There was a fabulous turn out and atmosphere for A Way A Day – a multicultural health and well-being event – we were happy to support many of our service users to participate with Community Interpreters attending speaking Arabic, Bengali, Cantonese, Russian, Portuguese and Turkish.
SIS was one of the first charities to apply for the Customer Service Excellence (CSE) Award. We use the criteria to keep a focus on improvement and innovation. We have done this every year since 2009. This year we have achieved an unprecedented Compliance + in 4 areas: We use customer insight to inform policy…
SIS have recently achieved the Investing in Volunteers Quality Standard, recognising the excellent work we do with volunteers. Arran Evans, SIS Director said “We are delighted to have achieved this important award and will use it to continue to improve our support for Volunteer Linguists and others.” Investing in Volunteers is the UK quality standard…
Brighton & Hove International Migrant Needs Assessment (IMNA) launched last night at Brighton Museum. We are pleased to be involved and attended with our Community Researchers. The language barrier and need for interpreting was central to the IMNA. We remain particularly concerned at barriers to accessing BHCC Housing Services for the 2,500 residents who do…
To coincide with the NHS Stoptober Campaign SIS is re-promoting ways that people with language needs can access help and support to stop smoking. SIS can help people to make a referral for support from the NHS or Public Health practitioners. To get help with a referral please contact ben@sussexintpreting.org.uk or call 01273 234824 The…
Congratulations to all SIS interpreters who have started the Ascentis Level 3 Community Interpreting course, delivered in partnership with the WEA.
A good number of SIS linguists and staff members attended our Winter Party last week. Many thanks to all attendees, and everyone who brought delicious food!
The latest SIS Annual Review is now available online. The review provides a summary of the organisation’s activity over a 12+ months time period as well as other information about SIS. We hope you enjoy reading about our services and welcome any feedback you would like to give. DOWNLOAD ANNUAL REVIEW
Come to our Annual General Meeting! 23rd November 2017 2pm – 4:30pm Talk to SIS and local health & wellbeing services Connect with local people speaking 48 languages Celebrate with SIS our achievements Brighthelm Community Centre, North Road, Brighton BN1 1YD Crèche (booking essential) and light refreshments available. [vc_button title=”REGISTER” border_radius=”round” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.co.uk%2Fe%2Fsis-agm-2017-tickets-36951806849||target:%20_blank|”]
We organised a Service User Day on 25th September. It was an opportunity to meet people and get to know them better. We encouraged people to share their opinions of SIS. People also gave us information about the needs of their communities. There was a focus on how to overcome isolation. We were delighted to…
