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
