Latest News From CACDP

On-line submission of AAFs available
Continuing the developments seen in the centre portal Applications for Achievement Forms can now be submitted on-line.

Strategic Plan 2008-2011
We are pleased to share with everyone our strategic plan for working toward the CACDP vision of a society in which deaf and deafblind people have full access.

Free Weekend for Welsh Deaf BSL Teachers
BSL Futures invites Deaf BSL teachers in Wales to learn and share skills in teaching British Sign Language.

See Hear looks at interpreters
On Wednesday 5 March BBC TWO’s See Hear looked at problems Deaf people experience when using or trying to book BSL / English interpreters.

Candidate Registration is Live
CACDP has today launched online candidate registration. The new web-based service requires centres to give no notice for internal assessments, and reduces most notice periods for external assessments to just 14 days.

Funding Information
We are pleased to advise that all CACDP qualifications remain eligible for LSC Funding. Centres can make claims for this funding as usual through their local Learning and Skills Council.

What do you think of our services? We want to know
CACDP is holding a number of focus groups for approved centres and tutors up and down the UK between March and October.

Prime Minister meets All-Party Group on Deafness
On 6 February 2008, the Prime Minister met with sign language users and members of the All-Party Group on Deafness to discuss the legal status of British Sign Language.