ASLI North-West Regional Meeting Minutes

Date 20/05/2026 (7:00pm-9:00pm)

Online - Zoom

Attendees: 

Laura Wainwright (LW)

Leanne Sneddon (LS)

Suzanne Truelove (ST)

Heidi Anderson (HA)

Heather Breen (HB)

Mike Payne (MP)

Tawona Fleming (TF)

Apologies:

Disclaimer – to be read out before each meeting

Everything discussed at these meetings is done so in

confidence, and we ask that you respectfully keep all

information as confidential. Should we need to discuss

something that may be a possible conflict of interest to

you, we would advise that you remove yourself from

the discussion for the duration of that topic. We will

advise when the topic in question has concluded and

will invite you back into the meeting to avoid any

poten3al issues around conflicts of interest.

1.0 

Check in and welcome

The declaration of confidentiality was read at the

start of the meeting.

2.0 

Minutes of Previous Meeting

Approved by

3.0 

Action responses –

Current committee will be coming to a close in July

so if no one takes it on any outstanding things will

go back to the main board.

Still yet to decide the exact setup but will set up a

poll to determine the details.

4.0 TSLIs

No trainees in attendance, but mindful that

someone who is a trainee would benefit from a

check in prior to the assignment to discuss any

coworking etc. Or even reach out at the time of

booking or in good time before.

Think about your own co-working preferences and

bring these to the table – let your coworker know

that it takes time to work out what these might be

and that is ok.

Be mindful that the reason someone might have

specific coworking needs could be for a number of

reasons including medical.

Other discussions about “coworking” with other

members in the assignments and how you can use

them to aid the interpretation, for example a

support worker with a client that may know that

person more than yourself. Or a spoken language

interpreter. Prior discussions are key!

5.0 Training

ASLI NW day – similar format to last year.

POST MEETING EDIT…NEW DATE FOR ASLI

NW DAY IS 1ST AUGUST.

Other groups and training events that aren't

specific to NW – you can check on the ASLI

website

Free resources out there not necessarily linked to

interpreting as such – if you're working with

someone with dementia for example you can

access free online courses on Alzheimers Society

website.

Safeguarding in our prefession is not mandatory

but it's very useful to have this knowledge when we

come into contact with such varied backgrounds,

maybe a question for the board – as we need DBS

checks should we not have to do this every few

years?

Jacki Pritchard offers safeguarding training and

recommended by one attendee.

6.0 Membership Officer Role

Deadline 29/05/2026

7.0 AGM

F2F, 7th November, Frank Barnes School, London.

8.0 Survey

Consultation in Feb about restructure of ASLI and

talked about the survey that we can access as

members until 31st May.

9.0 Re registration

This needs to be done when registration runs out –

expect an email to re register and click the link to

follow the instructions.

10.0 AOB

Discussion over several clients being told that the

“interpreter hasn't showed up” and feels like there

has been an increase in this. But confusion over

whether the interpreter has actually been booked,

the agency is falsely claiming that an interpreter is

booked, or the agency hasn't been notified of an

interpreter being needed. This is an issue that has

been going on for a long time, and is becoming

more prevalent, but the question lies with how this

gets tackled.

MDC anniversary – big event in November to

celebrate 180 years of the Deaf Centre - 7th

November.

11.0 Discussion of article