People of the Year Awards – Disability Issues
Knockhundred is proud to have supplied BSL interpreters for the glittering event held at Battersea Evolution.
Knockhundred’s British Sign Language Interpreters rubbed shoulders with the likes of John Bercow MP, Dame Evelyn Glennie, Rt Honourable Yvette Cooper, Baroness Jane Campbell, Roger Berry MP, Phil Hope MP, Alastair Campbell, Cerrie Burnell, James Partidge, Mark Harper MP and Sabina Iqbal.
Sabina Iqbal (above on the left) is founder of Deaf Parenting UK, the first ever charity run by Deaf parents for Deaf parents. Julie Jaye Charles (above right) has built a national movement for black and minority ethnic disabled people and carers.
Our BSL interpreters were able to assist during the award ceremony for the following categories:
- Doing Access Differently Award, sponsored by the Office for Disability Issues
- Doing IT Differently Award
- Doing Careers Differently Award
- Doing Money Differently Award
- Doing Care and Support Differently Award, sponsored by the Equality and Human Rights Commission
- Doing Media Differently Award – Factual Programming
- Doing Media Differently Award – Fictional Programming
- Disabled Young Person of the Year Award, sponsored by HSBC
- Lifetime Achievement Award
- Person of the Year Award, sponsored by the Post Office
The general consensus was that it was a very exciting event and our interpreters were thrilled to be part of it.
This month, Knockhundred’s BSL interpreters have worked at union meetings, Brighton County Court, Brent Magistrates’ Court, job centres, a conference in Birmingham and a conference in Manchester. Our Palantypists and Deafblind interpreters have also been busy with assignments in courts and at various leadership conferences being held round the country.
If you would like to find out more about these services, please read our BSL interpreting and Palantype pages.
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