Training News
Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) – 20th May
Celebrating in Guernsey We will be hosting a drop in at the Digital Greenhouse from 12:30-1:30pm Thursday 20th May, where you can meet members who will share their experience with a wide range of accessible technologies. A message from [...]
People With Disabilities wanted to fill important training roles
Message from Ron Short centre With funding from the Lloyds Bank Foundation the Ron Short Centre is launching a new training initiative designed to change attitudes and understanding of disability. Disability Confidence Training is designed to give the public a [...]
First Meeting of the Discrimination Legislation Implementation External Stakeholder Group
The first meeting of the Discrimination Legislation Implementation External Stakeholder Group took place on the 25th February 2021. The GDA is represented on the group by Karen Blanchford. This Group will be looking at the implementation of the new discrimination [...]
Training Questionnaire
States Disability Officer has requested you feedback, along with that from businesses, accommodation providers etc, on what training provision you would like to see in the run up to the anti-discrimination legislation 2022 The Project Board of the [...]
GPEG Discrimination Legislation – misleading headline
GPEG focus group Thank you for all the people who have contacted us about the misleading press headline which stated "Disability group welcome the assessment of legislation'. Just to confirm we have requested to meet with the focus group [...]
States Disability Officer update
Update by Gill Evans, States Disability Officer “It’s been a busy end to the year. Disability awareness training (including information about the hidden disability lanyard scheme) was given to the expanded Ports customer care team. These are the people [...]
Purple Tuesday 3rd November 2020
Join us as we outline Purple Tuesday and the 6 commitments local organisations are encouraged to make in the next 365 days. What is Purple Tuesday Purple Tuesday 2020 is a change programme for organisations of all sizes [...]
The CRPD Training Guide
The Convention on the Rights of Persons (CRPD)Professional Training Series No. 19The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol were adopted on 13 December 2006 and entered into force on 3 May 2008. They came [...]
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
Disability Confidence Survey – with Chamber of Commerce
As part of the Accessible Town project (www.accessibletown.gg) We All Matter Eh? GDA and Access for All are partnering with Chamber of Commerce to survey local businesses and organisations to understand how we can support them to become [...]
Launching the new Accessible Town project
Partnering with Access for All and many local businesses and charities we are excited to be playing an active role in the Accessible Town project through our We All Matter Eh? voice. The project runs from 5th October to 3rd [...]
The GDA call to local businesses to support its vital services
The GDA are calling on local businesses to support its vital services. We are sending each one a flyer asking them to give us a hand as we work to support our 40+ disability charities and individual members. This year, [...]