To highlight the International Day for People with Disabilities, the Co-operative Party’s (dis)Ability network is hosting an online Zoom event focusing on this year’s theme that ‘Not all Disabilities are Visible’.
Guest speakers have been invited by the (dis)Ability Network to discuss raising awareness and understanding of disabilities that are not immediately apparent, with examples of co-operative solutions that are making a real differences to lives.
This will take the form of a facilitated panel discussion with Joe Watkinson – awareness campaigner, Fran Springfield – Chronic Illness Inclusion Project, Tom Coleman – Autism Services and Solutions co-op, and Cllr Robert Mooney – Glasgow City Council
Following this, the second half of this event will open up to give Co-operative Party (dis)Ability Network members the opportunity to virtually meet other each and raise the issues you feel the Network needs focus on with the recently elected Steering Committee.
The event will be facilitated and chaired by Ben Cooper (co-chair) and Theresa Vaughan (secretary) of the Co-operative Party (dis)Ability Network Steering Committee.
We anticipate that the event will last for 2 hour and will be close captioned. Members are welcome to join all or part, as individual circumstances allow. It will be recorded and made available on YouTube for those not able to take part.