Manchester Deaf Centre can help you to make your business accessible and welcoming to deaf and hard of hearing customers and employees. Manchester Deaf Centre provide affordable training and development opportunities for your staff team.
About the training:
Did you know:
There are more than 10 million people in the UK with some form of hearing loss, which is roughly 1 in every 6 people?
British Sign Language (BSL) is a different language to English; it has its own structure and grammar, and is the first language of over 125,000 people in the UK?
Deaf people face many barriers every day, including difficulties with accessing company help lines, customer services, websites and general communication
The training equips your staff with the awareness, skills and confidence required to make your business friendly and accessible for deaf people, and to meet your customers’ needs according to The Equalities Act (2010).
Manchester Deaf Centre offer both short courses and longer-term learning opportunities for individuals and organisations.
Manchester Deaf Centre can also tailor training to make it specific to your business, and they offer delivery at the Deaf Centre, or at your preferred venue, or online.
All of trainers are profoundly deaf native BSL users and to give you an idea, the types of training Manchester Deaf Centre currently offers includes:
- Online Deaf Awareness
- Deaf Awareness
- Deaf Awareness for Healthcare Professionals
- Online Inclusive Employment
- Online Access to Work
- Introduction to British Sign Language
For more information, to make a booking, or to discuss your training needs, contact 0161 273 3415 / 0791 736 8832 or email: [email protected]
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