Celebrating BSL Culture

We work with partners to ensure BSL users have access to and can participate in the cultural life of Scotland, enabling them to celebrate their own culture and heritage

Our long-term goal:

BSL users will have full access to the cultural life of Scotland, and equal opportunities to enjoy and contribute to culture and the arts, and are encouraged to share BSL and deaf culture with the people of Scotland.

By 2023

Scottish Ministers will

  • Action 31

    Work with Creative Scotland to help embed BSL further within culture and the arts in Scotland.

  • Action 32

    Enable BSL users to take part in culture and the arts as participants, audience members and professionals.

  • Action 33

    Support BSL organisation to celebrate BSL culture and heritage to strengthen the community, share their rich and vibrant culture, and feel more widely valued within society. We will explore opportunities for children and young people helping to foster greater visibility of deaf role models, the development of a secure sense of identity, and reduced loneliness and social isolation.

  • Action 34

    Identify ways in which the Scottish Government can further support growth for BSL in the heritage, culture and the arts sector, as well as promoting existing
    workstreams, in line with the aims and ambitions of A Culture Strategy for Scotland.