Interpretation and translation service for deaf, deaf blind and hard of hearing people in Shropshire

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Shropshire Council is seeking a provider who has a good working knowledge of Shropshire, it's health and care system and Voluntary and community sector and is inviting quotations for a 3-year contract to provide Interpretation and sign language services for Deaf, deaf-blind and hard-of-hearing people within Shropshire, which will take the form of: • British sign language/English interpreters • Deafblind interpreters • Lipspeakers • Speech-to-text operators • Notetakers • Sight translations of written documents into British sign language • Translation of written documents into British sign language onto DVD/digital files • Telephone interpretations • Twenty-four-hour emergency cover, and • To coordinate this provision, via a comprehensive booking service using both in-house and freelance Communication Professionals. Please see the attached quotation document.