Disability Legislation News
Carers Action Plan
CARERS-ACTION-PLAN-FINAL-30-April-2019-1Download The Carers Action plan was released earlier April 2019 find out more at https://www.gov.gg/CAPmedia The next review meeting will be held in July 2019
Legislation articles
On the 5th June 2019 Stretch Kontelj wrote an article for the Guernsey Press entitled 'Law or Liberty'. In todays press, 19th June, the GDA founder and equality adviser Rob Platts replies to the article with 'Here's why we need [...]
Disability and Inclusion Strategy update by Rob Harnish
While there is still a red flag hanging over the whole Disability and Inclusion Strategy, it is perhaps better to see it as a call to action rather than a source of frustration. Certainly, the Committee for Employment and Social Security [...]
Equality and Rights Organisation (ERO) update by Rob Platts
The GDA continues to represent our members (key stake holders) in the Disability and Inclusion Strategy Project Board’s work to develop the business plan needed to establish the ERO. An ERO is a statutory body designed to help foster [...]
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
Guernsey Disability Alliance November 2018 newsletter
Dear All We are very pleased to show you the end of year newsletter - which is absolutely jam-packed with news. Don't forget 3rd December - International Day of Persons with a Disability - celebrating in town - read more [...]
Discrimination Legislation
Discrimination legislation – how can legislation tackle discrimination and who is going to advise everyone and resolve complaints? These are some of the issues that Rob Harnish and Rob Platts have been working on, on behalf of members, with the [...]
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 [...]
Equality Working Group
The Equality Working Group ( EWG) was set up in 2016 from a shared interest in “accelerating the equality agenda” in the Bailiwick of Guernsey. Karen Blanchford from the GDA was one of the founder members. Earlier this year I [...]
Update on Development of Discrimination Legislation
The GDA has recently published a communique to members which explains how the States are approaching the development of discrimination legislation now that the scope has been expanded to multiple grounds (Sex, sexual orientation, age, race, religion & belief, family [...]
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, [...]
GDA Response to ESSC Proposal for Multi-Ground Legislation
Please see below the GDA response to ESSC proposal for multi-ground legislation. GDA response to the Committee for Employment and Social Security’s plan to change the scope of the proposed disability discrimination so that it would provide protection on multiple [...]