SIS works with many wonderful Community Interpreters and would like to highlight the impressive accomplishment of one of them, Mazhar, who recently completed the Brighton Marathon! Mazhar, who is 72, had never run a marathon before but the secret, he tells us, is good sleep, good food and healthy boundaries. A long-serving SIS Community Interpreter,…
SIS was recently invited by The Network of International Women for Brighton & Hove to attend their weekly drop-in at the Jubilee Library to give a presentation about SIS services and increase the attendees’ awareness of how to access information online in their preferred language. By addressing language barriers, SIS wants to ensure that all…
Community Voices Group (CVG) is for Brighton and Hove residents who identify as Black, brown, Asian or from another language, ethnic or migrant community. Members of the group talk to people in their community about what’s important to them and bring this information to meetings. The group discuss issues that matter to them and then…
A Service User (SU) was referred for further support from SIS by another local organisation which supports refugees and asylum seekers. The SU had gone to their drop-in session and mentioned that he has hearing problems and has been waiting over 6 months for help with his old and broken hearing aids. He also reported…
Community Voices Group (CVG) is for Brighton and Hove residents who identify as Black, brown, Asian or from another language, ethnic or migrant community. Members of the group talk to people in their community about what’s important to them and bring this information to meetings. The group discuss the issues and then present their findings…
Kidney Cancer UK is running Kidney Cancer Awareness Week from 3rd – 7th February 2025. To coincide with that, SIS was approached by the Public Health team at Brighton and Hove City Council to look at how to share information about the common signs and symptoms of kidney cancer with SIS Service Users who wouldn’t…
Brighton and Hove City Council (BHCC) Family Hubs support families in the city with children aged from 0 to 19, and young people with special educational needs or disabilities (SEND) up to age 25. SIS was delighted to be commissioned by BHCC to create videos in 7 languages that explain what information, advice, and guidance…
SIS’ Bilingual Befriending Project matches people with a shared culture and language together to create friendships that make life better. A regular phone call is a positive social experience that relieves isolation and other social stresses. It is a distraction from everyday problems, can boost confidence, connect people with the community, help with integration and…
An NHS Memory Support Worker referred a SIS Service User (SU) to Brighton and Hove City Council (BHCC) for a Carer’s Assessment. The SU is the unpaid carer for her husband who has dementia, and she also has a long-term physical health condition. BHCC asked SIS to provide advocacy support to the SU. An advocacy…
Through its Bilingual Befriending project, SIS sets up Befriending matches between people with a shared culture and language to create friendships. Migrants, particularly the most recently arrived, are especially vulnerable to loneliness and isolation. A regular weekly phone call is a positive social experience that relieves isolation and other social stresses. It is distraction from…
