01635 886 264 hello@terptree.co.uk www.terptree.co.uk UNITED GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND ELIZABETH GAY, HEAD OF HR United Grand Lodge of England is acutely aware that all our staff deserve to be treated as equals; undergoing the same level of training and being awarded access to all staff meetings when appropriate. As we don’t currently have the resource to employ a full time Sign Language Interpreter, we recognised that we were not treating deaf staff as equals. Not only was this frustrating and demotivating for them, but it also did not comply with our ethics and belief that we must treat all our valued staff with respect and understanding to their specific needs. By not finding a solution, we risked not benefitting from the fantastic skill set available within the deaf

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