Islington’s Interpreting Service is closing down!
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 2010-06-24 01:20.This article is misleading. Islington Interpreting Services is indeed going to close down. The Council is going to stop using the list of qualified and vetted interpreters (most of whom are local residents) and it's outsourcing to interpreting agencies.
At least 2 of the agencies are well known for using non qualified interpreters, and most of them paid very badly. Most qualified interpreters do not want to work for these agencies.
Good luck to Islington staff, you'll need it!