TV Licensing has been working with local groups in Birmingham to highlight licensing requirements to people in the West Midlands who may speak Polish or Urdu as a first language.
With over four million people in the UK whose main language is not English, TV Licensing has worked with money advice organisations and community groups in Birmingham to highlight when a TV Licence is needed. The campaign will reach out to further organisations over the coming months, in an attempt to raise awareness of the law amongst diverse communities.
Mark Whitehouse, spokesperson for TV Licensing, said: “We’ve been speaking to various groups over the past couple of months explaining the need to be correctly licensed. We’ve found some people might not understand their licensing responsibilities, for example, the fact that a TV Licence is still needed when watching live television from a different country via a satellite dish or receiver.”
As part of this work, TV Licensing produces literature in 20 languages, along with translated web pages explaining licensing requirements, including Polish and Urdu. People who are not confident speaking in English, can call TV Licensing on 0300 7906044 and use a language translation service, which allows customers to set up or pay for a TV Licence over the phone in more than 120 languages.
TV Licensing information is available in Polish and Urdu at tvlicensing.co.uk/languages or by calling the translation line on 0300 7906044.
