Interpreters of Colour Network

What I (Jacqui Beckford) learnt while chatting via Zoom with the charming Anna Mbayo, was that it is priceless to be understood by...

Deaf Day is a free annual event hosted by City Lit's Centre for Deaf Education where the Deaf community come together, socialise and walk...

Whilst studying for a BA (Hons) at Stirling University between 2004-2008, I joined a BSL interest group. To keep the group open and to...

#MoreThanJustAnInterpreter is a regular segment in our newsletter where we highlight the other things that our members do, aside from...

Happy New Year from everyone in the Interpreters of Colour Network! On the 27th November 2021, IOCN had our very first, joyous AGM....

Bharti – a name which in Indian Sanskrit, means “Cherished”. In the Hindu language and religion, Bharti is the “Goddess of knowledge and...

From a post-workshop WhatsApp group set up in early December 2019 for informal support, to a 100-plus membership network, Jacqui Beckford...

Having been asked to write this piece, I had to look back over my working life and do some evaluating. Not only of the profession but of...

Interpreting between British Sign Language and spoken English, using standard language, is challenging enough on good days. But the gear...