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New Director Appointed
Press Release 4th September 2006
New Director takes up challenge
The Scottish Association of Sign Language Interpreters (SASLI) have great pleasure to announce the appointment of Helga McGilp as their new Director. Helga will take up post in November.
Helga brings with her a wealth of knowledge, skills and experience that she has gained as Director of Scottish Deaf Association (SDA). Helga has already indicated the need to move the association in a positive and progressive direction with key stakeholders such as the Deaf community and other major players in the public, voluntary and private sectors. This appointment is truly inspirational and ground breaking for the Deaf Community as Helga is herself Deaf and a British Sign Language (BSL) user. As a recipient of interpreting services she is fully aware of the skills and standards that are required.
With the appointment of Helga, the first Deaf Director of an Interpreting association in the UK , the introduction of a compulsory programme of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) also a first within the UK and with many more developments in the field, this is indeed an exciting time for the BSL/English interpreting community.
“This is an important time for SASLI due to their new vision for the future, which is to achieve equality in access to communication for Deaf and hearing people. I am looking forward to working with key people and ensuring that Deaf people are at the forefront of improving access and standards in BSL/English interpreting in Scotland .”
Says Helga
“This year SASLI reaches its 25 th anniversary and will be celebrating the many achievements it has made within the field of BSL/English Interpreting. At this exciting time we look forward to Helga taking up post as Director and building on the foundation which has been laid, by seeking to further promote and enhance the standards and work of BSL/English interpreters with all its stake holders”
Says Andrew Dewey – Convener