What we provide
We work with many customers from NHS and councils, charities and social enterprises, corporate organisations, smaller voluntary organisations and unions.
We currently offer a managed service where we can advise you and take care of your needs from start to finish. You can sign up and make a booking. Even if you do not see interpreters in your region, we can still cover this.
We work with our customers and users to develop our community-owned technology solutions that benefit all our user groups.
1. In person interpreting
We supply interpreters all over the UK who are registered, very experienced and of the highest standards.
2. Remote interpreting
Need an interpreter for your remote or hybrid event? We can supply you and make sure your events are accessible.
3. Video interpreting services
We can help make your organisation accessible by allowing Deaf people to contact you using our skilled video service interpreters. Deaf people can click your organsation in our Video Interpreting Directory and be connected to an interpreter who interprets the call to you. Contact us for more information.
For Deaf users, you can buy an Access to Work contract or call NHS services with a Signalise contract.
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Sectors we’ve worked in
About us
Signalise is a multi-stakeholder co-operative which was established in October 2019. As a cooperative, our communities – deaf people and interpreters – are our members. Through many years of professional, real-world experience, we've reached a collective conclusion: the current system of booking British Sign Language Interpreters does not work. We are here to change that!
Signalise is a unique service, co-designed by our members - Deaf people and communication professionals.
We welcome involvement from health and social care providers and commissioners who need to purchase services and organisations involved in the Deaf community.
Only by working together can we meet the needs of all our user groups - Deaf people, professionals and interpreters.
Our Social Mission
There are three user groups involved in Deaf people's access to services. Deaf people, professionals and the interpreters who facilitate this communication.
We have co-designed our service with each of our user groups, running focus groups and via an online survey. Read our report Signing the right path here.
The British Deaf Association says there are up to 87,000 Deaf people who use British Sign Language in the UK as their first or preferred language.
There are only 1,300 British Sign Language(BSL)/English Interpreters in the UK with 50 on Merseyside.
Frontline staff and organisations across all sectors that need to provide services to Deaf people.