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Getting qualifications in BSL
The Council for the Advancement of Communication with Deaf People (CACDP) is the registered charity offering a wide range of nationally accredited qualifications.
Its awards, from basic to advanced levels, include British and Irish Sign Languages (BSL and ISL), and a wide range of communication methods commonly used by Deaf, deafened, hard of hearing and deafblind people.
Courses leading to CACDP awards are offered at over 700 colleges and centres around the UK. It has a useful website www.cacdp.org.uk with maps showing where BSL is being taught.
CACDP is also the registration body for professional BSL/English interpreters (for England, Wales & N Ireland), and UK wide for Lipspeakers, Deafblind Interpreters (Manual) and Speech to Text Reporters.
