Looking for British Sign Language (BSL) information on money topics? We have collected a list of BSL videos on benefits, personal finance, banking and other money-related topics.
- Benefits & Government Support
- Retirement & Carers
- Benefits and support for children:
- Personal Finance
- Debt Management
- Banking
- Signly
- MK Deaf Zone YouTube
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Benefits & Government Support
You can claim PIP, Universal Credit with BSL online:
How to The video explains how to claim PIP. You claim PIP online with BSL help from DeafPlus
Use DeafPlus online service for BSL help to claim benefits
You can claim Universal Credit with CAB help and a SignVideo interpreter
Retirement & Carers
If you are a carer, you can claim Carer’s Allowance.
If you are retiring soon, you can ask for pension advice and check if you can claim Pension Credit – extra money for people on a low pension income.
All services will book a BSL interpreter for your appointment.
NB: Carers UK have BSL videos on a wide range of caring topics such as Carer’s assessment, coping with stress and keeping safe from scams.
Don’t forget! MK Deaf Zone YouTube channel has BSL videos a range of topics
Benefits and support for children:
You can claim Child Benefit and DLA online via Signvideo or Convo (used to be SignLive)
Claim child benefit online. Click below to start your claim.
Claim DLA for your child online. Click below to start your claim.
Click the button to claim a grant to support your child
🏠Did you know? You can ask for a Home visit to fill in benefit forms: Book a DWP support visit
Personal Finance
Need to save money? Watch the video below to learn some money saving tips:
Don’t forget! MK Deaf Zone YouTube channel has BSL videos a range of topics
Debt Management
💳National debt line BSL support
Banking
You can use SignVideo directory to contact your bank:
Check if your bank is accessible to Deaf BSL users
Some banks use a service called ‘Signly’. Signly translates website pages into BSL.
Signly
Signly helps you read text on a website. The text is translated into BSL. Watch the video below to see how it works:
To use Signly, look for the hands at the bottom of the page for BSL translation on your bank’s website. The banks that have BSL access are listed below:
- Bank of Scotland: BSL with Sign Video. *Also use Signly*
- HSBC: BSL with Sign Video
- Halifax: BSL with Sign Video. *Also use Signly *
- Santander UK: BSL with Sign video. *Signly*
- Lloyds Bank: BSL with SignVideo *Also use Signly to translate pages into BSL*
- MBNA: BSL with SignVideo *Also Signly*
- Nationwide: BSL with SignVideo
MK Deaf Zone YouTube
YouTube content may change over time. If video links are no longer active (above), try searching the channel names directly on YouTube:
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If you run a financial service that could benefit the Deaf Community, please get in touch! We will add your service to our page if you provide a BSL interpreter for appointments with your service. Please use the contact page to discuss adding your details to this page.