News Release: In celebration of National British Sign Language (BSL) Day, we are excited to share that we have found this year's 2024 Deaf BSL Poet Laureate! National BSL Day is celebrated in honour of the historic date when BSL was first recognised in law as an indigenous language of Great Britain, with the British Sign Language (BSL) Act 2022. After a tough competition, our winner and runners-up are: 🏆BSL Poet Laureate 2024-2025 Ismael Mansoor 🥈Second place Sandra Duguid 🥉Third place Sahera

Happy National BSL Day! 🎉 Today, we celebrate the recognition of British Sign Language (BSL) as an indigenous language of the UK. On 28 April 2022, the UK Parliament passed the BSL Act after years of campaigning by the Deaf community, led by the British Deaf Association and a core group of deaf organisations. The BSL Act Now! campaign, sponsored by Rosie Cooper MP, was supported by the former Minister for Disabled People, Chloe Smith MP. We want to take this moment to reflect and thank our form