Disability Strategy News
GDA April Newsletter
Please find attached the April newsletter for you to read, and share with your members. Don't forget to sign up for the FREE disability awareness training, the training is free and all you need to do is create an account [...]
Disability and Inclusion Strategy Highlight Report No 4
Please find attached the most recent Highlight Report relating to the various workstreams of the Disability and Inclusion Strategy. Please feel free to share the Highlight Report as required. Caroline Mullins Disability Officer, States of Guernsey Tel: +44 (0)1481 732557 [...]
GDA at the States leadership forum
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Our Executive Director, Karen Blanchford, was invite to present to the States leadership forum, which focused on Customer Service. Karen teamed up with ESSC Ed Ashton and Caroline Mullins to discuss the Disability and Inclusion strategy key themes and then [...]
States Disability and Inclusion Strategy Framework
Have you seen the States Disability and Inclusion Strategy framework before? It is located here.
"Inclusive" plan for future of Guernsey published
The first stage of Guernsey’s new Policy and Resource Plan ("Future Guernsey") is now up on the States website at www.gov.gg/policyandresourceplan. It will be debated on 15th November. The aim of the Plan is to “give Guernsey direction and a [...]
Updates on CYPP and SLAWS
The following updates on The Children and Young Peoples Plan (CYPP) and Supported Living and Ageing Well Strategy (SLAWS) were presented to the Social Policy Partnership Forum. The governance structures for these have been agreed and are being established, with [...]
Disability and Inclusion Strategy
Responsibility for the Disability and Inclusion Strategy has moved to the Committee for Employment & Social Security, where a Project Board, led by Ed Ashton, Head of Operations, (E&SS) is leading the strategy. GDA members are represented on the Board [...]
Guernsey States of Deliberation
New guernsey states of deliberation Our new States of Deliberation are now in place and all the roles have now been filled. To assist our members in contacting the right people about the Disability and Inclusion Strategy as well as [...]
Disability Legislation workshops
The GDA is running a series of workshops to outline Disability Legislation. They are optional for all members and charity members. Discussion 1 – an introduction Purpose of the Discussion • To introduce the concept of Disability Legislation in general [...]
Disability Strategy question at SPP hustings
Photo courtesy of Guernsey Press & Star Ltd. Last night, the candidates in the St Peter Port by-election were asked by a member of the public what they would do to revitalise the Disability and Inclusion Strategy. Here are [...]
Reaction to Disability Strategy Update Report
Two years after unanimously supporting the creation of Guernsey's Disability and Inclusion Stragey, States members met on 25th Nov 2015 to debate an update on progress. Here's the Guernsey Press report on what happened. Inevitably it focuses on the Deputies [...]
Chief Minister explains Disability Strategy delay
After the States debate on progress of the Disability Strategy on Tuesday, Deputy Jonathan Le Tocq spoke to the media. Here's what he said: “What we have done in this instance is to approve something that we unanimously agreed, were [...]