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Wigwam New Directors needed
Wigwam Support Group are currently looking to build capacity within their Committee by recruiting new Directors. To fulfil the roles applicants would need to be able to commit between 2 and 5 hours a week and have prior experience at board level (charitable [...]
Message from Trudi Kent – our new Member Services Co-ordinator
Hello, I am really pleased to be joining the GDA as the Member Services Co-Ordinator. Since qualifying as a Registered Nurse (Learning Disabilities) in 1993, I have had a varied career working in a wide range of roles and settings [...]
Volunteers needed 8th July
Blanchelande Park Nursing & Residential Home open garden afternoon Blanchelande Park Nursing & Residential Home are arranging an Open Garden afternoon on Sunday 8 July and will be fundraising for the Guernsey Disability Alliance. They are looking for volunteers to get [...]
Carers coming together
Public Health Services, on behalf of the Office of the Committee for Health and Social Care, is undertaking a Joint Strategic Needs Assessment for Older People. It has three main aims, outlined below: To identify the health, care and support needs of [...]
Sailing Trust Sailability Open Evening 25th May
The Guernsey Sailing Trust would like invite any one who would like to experience boating with the Guernsey Sailing Trust to a Sailability open evening on Friday 25th May 18.00-20.00. We are really keen to make boating accessible to all [...]
Guernsey Community Foundation news May 2018
A bold new vision for the charitable sector The GCF outlines its view on the future of charities in Guernsey The Guernsey Community Foundation today unveils a bold six-point plan intended to transform the voluntary sector for the benefit of the Island, [...]
GDA response to the Assisted Dying Requête
GDA response to the Assisted Dying requête 8th May 2018 The Guernsey Disability Alliance acknowledges the compassion and integrity of those who have brought forward the Requête on assisted dying. Both understandings of the term “assisted dying” and moral positions in [...]
Members' letters agreed for public release
'Assissted Dying' letter to deputies (1)
The Assisted Dying Debate
The Assisted Dying Debate On Wednesday 16th May the States of Guernsey will debate Assisted Dying. The Requête can be found on the Gov.gg website at: https://gov.gg/article/163966/Assisted-Dying You can provide your opinions to deputies by email all deputies2016@gov.gg if you are happy to, [...]
ESSC Media Release on multi-ground Equality Legislation
Following on from the previous blog, ESSC media release on multi-ground equality legislation, here is the press article on the subject including quotes from MIND and Age Concern. You can also listen back to our Partnership Director Karen Blanchford interview [...]
Committee for Employment & Social Security consider multi-ground Equality Legislation
Please find below the press release from ESSC. The GDA, Rob Platts & Karen Blanchford sit on the legislation project team that has been reviewing disability discrimination and working with the Galway legislation experts. We support this proposal but would [...]
A Message from Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson
Please read the message from Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson - our Patron of the Guernsey Disability Alliance LBG Patron Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson Quotes - 28th April 2018