Signature (charity)
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Signature is a trading name of CACDP which is a charity
registered in England and Wales, and Scotland. Signature promotes excellence in communication with deaf and deafblind people so their vision of a society in which deaf people have full access can become a reality. Signature encourages greater understanding of deaf and deafblind people and the languages and communication methods they use.
Signature offers nationally recognised qualifications in subjects such as British Sign Language
and speech to text reporting, which over 30,000 learners study at more than 700 locations across the UK and Ireland each year.
Signature also administers the National Registers for Communication Professionals working with Deaf and Deafblind People (NRCPD). Today more than 600 communication professionals working with deaf and deafblind people choose the NRCPD as their professional registration body.
Charitable organization
A charitable organization is a type of non-profit organization . It differs from other types of NPOs in that it centers on philanthropic goals A charitable organization is a type of non-profit organization (NPO). It differs from other types of NPOs in that it centers on philanthropic goals A...
registered in England and Wales, and Scotland. Signature promotes excellence in communication with deaf and deafblind people so their vision of a society in which deaf people have full access can become a reality. Signature encourages greater understanding of deaf and deafblind people and the languages and communication methods they use.
Signature offers nationally recognised qualifications in subjects such as British Sign Language
British Sign Language
British Sign Language is the sign language used in the United Kingdom , and is the first or preferred language of some deaf people in the UK; there are 125,000 deaf adults in the UK who use BSL plus an estimated 20,000 children. The language makes use of space and involves movement of the hands,...
and speech to text reporting, which over 30,000 learners study at more than 700 locations across the UK and Ireland each year.
Signature also administers the National Registers for Communication Professionals working with Deaf and Deafblind People (NRCPD). Today more than 600 communication professionals working with deaf and deafblind people choose the NRCPD as their professional registration body.