The award includes seven police forces: Greater Manchester Police, Lancashire Constabulary, Merseyside Police, Cumbria Constabulary, North Wales Police, Cheshire Constabulary and Counter-Terrorism Policing.
thebigword has been helping connect the Police to linguists to enable discussion with Limited English speakers. thebigword’s network of linguists is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to provide their services.
This awarded contract will allow thebigword to support these forces through a variety of interpreting services, translation and transcription services (including braille and easy-read), and services for the deaf and deaf/blind.
thebigword will cover all areas of Police, where officers will be engaging with Limited English speakers, such as custody centres and on the beat.
Matthew Lowe, Sales Director at thebigword Group said: “I am so pleased that thebigword has won this contract with the North West Police Forces, especially as this is the first Police contract we have been awarded via the new Police DPS Language Services framework.
Our significant experience of already working with many Police forces across the UK was positively received, and it is great to add these new forces to our portfolio too.”
WordSynk enables the communication between the Police and those who do not speak English by allowing a connection to an interpreter in less than 30 seconds when there is a language barrier.
