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Signpost.gg Second Phase Launch
Please find the link below to the www.signpost.gg initiative. The website is a valuable tool for professionals and charity groups so that the community as a whole can support disabled people and their carers. Caroline Mullins, States of Guernsey Disability [...]
Disability and Inclusion Strategy Highlight Report No 3
Please find attached the most recent Highlight Report relating to the various workstreams of the Disability and Inclusion Strategy. Please feel free to share the Highlight Report as required. If you require any further information please do not hesitate to get [...]
GDA January 2017 newsletter
We are very pleased to attach our newsletter to download, by clicking on the photo. So many great achievements from the community, what a fantastic start to the year!
GROW's Support Group – FRoGs
The GDA is very happy to share this message from Eddie at GROW, and if you are interested, please do call Carol Brehaut, their Office Administrator on telephone 721865. We, at GROW, made a New Year's resolution to formalise the revival [...]
Success at the Para Awards – Guernsey Sports Commission
The GDA congratulates all the winners and nominees of the Guernsey Sports Awards and especially Jon & Oscar winners of the Para awards. Please see articles below. http://guernseysports.com/
International Days to support your charity
We are working with our members on building a calendar for the international days we are celebrating locally in 2017, with over 40 members, this is no easy task, but I thought we would share the dates that we, MIND, [...]
Association of Guernsey Charities Update January 2017
Following Policy & Resources decision not to introduce Gift Aid and Payroll Giving in last year’s budget for 2017, the AGC is currently discussing a further review of Gift Aid and Payroll Giving with the Third Sector Development Group, and [...]
Professor Lawson Guernsey Slides and Professor Lawson References
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Thank you to everyone who turned out for Professor Lawson's presentation on Human Rights, Equality and Disability Discrimination Thursday night. Anna has such fantastic experience and knowledge that we were so fortunate to share. Many people were keen to [...]
Teenage Drop-in Den at the Guille Allés Library
We start this Wednesday 11th of January. Membership is via the Autism Guernsey office, however I welcome direct enquiries from professionals regarding support needs of individual young people at this group. Teenage Drop In weekly on Wednesdays from 4:15-5:15pm [...]
Rob Platts, founder GDA awarded MBE services to disability in Guernsey
Congratulations from all our members to our founder Rob Platts on his MBE for services to disabled people in Guernsey. Such exciting news for such amazing commitment and dedication over the last 8 years and more. Please join us in [...]
Mobile Phones
States Works has contacted the Association of Guernsey Charities to say that they have a collection of old mobile telephones, and they would like to know if any local charities collect them in order to raise funds? If you're interested, [...]
States Disability & Inclusion Strategy Project, Highlight Report No 2
Please find attached the States 2nd Highlight Report for the Disability & Inclusion Strategy Project, for the Period to 7/12/16. Please click on the link below to view the pdf. Caroline Mullins, Disability Officer The Office of the Committee for Employment & Social [...]