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“Learning for Citizenship & Independent Living”
GDA Learning Festival 2010
A free, half-day conference organised by Glasgow’s largest groundswell of disabled members, Glasgow Disability Alliance, to launch the 2010 Learning Festival.
Funded by the Big Lottery and Glasgow City Council, the Festival will celebrate the role of learning in empowering disabled people to be full and active citizens, living independent lives and fulfilling their potential. It will also introduce the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Disabled People and offer workshops on this.
Aims:
· to increase awareness of the barriers facing disabled people in realising their rights and responsibilities as full & active citizens
· to increasing awareness of the important role which learning and personal development play in relation to disabled people accessing choices and living full and independent lives
· to promote learning for all including workshops about disabled peoples’ human rights under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Disabled People (UNCRDP) and a focus on what organisations need to take account of in relation to rights contained within the Convention.
Who should attend: those with responsibility for planning or delivering services to disabled people and who are interested in finding out about the UNCRDP and how their work might support the human rights of disabled people, enshrined in the articles of the Convention.
When: Wednesday 26th May from 12.45pm – 3.45pm.
Where: Thistle Hotel, Cambridge Street, Glasgow
Speakers include:
- Keynote Speaker, tbc
- Angela Mullen, Convenor, Glasgow Disability Alliance (Conference Chair)
- Tressa Burke, Director of Glasgow Disability Alliance
The event is free and open to all individuals within partner agencies and organisations interested in finding out about the work of Glasgow Disability Alliance, the UNCRDP and how their own work might contribute to promoting the human rights of disabled people. Please contact us to book a place.
Call 0141 556 7103 or complete the Reply Form attached and email to shirleycoull@gdaonline.co.uk or fax it back to us on
0141 550 4937.
Event Date:
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