GoingPro 2025

Setting sail on your professional journey: From theories to realities

Date: 27th September 2025

Location: Brighton

What is GoingPro?

GoingPro is ASLI’s one-day conference tailor-made for student and trainee sign language interpreters and translators. Packed with relevant topics and delivered by experienced professionals, GoingPro is a lively, safe space to ask questions, gain knowledge, and build confidence. It’s the ideal place to begin your professional journey.

🎓 Why Students & Trainees Should Attend

• Real-World Preparation: Interpreting in mental health, legal, event, social care, and educational settings.
• Understand Complex Client Needs: Topics include Deaf interpreters, neurodiversity, and EDI.
• Sustainable Career Tips: Self-employment, working with agencies, Access to Work.
• Support Systems: Learn about PIP assessments and interpreter roles.
• Supervision & Safeguarding: Practical insight into essential areas of professional responsibility.
• Networking: Connect with peers and professionals to kickstart your career.

💡 Topics Include:

• Setting up as self-employed
• Working with agencies
• Working with Deaf interpreters
• Neurodiversity and interpreting
• Equality, diversity, and inclusion
• Access to Work
• Interpreting in mental health, legal, and event settings
• PIP and assessments
• Interpreting for Deaf children
• Social care settings & safeguarding
• Supervision for interpreters

🎤 Presenters Include:

Tori Raw, Andy Smith, Vicki Carrabin, Karen Belcher, Vicki Lamb, Azaria Francis, Layne Whittaker, Sarah Perks, Janine Lowe, Catherine Hall, Sarah Gatford, Tracey Kelsall, Katherine O'Grady, Rebecca Fenton Ree, Caron Wolfenden, David Wycherley, Kate Labno, Angela Culling, Jill Henshaw