Led by Karen Blanchford (GDA/Access or All) & Olly Tracey (Onscreen Creations) In conjunction with members, Access for All and The Guernsey Sports Commission GDA’s mission is equality of opportunity for disabled islanders and carers in Guernsey. We want to change how Guernsey thinks about disability. In
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GDA welcomes Chris Le Page, Board Apprentice to the GDA Executive Committee Chris has over 26 years of experience in the financial services industry. Prior to joining Carey Group Chris worked for Orangefield Legis Fund Services in Guernsey as a Manager in the Company Secretarial team and
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The Guernsey Macular Society was launched in June 2014 by Bill Gardiner and Tilly Fisken. It is a self-help group for islanders who are coping with the difficulties presented by macular degeneration, a condition that affects central vision creating a blind spot and distorting the surrounding image,
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May’s newsletter is now available to download. You can view all of the latest updates from the GDA You can view it online here
Read more →The newly appointed carers representative on the GDA committee is Andrew Carey. Andrew was elected as the individuals’ representative at the AGM in August. To find out a little bit more about Andrew you can download his profile by clicking here If you would like to be
Read more →A message from Emilie Yerby, Disability and Equality Officer: You are invited to a consultation meeting on the Disability and Inclusion Strategy The Disability and Inclusion Strategy Steering Group have prepared a definition of disability, which we would like to use as the basis for the Strategy.
Read more →Guernsey has always been short of statistics when it comes to disabled people. It is one of the reasons it’s been difficult to get any action on developing new services. But the States have just sent a Health, Wellbeing and Social Inclusion survey to 6500 households which
Read more →Introduction to Positive Behaviour Support Approaches and Challenging Behaviour March 8th or 15th St John’s Training Centre, Les Gigands (opposite Oatlands) 10am – 2.30pm This module is aimed at those informal carers who are caring for someone with a learning disability (complex needs), Autistic Spectrum Disorders, Developmental
Read more →The annual Institute of Directors debate sees 500 of Guernsey’s ‘business leaders’ gather to dissect the issues of the island. It’s a prestigious event that attracts a lot of industry and media interest. This year the topic was how businesses could “share the burden” of running the
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