Disability Strategy News
GDA and Access for All meeting – March 2019
thank you to everyone who attended our meeting in March and especially to our guest presenters: Claire, Darren and Mike please find attached our slide deck from the night
Disability Review: Business Disability Forum (BDF) reports
Disability Review - BDF reports You can view the reports and commentary on the States of Guernsey website here The States of Guernsey's Disability and Inclusion Strategy contains an action for the States' to commission an audit of its practices, [...]
Adult Disability Service
Disability Services provide different kinds of support for people with physical and sensory impairments and for people with learning disabilities. There are sessions being held, please see dates in the poster and contact the Adult Disability Service for further information [...]
Disability Survey by Island Global Research
Island Global Research are conducting a survey on issues related to disability, which is available to complete on line using the link below: https://survey.islandglobalresearch.com/s3/Disability-Survey-2018 Please can you share widely and encourage participation in order to get as many responses as [...]
Review of Adult Learning Services
The Disability & Inclusion strategy has mandated Adult Disability Services to lead on a framework for People with Learning Disability. This will be informed by having a review of Adult Disability Services. This review will be incorporated into the review [...]
The GDA’s first ten years
“It’s barriers”, Rob Platts, founder of the Guernsey Disability Alliance (GDA) said, “That’s what ten years of the GDA have been all about - removing the physical and social barriers which are preventing many islanders from being included socially, economically, [...]
Disability Officer Update
www.signpost.gg Guernsey’s website providing information for disabled people about services, activities and support is regularly updated. The aim of the website is to give you as much information as possible including contact details and referral criteria where required. If you cannot [...]
10th Anniversary TONIGHT – 30th April
Come along and join us tonight at Les Cotils from 7 until 9pm. We will be celebrating 10 years since the signing of the GDA constitution. the evening will include: how far we have come - what has been achieved [...]
Request from Cystic Fibrosis Guernsey to all GDA Members
From Mike Read - Cystic Fibrosis Guernsey Many of you may have read Deputy Roffey’s recent column in the Guernsey Press entitled “Should we spending more” and my subsequent response as President of Cystic Fibrosis Guernsey. Essentially Guernsey patients suffering [...]
GDA workshop 1: Human Rights video
The video from the 1st Workshop on preventing discrimination, focusing on Human Rights, is now available to view at the link below. You are welcome to share it. The slides for the workshop are in our previous post here. Any [...]
Disability and Inclusion Strategy Highlight Report No 12
Disability and Inclusion Strategy Highlight Report No 12 and the Highlight Report No 12 in brief You can also view all the Highlight Reports on Signpost.gg. Please feel free to circulate the reports. We are always looking to improve the reports [...]
27 March – Members Meeting
Tuesday 27th March, Les Cotils, 7pm Preventing disability discrimination – making it real What’s involved, and why is it taking so long? The recognition, promotion and protection of rights always top the polls of GDA members’ priorities. But what part [...]