Teacher from Leeds goes viral on TikTok for British Sign Language lessons viewed over 100,000 times

Peter Bracchi, 56, is a qualified teacher of British Sign Language and Deaf Awareness.

Disappointed due to the Covid pandemic putting a halt to his teaching, Peter - from Kippax - set out on finding a new way to reach people with his interactive lessons.

Despite "not knowing the platform existed" until recently Peter set up his TikTok page in early January, 2022.

Since then, his "Deaf Peter" account has soared, with thousands of people tuning in daily for their latest lesson snippet on a new word or phrase.

Now, Peter said he wanted to continue to raise awareness of the difficulties the pandemic has brought to Deaf people, with mask wearing a particular concern.

His lessons have been viewed more than 100,000 times around the world in just a month and Peter has been contacted from countries in South America and beyond.