Newcastle City Council - Interpreting - BSL

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About us

Newcastle City Council’s British Sign Language (BSL) Interpreting Service offers a booking service for the following:

• British Sign Language /English Interpreters
• Deaf Interpreters
• Deafblind Interpreters
• Lipspeakers

We have an excellent reputation regionally, and we are currently providing access for situations such as:

• Health (GP, hospitals, dentists, opticians & other primary and secondary health services),
• Mental Health (children and adults),
• Education (nurseries, pre-school services, schools, colleges, universities & community learning),  
• Police, courts, tribunals, solicitors' appointments and other legal access requirements,  
• Shops, banks, estate agents, advice centres,
• Work environment (meetings, interviews, presentations etc),
• JobCentre Plus and Job agencies services (form filling, interviews, training etc); and
• Our own council services (housing, social services, etc) 

We can also provide support for the following:

• Conferences and Seminars,
• Social events (Parties christenings, weddings, funerals...); and
• Theatres, Museums, Art galleries, Cinemas.

For information about our prices please see email us at interpreting@newcastle.gov.uk or to make a booking contact us at:

Phone 0191 211 5094
Fax 01912114888
Email interpreting@newcastle.gov.uk

Or fill in our online form

News stories

We organises British Sign Language (BSL) interpreters for deaf people in Newcastle. Read more about one family who use our service regularly as all three of them are deaf in our April edition of Citylife Magazine.

Follow the signs article - April 2011

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