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Accessibility Guide Training
If you need to know more about accessibility in Guernsey there is a course at 4pm on 7th November 2023 just for you! It explains the AccessAble guide and how to use it. The Course will be held at [...]
Tennerfest links to AccessAble
Online Link Last year the Guernsey Disability Alliance (GDA) promoted the Tennerfest Food Festival across their social media platforms to raise awareness of inclusivity and accessibility and to provide online access guides. In response to this successful social [...]
Governance Conference
Our Chair, Toni De Kooker, was a panel member at the Governance Conference discussing the reality of inclusion. The Chartered Governance Institute - Bailiwick of Guernsey Branch hosted its annual conference on 28 September at St Pierre Park Hotel. [...]
Guernsey Community Foundation Grant
GCF Grant The GDA is absolutely delighted to have been given a grant of £20,000 towards the cost of the salary of the part-time Social Policy Director for 2024 by the Guernsey Community Foundation.This grant covers a percentage of [...]
Cheque Presentation
The GDA was invited to a presentation of cheques and awards at Government House following the Saffery Rotary Walk 2023. The GDA had been chosen to be one of 25 beneficiaries on the 25th anniversary of the walk. We [...]
Sustainability of Public Finances
Event The President of the Policy & Resources Committee, Deputy Peter Ferbrache, is inviting islanders to an opportunity on Thursday 5 October, to raise questions and discuss the challenges facing Guernsey's public finances and the potential solutions before [...]
Publication of the Mental Health & Wellbeing Strategy
The new Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy has been published coving 2023 to 2029. There are 4 pillars to the strategy: Understanding and collating Bailiwick datasets Awareness, access and early intervention Service improvements Responding to recommendations of external reviews [...]
Wot no Education?
Education Law The Prevention of Discrimination Ordinance will not commence for parts relating to the provision of education until at least 2025. This was to enable the States to update the Education Law. However, the States were not [...]
GROW Open Day
New Development The staff and crew at GROW are very excited to be back on their old site in their brand new development! They are getting ready for their opening, getting trained, sorting out plants and their other [...]
Supported Living and Ageing Well Strategy (SLAWS)
New Research on SLAWS The States have announced opportunities for islanders, including those with lived experience of community long-term care, to apply to participate in focus group sessions to be conducted independently on the States’ behalf by Island [...]
Where do I get Help?
Its great to know that there is a new Ordinance coming in on 1st October, but what do I do if I think I am being discriminated against? Or if someone things I am discriminating against them? The Employment [...]