co.uk/r/TCSG927 (1/2)

The Deaf community celebrating the moment the BSL Bill passes its Second Reading in UK parliament. A historical moment!

Our Chair Julia Jacobie and member Jean Gough, with facilitation from Nicole Tuti Harrison, had a very successful weekend delivering the Signature STTR training course to a fab group. Once assessments are done soon, hopefully there’ll be more STTRs on the NRCPD Register!

Our website is back up and running but unfortunately the email booking service is still down. Please email any STTR/captioning bookings to the Chair: [email protected], or you can contact us here or on our FB page.

Totally agree!

Just heard the news about the lovely Tim Barlow. Some of our members worked for him many times over the years, such a gent with a great legacy of work. RIP Tim 😢