ASLI is the professional association and support network for Sign Language interpreters in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Our membership includes those who work as interpreters and Deaf and hearing people who support our aims.
What do we do?
- Publish a Membership magazine called NEWSLI. It is produced quarterly and is a magazine for the profession. It contains issues relating to all practicing Interpreters and offers a global perspective on our work.
- Issue Professional Indemnity Insurance as a membership benefit to Full & Associate Members.
- Hold regular national and regional meetings to enable all members to become involved. These include training sessions, discussions on the development of the interpreting profession and ASLI policy. Our meetings provide an ideal forum for networking with other professionals.
- Sit on various committees that are connected with Sign Language interpreting to represent the views of the Association.
- Foster links with Sign Language Interpreters in other countries.
The aims of the Association are:
- To encourage good practice in Sign Language interpreting
- To represent the interests and views of Sign Language interpreters and the Sign Language interpreting profession in England, Wales and Northern Ireland
By:
- Providing a structure for the ongoing professional development of Sign Language Interpreters
- Providing an online directory of associate and full members
- Developing and implementing policy documentation, procedure, guides and statements
- Providing for a for discussion of issues relating to Sign Language interpreting and the provision of interpreting services
- Encouraging training, research and other initiatives
- Providing information to Interpreters and users of interpreting services
- Providing assistance and support to Sign Language Interpreters;
- Providing representation on and liaising with other organisations involved in the fields of deafness and Interpreting
- Doing all such other things necessary for the furtherance of the above aims.