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
On Thursday 17th January, SIS was invited to meet Minister for Faith, Lord Nick Bourne at the Brighton and Hove Impetus offices. At the meeting Impetus staff and volunteers introduced two schemes for which SIS is a partner. The Neighbourhood Care Scheme encouraging and enabling people from language communities to become volunteers for, or recipients of,…
Important local research on the needs of LGBTQ Migrants, Refugees & Asylum Seekers was published in March 2018. The Report is called LGBTQ Migrants, Refugees and Asylum Seekers’ Pathways and Support in Brighton & Hove. The Report records the Background: “LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer) organisations in Brighton & Hove and across the…
Dry January is the campaign through which millions of people reset their relationship with alcohol through stopping drinking for one month. SIS will be running the campaign through our Facebook pages in English and in target community languages Arabic, Polish, Hungarian, Portuguese, Turkish, Russian, Farsi and Spanish The month-long alcohol-free challenge is the perfect start to the New Year as your…
Many thanks to everyone who attended our party on Monday, and best wishes from everyone at SIS for the festive season!
SIS is a partner in an exciting new three year project “Community Navigation Plus”. We are co-hosting an event along with TDC (Trust for Developing Communities) for services and organisations to find out about this work. It will be held on the 12th of December from 11am to 2pm at Wavertree House. We will explain…
SIS would like to thank David Hunt; Learning & Development Officer for the Brighton & Hove Local Safeguarding Board for delivering a thoroughly informative safeguarding session to a number of SIS interpreters’, and also staff from Brighton & Hove Council’s Ethnic Minority Achievement Service (EMAS).
We held a fantastic SIS Service User Day attended by 40 people speaking 7 languages. Lots of fun and laughter and a wonderful lunch from www.cardamompod.co.uk helping to make it a really social community event. Great, inclusive participation from attendees helping to design bespoke fliers for the The Neighbourhood Care Scheme and pledges made for distribution…
Congratulations to all of our interpreters who have successfully passed the Ascentis qualification, and gained their certificates. Pictured are Haissam, Talin, and Rotna, with David Slade (SIS Learning & Development Manager). David would like to congratulate them on behalf of everyone at SIS, for successfully completing their qualifications, and also for attending our office recently to…
Today SIS met with Jane Lodge, Head of Engagement for Brighton NHS Clinical Commissioning Group at the SIS offices in Brighton. It was an opportunity to show Jane what happens behind the scenes and how we manage the interpreter bookings from GP surgeries and other organisations. Jane spent time with Kate Turner, Coordination Team Manager (pictured).…
