Attached is the programme and booking information – if you could post this information onto your website and blog, we would be most grateful.
30th March AM: Learning disabilities and employment: what needs to be done to help people with learning disabilities into work?
Speakers:
- Chair: Chris Scholl Regional Lead, Valuing People Now
- Kathy Melling, National Employment Lead, Valuing Employment Now, Department of Health
- Deborah Parker, Chief Executive, Progress
- Gary Clarke, Youth Outreach Worker, Skill
- Jane Martin, Area - Occupation and Employment Services, Self Unlimited
- Keith Smith, Chief Executive, British Institute for Learning Disabilities
Sessions on:
- Government attitude to people with learning disabilities and employment
- Attitudes of employers to people with learning disabilities
- Training to prepare people with learning disabilities for employment
- Schemes helping people with learning disabilities to find employment and achieve their best potential
- Case study: 'Give us a job' - enabling people with learning disabilities to get a foothold on the job ladder
Full details and booking information at: http://www.pavpub.com/p-341-learning-disabilities-and-employment-half-day-conference.aspx?s=1
30th March PM: Learning disabilities and housing: private and social housing options
- Chair: Ian Copeman, Director of Housing and Support Partnership, Housing Options
- John Hardy, Policy Manager - Special Needs, Birmingham Council
- Mark McGoogan, Housing Lead, Mencap
- Dave Cusack, Chief Executive, Moseley and District Churches Housing Association
- Grenville Hague, Assistant Director (Landlord Services) Advance Housing
- David Wolverson, Chief Executive, Dimensions UK
Sessions on:
- Creating a real range of housing options
- Helping people with learning disabilities to get on the housing ladder
- Having choice and control over where you live and who you live with
- Case study: Making tenancy agreements easy for tenants to understand using easy read guides and DVDs
- Private housing options for people with learning disabilities
Full details and booking information at: http://www.pavpub.com/p-342-learning-disabilities-and-housing-half-day-conference.aspx?s=1
31st March AM: Hate crime! Mate crime! Increasing awareness and access to justice
- Chair: David Grundy Safety Net Project Worker (Calderdale), ARC
- Rose Simkins, Chief Executive, Stop Hate UK
- Katherine Quarmby, Author of 'Getting away with murder'
- Stephen Brookes, Co-ordinator, National Disability Hate Crime Network
- Sue Thurman, Speech and Language Therapist and Registered Intermediary, Ann Craft Trust
Sessions on:
- What is hate crime? An overview of the problem
- Sentencing for hate crimes
- Increasing evidence of mate crime
- Working with potential future offenders
- Case study: Witness Intermediary Scheme – a voice for people with learning disabilities within the criminal justice system
Full details and booking information at: http://www.pavpub.com/p-343-hate-crime-mate-crime-half-day-conference.aspx?s=1
31st March PM: Sexuality and people with learning disabilities: supporting and educating people with learning disabilities to explore their sexuality and relationships
- Chair: Ceri Evans, Senior Sexual Health Adviser, West London Centre for Sexual Health
- Louise Wallis, Policy & Campaigns Officer, Respond
- Bryan Mellan, Consultant
- Miguel Tudela de la Fuente, Project Manager, Learning Disabilities, Family Planning Association
- Hannah Wolstenholme, Mates n Dates Coordinator, Guideposts Trust
- Chris Jones Principal, Clinical Psychologist, Oxfordshire Learning Disability Trust (Ridgeway Partnership)
- The Revd. Jane Fraser, Manager, Bodysense
Sessions on:
- Sexuality issues for women with learning disabilities
- Sexuality issues for men with learning disabilities
- Young people with learning disabilities and taking care of sexual health
- Overprotected? Balancing responsibility towards vulnerable people with their rights to relationships
- Case study: Enabling people with learning disabilities to develop relationships that bring them acceptance, love and pleasure
Full details and booking information at: http://www.pavpub.com/p-344-sexuality-and-people-with-learning-disabilities-half-day-conference.aspx?s=1
We hope to welcome you at these events.
Many thanks,
Helen
Helen Charlton
Events Marketing Manager
Pavilion
Richmond House, Richmond Rd, Brighton BN2 3RL
Switchboard: 0844 880 5061 / DDI: 01273 666734 /
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