Jen Bird
@jenpenbird.bsky.social
BSL/English Interpreter, Web Developer, Co-founder of Signalise Co-op. Mum of 2 #womenintech views=own (was Jen Smith)
@signalisecoop.bsky.social is on two national frameworks for in-person and video interpreting - NHS Shared Business Services and HealthTrust Europe.
Proud of our achievements in tech, reducing missed appointments and inequalities... led by coop members 💪
🔗 Blog: signalise.coop/p/blog-25110...
Proud of our achievements in tech, reducing missed appointments and inequalities... led by coop members 💪
🔗 Blog: signalise.coop/p/blog-25110...
Signalise joins more public sector frameworks for interpreting and translation
We’re proud to announce that Signalise is now approved on two national NHS frameworks and one local framework...
signalise.coop
November 12, 2025 at 4:43 PM
@signalisecoop.bsky.social is on two national frameworks for in-person and video interpreting - NHS Shared Business Services and HealthTrust Europe.
Proud of our achievements in tech, reducing missed appointments and inequalities... led by coop members 💪
🔗 Blog: signalise.coop/p/blog-25110...
Proud of our achievements in tech, reducing missed appointments and inequalities... led by coop members 💪
🔗 Blog: signalise.coop/p/blog-25110...
Surely this has to stop, sign petition please!
🚨Urgent: Thames Water want permission from Ofwat to ILLEGALLY pollute rivers and seas until 2040.
🤮They want your bills to fill their pockets with gold, while they fill your rivers with sewage.
✍️Sign now. Tell Ofwat to say NO to Thames Water before Tuesday 21st October.
🤮They want your bills to fill their pockets with gold, while they fill your rivers with sewage.
✍️Sign now. Tell Ofwat to say NO to Thames Water before Tuesday 21st October.
Thames Water want to pollute illegally until 2040. Ofwat must say NO.
Thames water want to make at deal with Ofwat, to pollute illegally for 15 years
weownit.org.uk
October 14, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Surely this has to stop, sign petition please!
Mandate Festivals to Tackle Abandoned Camping Gear chng.it/Yk8DM25W via @UKChange
Sign the Petition
Mandate Festivals to Tackle Abandoned Camping Gear
chng.it
October 7, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Mandate Festivals to Tackle Abandoned Camping Gear chng.it/Yk8DM25W via @UKChange
First experience of chatGPT editing out something political...
Wrote a round-up of the Labour Party and included Reform critising DWP for spending so much on interpreters (think return on investment people). Asked for a quick edit and it dropped it! 😲 www.linkedin.com/posts/jenbir...
Wrote a round-up of the Labour Party and included Reform critising DWP for spending so much on interpreters (think return on investment people). Asked for a quick edit and it dropped it! 😲 www.linkedin.com/posts/jenbir...
Reflections from Labour Party Conference:
For the third year running, Signalise Co-op supported the Labour Party (UK) conference. It was a privilege to work with our brilliant BSL/English… | Jennifer...
Reflections from Labour Party Conference:
For the third year running, Signalise Co-op supported the Labour Party (UK) conference. It was a privilege to work with our brilliant BSL/English interpreter...
www.linkedin.com
October 3, 2025 at 3:43 PM
First experience of chatGPT editing out something political...
Wrote a round-up of the Labour Party and included Reform critising DWP for spending so much on interpreters (think return on investment people). Asked for a quick edit and it dropped it! 😲 www.linkedin.com/posts/jenbir...
Wrote a round-up of the Labour Party and included Reform critising DWP for spending so much on interpreters (think return on investment people). Asked for a quick edit and it dropped it! 😲 www.linkedin.com/posts/jenbir...
Mutual and Co-operatives Sector Business Council reception … importance of #coops for the economy, for Places and the aims to double the size of the sector #labourconference @rosemarley.bsky.social
September 29, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Mutual and Co-operatives Sector Business Council reception … importance of #coops for the economy, for Places and the aims to double the size of the sector #labourconference @rosemarley.bsky.social
Reposted by Jen Bird
While everyone is getting hyped for the Labour Deputy Leadership
The Co-op Party is holding a by-election for its NEC in England North (NW, NE, Y&H)
I’m delighted to announce I’m standing as someone active our movement I know that Co-op values are only way Labour can defeat reform
The Co-op Party is holding a by-election for its NEC in England North (NW, NE, Y&H)
I’m delighted to announce I’m standing as someone active our movement I know that Co-op values are only way Labour can defeat reform
September 9, 2025 at 8:42 AM
While everyone is getting hyped for the Labour Deputy Leadership
The Co-op Party is holding a by-election for its NEC in England North (NW, NE, Y&H)
I’m delighted to announce I’m standing as someone active our movement I know that Co-op values are only way Labour can defeat reform
The Co-op Party is holding a by-election for its NEC in England North (NW, NE, Y&H)
I’m delighted to announce I’m standing as someone active our movement I know that Co-op values are only way Labour can defeat reform
Lisa Nandy MP at the diverse communities reception… diversity was part of growing up in the UK and we need to fight for the country we believe in
September 28, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Lisa Nandy MP at the diverse communities reception… diversity was part of growing up in the UK and we need to fight for the country we believe in
Diversity reception at #labourconference Baroness Jacqui Smith … other parties do not want equalities but Labour does, it is part of our mission
September 28, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Diversity reception at #labourconference Baroness Jacqui Smith … other parties do not want equalities but Labour does, it is part of our mission
What an end to #dovasdag2025 #dövasdag in Sweden 🇸🇪 with the supremely talented SignMark 🤩🤩🤩 Tell me someone in the UK has booked him for his final tour in 2026… #deafdayuk anyone? #deaf #signlanguage
September 28, 2025 at 11:04 AM
What an end to #dovasdag2025 #dövasdag in Sweden 🇸🇪 with the supremely talented SignMark 🤩🤩🤩 Tell me someone in the UK has booked him for his final tour in 2026… #deafdayuk anyone? #deaf #signlanguage
Kids are involved in #dovasdag #dovasdag2025 and I can see #deafpride #deafidentity and #signlangage… I imagine there are hearing parents here too mingling and absorbing #deafculture 🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪 this is community 🤩 2/2
September 27, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Kids are involved in #dovasdag #dovasdag2025 and I can see #deafpride #deafidentity and #signlangage… I imagine there are hearing parents here too mingling and absorbing #deafculture 🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪 this is community 🤩 2/2
THIS is how you do #deaf day #dövasdag #dovasdag2025 exhibition stands, performances, culture, information and debates… and the kids are right there, included and part of the community, art, #deafidentity and #signlanguage 1/2
September 27, 2025 at 12:26 PM
THIS is how you do #deaf day #dövasdag #dovasdag2025 exhibition stands, performances, culture, information and debates… and the kids are right there, included and part of the community, art, #deafidentity and #signlanguage 1/2
Onto Stockholm and a busy day on Thursday meeting Sveriges Dovas Riksforbund (Swedish #deaf association) and 2 interpreters… everyone has been so welcoming! The global stories of what we’ve achieved are to be celebrated but even in #sweden so much more to do for #signlanguage and #accessibility
September 27, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Onto Stockholm and a busy day on Thursday meeting Sveriges Dovas Riksforbund (Swedish #deaf association) and 2 interpreters… everyone has been so welcoming! The global stories of what we’ve achieved are to be celebrated but even in #sweden so much more to do for #signlanguage and #accessibility
Reposted by Jen Bird
My colleagues are losing funding left and right: and its not just research it is to train specialists teachers. It was a quick Friday afternoon dump that got my field on fire, here is a mainstream article
#Disability #DEI #TeacherPreparation #Academia #Blind #LowVision #TSVI #COMS #Braille #Deaf
#Disability #DEI #TeacherPreparation #Academia #Blind #LowVision #TSVI #COMS #Braille #Deaf
Trump Canceled Millions for Special Education Teacher Training. What's Next?
More than $30 million for teacher training and parent resources will no longer flow as scheduled.
www.edweek.org
September 9, 2025 at 8:39 PM
My colleagues are losing funding left and right: and its not just research it is to train specialists teachers. It was a quick Friday afternoon dump that got my field on fire, here is a mainstream article
#Disability #DEI #TeacherPreparation #Academia #Blind #LowVision #TSVI #COMS #Braille #Deaf
#Disability #DEI #TeacherPreparation #Academia #Blind #LowVision #TSVI #COMS #Braille #Deaf
Chatting to an American couple in Stockholm. He was a pastor and his wife used to sign in church for a 5 year old deaf girl who’d tell her sometimes that she was using the wrong signs… The next sentence was no surprise… the girl came from a #deaf family #languageacquisition
September 26, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Chatting to an American couple in Stockholm. He was a pastor and his wife used to sign in church for a 5 year old deaf girl who’d tell her sometimes that she was using the wrong signs… The next sentence was no surprise… the girl came from a #deaf family #languageacquisition
If the NHS is going further down the privatisation route (please no) then this is what we should aspire to… co-operatively owned services that do not take remove money from local economies
🩺 The cooperatives that make up the #MondragonHealth alliance offer all kinds of solutions and products, such as the design and implementation of emergency plans tailored to the customer. Want to know more? l.mndrgn.com/rz6q2
September 26, 2025 at 8:08 AM
If the NHS is going further down the privatisation route (please no) then this is what we should aspire to… co-operatively owned services that do not take remove money from local economies
I’m in Sweden… just been asked for age verification on Blue Sky and thought this was a great initiative. Turns out it’s in the UK too! bsky.social/about/blog/0... so good being on an ethical platform 🙌
bsky.social
September 26, 2025 at 7:30 AM
I’m in Sweden… just been asked for age verification on Blue Sky and thought this was a great initiative. Turns out it’s in the UK too! bsky.social/about/blog/0... so good being on an ethical platform 🙌
I was in 🇫🇮 for my Churchill Fellowship research project and visited Kuurojen Litto (FAD) and WFD and saw the Finnish Deaf Museum, met some wonderful people. Brilliant to see a whole building dedicated to deaf people, history and interpreter training via Humak. If only we had this in the UK!
September 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I was in 🇫🇮 for my Churchill Fellowship research project and visited Kuurojen Litto (FAD) and WFD and saw the Finnish Deaf Museum, met some wonderful people. Brilliant to see a whole building dedicated to deaf people, history and interpreter training via Humak. If only we had this in the UK!
Happy United Nations International Day of Sign Languages!
from Finland 🇫🇮 🇫🇮 🇫🇮
@signalisecoop.bsky.social
from Finland 🇫🇮 🇫🇮 🇫🇮
@signalisecoop.bsky.social
September 23, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Happy United Nations International Day of Sign Languages!
from Finland 🇫🇮 🇫🇮 🇫🇮
@signalisecoop.bsky.social
from Finland 🇫🇮 🇫🇮 🇫🇮
@signalisecoop.bsky.social
This is the culmination of 5 years of hard work and commitment by co-op members. So happy our work is recognised! Congrats to all those short-listed 🙌 and looking forward to meeting everyone!
We are so proud to be shortlisted for two awards! 🎉
We are in such great company with all of the fantastic shortlisted organisations - Jen and Olive can’t wait to celebrate at Southbank this November!
We are in such great company with all of the fantastic shortlisted organisations - Jen and Olive can’t wait to celebrate at Southbank this November!
We’re proud to announce the shortlist for the UK Social Enterprise Awards 2025 – congratulations to all our applicants on their impactful work!
Read the full shortlist across 15 categories: buff.ly/3dg5OjD
Read the full shortlist across 15 categories: buff.ly/3dg5OjD
September 2, 2025 at 3:14 PM
This is the culmination of 5 years of hard work and commitment by co-op members. So happy our work is recognised! Congrats to all those short-listed 🙌 and looking forward to meeting everyone!
Reposted by Jen Bird
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Govt's £100bn price for nationalising England water is bogus
£100bn calculated by OFWAT: Value at privatisation X annual rate of inflation + investment; repeated each year. The answer does not represent any value.
On this basis a car bought for £10k in 1989 would have £50k value.
Utter nonsense
£100bn calculated by OFWAT: Value at privatisation X annual rate of inflation + investment; repeated each year. The answer does not represent any value.
On this basis a car bought for £10k in 1989 would have £50k value.
Utter nonsense
Public ownership is the only way to save the water industry
Public ownership is the only viable alternative but is opposed by the government
leftfootforward.org
July 30, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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Visiting family and we’ve got on a train for 11 mins. It’s cost £40 as a family of 4. Just overheard a young family (standing room only for them) saying it would’ve been cheaper for them to drive. #nationalise the trains #privatisationfail @weownit.org.uk
August 22, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Visiting family and we’ve got on a train for 11 mins. It’s cost £40 as a family of 4. Just overheard a young family (standing room only for them) saying it would’ve been cheaper for them to drive. #nationalise the trains #privatisationfail @weownit.org.uk
Love our allotment, the community, getting outdoors and hanging with friends growing veg (and sometimes drinking beer). It is the best thing ever. Connection to the land is more important than ever...
Sign to keep our allotments: weownit.org.uk/act-now/hand...
Sign to keep our allotments: weownit.org.uk/act-now/hand...
Angela Rayner: Hands off our allotments | We Own It
weownit.org.uk
August 7, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Love our allotment, the community, getting outdoors and hanging with friends growing veg (and sometimes drinking beer). It is the best thing ever. Connection to the land is more important than ever...
Sign to keep our allotments: weownit.org.uk/act-now/hand...
Sign to keep our allotments: weownit.org.uk/act-now/hand...
A woman with leg pain relied on her young daughter to interpret...doctor suspected a serious blood clot, referred... urgency was lost in translation. Care delayed. Two days later, the clot traveled to her lungs and she died. #interpreting (From bit.ly/3GZgt6k) medicalxpress.com/news/2025-07... 1/3
Lost in translation: Research shows health care interpreters are underused
Education and training of Australian health practitioners should place greater emphasis on the importance of using professional interpreting services in clinical settings, according to a new book by M...
medicalxpress.com
August 7, 2025 at 10:54 AM
A woman with leg pain relied on her young daughter to interpret...doctor suspected a serious blood clot, referred... urgency was lost in translation. Care delayed. Two days later, the clot traveled to her lungs and she died. #interpreting (From bit.ly/3GZgt6k) medicalxpress.com/news/2025-07... 1/3
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Just asked Canva AI to make me a new logo for a jobclub for deaf people 🤣🤣 AI is definitely not quite there yet.
July 24, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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