Disability Forum Newsletter
August 26, 2008 09:39 AM
Hello!
This is the first Disability Forum Newsletter and will be placed on the forum on a regular basis. It will hopefully reach people who are interested in our group/people who have attended our recent events/expressed an interest in becoming involved in our work. If you are aware of others that may be interested in receiving our newsletter then perhaps you could email me their address, have any questions/queries then please do not hesitate to contact me through the discussion forum.via an email.
The panel members of the disability forum now have various responsibilities and they are as follows:
- Patricia Fisher - Joint Vice Chairperson
- Tracey Thorneywork - Joint Vice Chairperson
- Julie Bevan - Treasurer
- Alex Lilley - Marketing and Publicity Officer
- Tina Walker - Membership Officer
Nanthin Sivanesan will be having a career break and will be carrying out VSO work. She will be much missed, but we hope she will re-join us again when she returns to England. We wish her good luck and a safe journey.
We hope in the next couple of months to be working in collaboration with some other groups and will keep you updated.
We also have our next event in December and I will give details of this shortly.
kind regards
Laraine.............Laraine Epstein
Chair of the Disability Forum
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Events : COT Disability Public Forum Support Seminar
March 6, 2008 10:39 AM
The first COT Disability Forum Support Seminar will be heldon Thursday 3rd April 2008 at COT Headquarters, 106-114 Borough High Street, Southwark, London SE1 1LB. The day will commence at 11.00 a.m. and finish at 4.00p.m. Lunch and refreshmentswill be provided.If you have a strong interest in disability issues then come to the first of a series ofseminars of the COT Disability Forum.
There will be a key note presentation from Baroness Wilkins, the patron of COT andfurther specialistpresentations fromJane Hibberd-University of East Anglia,an expert in Assistive Technology and Charlotte Urwin - Policy Officer from HPCpresenting on 'fitness to practice'.
For more information and bookings please apply to Laraine Epstein - Chair of the Disability Forum by emailing l.epstein@coventry.ac.uk
(Due to limited availability of spaces, please confirm your attendance at the earliest opportunity)
Challenging discriminatory actions
January 17, 2008 11:26 AM
In October, members of the BAOT/COT Disability Forum ventured to Harrogate International Centre for Unison’s 14th National Disabled Members Conference, where attendees voted on a range of issues such as disability equality duty and disability leave. Tracey Thorneywork reports from Unison’s National Disabled Members Conference, on behalf of the BAOT/COT Disability Forum.
Forum Moderators Wanted
December 19, 2007 10:19 AM
Would you like to help to moderate the public disability discussionforum and also be involved on the panel of the disability forum? Panel members meet several times a year at various venues. If you are a positive person with forward thinking ideas and would like to join us, then please email the current chairperson, Laraine Epstein requesting further info
