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Gwent Police ‘apology’ for failing the Deaf community (bylines.cymru)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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In February I reported how the Deaf community was failed by the Welsh Government. It had stood by and, in the face of objections, allowed Gwent Police to take control of the sign language interpreting facility for Deaf people in Wales and create the Welsh Interpreter and Translation Service (WITS).

The Minister for Social Justice Jane Hutt MS, Maria Battle and Professor C Janczewski – Chairs of the Cardiff and Vale University Health Board – and Councillor Chris Weaver, Cardiff Council Cabinet Member for Finance, had all apologised for not consulting the Deaf community prior to WITS taking control of British Sign Language (BSL) interpreting in 2010. Only Gwent Police, the instigator of the WITS project, failed to offer an apology.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Did anyone else think there were people policing a card game at first?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Likely not in here, Gwent is a fairly well known area in Wales.