Purpose

This report presents the draft BSL plan for
consideration and comment. The draft plan will be considered by all
Area Committees as well as ECS and IJB before sign off at BSC in
April.

Content

The Committee noted the
Aberdeenshire British Sign Language Plan and provided the following
comments to the Business Services Committee:
1.  The inclusion of “Can you use BSL”
within the 2022 Census was welcomed,
2.  It would be helpful to know if any changes were
made to the proposed plan, following consultation and
engagement,
3.  It would be useful to know who funds Deaf Action
Scotland,
4.  It would be helpful to know if the responses
received were representative of the cohort and if the responses
differed from previous consultations,
5.  It is vital that young people have support
throughout their academic years, from staff across the
board,
6.  The expansion of BSL being taught in primary
schools was welcomed,
7.  We should take forward the inclusion of BSL users
in being able to view our committee meetings,
8.  It would be helpful to know if all consultations
were held through Engage or if there were discussions with relevant
user groups, and
9.  It would be useful to have more
information on how we are upskilling our current members of
staff.