Twinkle Fingers
About Us
Hello! Welcome to the online home of Twinkle Fingers (formerly known as Sign Hear), bringing British Sign Language to hearing people.
We provide British Sign Language (BSL) tuition and Deaf Awareness Training. We are based in Nottingham, having first opened for business in 1998, and have been serving Nottingham, and the rest of the UK ever since.
Mandy Brennan is Company Director and delivers Deaf Awareness Training courses and BSL tuition. She became deaf after learning spoken language. She uses English as her first language, and BSL as a second language.
Colin Hall works for Sign Hear delivering BSL tuition. He is Deaf and a native user of British Sign Language.
We offer a full range of services, ranging from small local projects to major national work, and everything in between.
If you have any projects you would like us to undertake, please get in contact for more information. We can offer you services to match your individual or company needs.
Email mandybrennan@me.com Call Mandy On 07525363732
Services
Help with passing failed BSL Level one and two units (Signature)
Have you failed a unit at level 1 or 2 and would like help to pass without having to join another class and pay for a full year of learning again? We can provide advice, tuition and re-sits.
Deaf Awareness company training
Teaching your employees how to communicate effectively with deaf staff or customers. We offer 3 hour courses for up to 16 members of staff at extremely reasonable prices.
BSL company training
Offering a 3 hour taster course, short courses (6-12 weeks) or courses that lead to nationally recognised qualifications (through the awarding body Signature), enabling communication with Deaf people who use sign language as their first or preferred language. Suitable for those who employ deaf staff or provide goods or services to deaf customers.
Sign Language learning for children, parents, carers
Teaching at home, in nurseries, playgroups or schools, we can provide one off taster courses or short courses (4, 6, 8, 10 weeks). Children love learning sign language. We use games and songs to make learning easier and fun. Courses are adapted according to age group and we can teach courses for children aged 2 years old up to 16 years old.
Advice on Plain English documentation
Many native users of BSL struggle to understand written English. We can change your written English documents in to something that is easier for deaf people whose first language is BSL to understand.
Translation services
Changing your written English documents into BSL.