One-to-One RSLI Online — Weekends

Service Description

A registered BSL interpreter for your Saturday or Sunday, online. We name your interpreter before we confirm, and there is nothing to pay until it has been delivered. One Registered Sign Language Interpreter, joining online for one Deaf person, weekends between 09:00 and 17:00. ACCESS AT THE WEEKEND Community groups and faith gatherings, courses and clubs, family occasions, sports and hobby groups, online events people can only reach at the weekend. The parts of life that have nothing to do with work - and usually the first to go uninterpreted. CONFIRMED BY A PERSON, NOT A SCREEN Our interpreters are on shift during weekday hours. Weekends are sourced individually, so this is a request rather than an instant booking - and that is deliberate. We find your interpreter, they accept the work, and then we confirm to you. You will never hold a confirmation for a Saturday nobody has agreed to cover. Book at least 14 days ahead. Weekend cover is the scarcest there is, and a fortnight is what makes it findable. If your date is sooner, ask anyway and we will tell you straight away whether we can reach it. You are not charged until the service has been delivered. You can pay in advance if you prefer. Cancel or reschedule free of charge up to seven days before the start. WEEKEND COVER IS EASIER TO FIND ONLINE Asking an interpreter to give up a Saturday is one thing; asking them to give up a Saturday and drive two hours each way is another. Take the travel out and the pool of interpreters able to work your weekend grows considerably - which means a better match, booked more easily. A NAMED INTERPRETER, NOT A CALL CENTRE There are two quite different things people mean by remote interpreting. One is an on-demand video line where you take whoever answers. This is the other kind: a named, registered interpreter, booked for your event, who has read your material beforehand. ASLI's best-practice guidance for video interpreting draws exactly this distinction. It is the difference between access and a lottery. WORKING TO A STANDARD, NOT JUST A CONNECTION Every session is delivered remotely by a registered interpreter working to our own standards and to that same ASLI guidance: preparation before the day, what the interpreter must be able to see and hear, pacing and turn-taking, rest breaks, and when a second interpreter is required. Remote is not a lighter version of the work. The guidance exists precisely because a video link takes something away, and the working practices are what put it back. WHY ORGANISATIONS BOOK THIS Clubs, charities, faith groups and event organisers all have duties under the Equality Act 2010 to make reasonable adjustments so that a Deaf person is not put at a disadvantage. Booking a registered interpreter is how that is met - and it leaves a record. THE SAME WORK, WITHOUT THE TRAVEL Interpreting through a screen is not a lighter version of the job. The interpreter loses depth, peripheral vision and the natural turn-taking cues a room gives them, and adapts how they sign and how they read others to compensate. So the fee matches the equivalent in-person weekend service. What you save is the travel. WE JOIN YOU Teams, Zoom, Google Meet, or whatever you already use. Tell us the platform and send the joining link with your booking - or ask us to set up a Teams link for you. Nothing to install, nothing to buy. WHAT IS INCLUDED The interpreter for the full booked period, their preparation, and their rest breaks. We name them to you before the day. Every interpreter is registered, bound by the NRCPD code of conduct including confidentiality, and carries their own indemnity insurance. PRICE Prices include VAT. A full day is six hours of interpreting; beyond six hours the rate is £127.50 an hour. If any part is recorded, that is agreed in writing beforehand and costs £550 a full day or £275 for less. NOT QUITE THIS? If the event is wider than a one-to-one conversation, it needs a pair - see Co-worked RSLI Online. For a trainee interpreter at 15% less, see One-to-One TSLI Online.