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Guidance & Planning This guidance has been written by the Scottish Government Equality Unit to help local authorities, colleges, universities, and National public bodies write their own BSL plans, which must be published by October 2018. The Equality Unit co-ordinates the Scottish Government’s work on BSL.

Click on any of the documents below to download a guide pack on how to begin creating your plan. The download also includes a template, which provides information on how to structure your plan and what should be included under each section

Colleges & Universities

This guidance has been written by the Scottish Government Equality Unit to help colleges and universities to write their own BSL plans
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Colleges & Universities

This guidance has been written by the Scottish Government Equality Unit to help colleges and universities to write their own BSL plans

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Local Authorities

The BSL (Scotland) Act 2015 requires public bodies listed in the schedule of the Act to publish BSL plans.
 

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Local NHS Boards

This guidance has been written by the Scottish Council on Deafness (SCoD) and the Scottish Government Equality Unit to support Local NHS Boards

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National Public Bodies

This guidance has been written by the Scottish Government Equality Unit to help National public bodies NOT covered by the BSL National Plan

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