Highland Council seeks views on its draft British Sign Language (BSL) Plan
The Scottish Government wants Scotland to be the best place in the world for British Sign Language (BSL) users to live, work and visit, and for BSL users to be involved in daily and public life.
The BSL (Scotland) Act 2015 requires public bodies across Scotland to publish plans every six years to show how they will promote and support BSL in their area.
Highland Council has worked with other local public bodies to gather views from local BSL users to inform and prepare a draft of their first BSL plan. The actions proposed in the draft plan aim to better promote the use and understanding of BSL in Highland and to improve access to information and services for local BSL users.
The Council is now asking for feedback from members of the public to inform their final plan.
We welcome comments from the public on this draft Plan. The draft Plan and consultation questions are published in BSL (video clips) and English. Both versions are on the Highland Council website at www.highland.gov.uk/BSLplan. You can comment in a number of ways:
- Complete the questionnaire and send by email to; HighlandBSLplans@highland.gov.uk
- Complete the questionnaire and send by post to; Rosemary Mackinnon, Highland Council, Glenurquhart Road, Inverness, IV3 5NX.
- Film a video of your comments in BSL. Upload this onto You Tube at www.youtube.co.uk
- Send comments by email to; HighlandBSLplans@highland.gov.uk
- If you are registered with ContactSCOTLAND-BSL you can contact the Council using https://contactscotland-bsl.org
The closing date for comments is 28 September 2018.