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Monthly Bulletin 37
Dear Members, Welcome to the June edition of the ecdp monthly email bulletin. At ecdp were starting to get very excited about the Paralympics and are working on a special Paralympic edition of the ecdp magazine to celebrate. If you have any information about disability sports in Essex or are a disabled athlete who would like to share your story please contact Faye at ecdp: fsavage@ecdp.co.uk. We are also looking for talented disabled people to join ecdps Board. Our Board of Trustees are all disabled people and have a variety of lived experience and skills. If you would like to help shape the strategic direction of the organisation, please see page 3 for more details or contact Margaret by email: mwatchorn@ecdp.org.uk or phone 07546 597044. This month, we have another opportunity for you to get involved and share your views. ecdp is delighted to be working with Skills for Care to support disabled people in Essex and beyond who employ their own staff to access Skills for Cares useful and time-saving resources. There are lots of ways you can get involved in this work, which you can read about on pages 5 and 6. These include a focus group taking place at 2pm on Friday 15 June 2012 (plus two more to save the date for) and an online survey about your
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Could you be a Trustee/Director at ecdp? ecdps disability hate crime report used as a case study in a report on improving victim support
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3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Time to Change: East of England networking event The Mental Way Blog Disability Sports Day Step up and join Miles for Macmillan Zinc Arts Launch Pad
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Government Funding awarded to Disabled Peoples User-Led Organisations 100 days to go until the Paralympic Games A perfect partnership: supporting disabled workers Fulfilling Potential: what happens next?
We welcome member contributions to the bulletin, our website and the ecdp magazine. If you would like to write something, or comment on any of the articles in this edition of the bulletin, please get in touch with us using the details below. If you have missed a previous email bulletin, they are all available on our website: ecdp monthly email bulletin. Telephone: 01245 392 300 Email: info@ecdp.org.uk Post: Ivan Peck House, 1 Russell Way, Chelmsford, Essex CM1 3AA
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ecdp's disability hate crime report used as a case study in a report on improving victim support
Victims services advocates: Helping to shine a light on victims issues In 2011, Victim Support launched a new project with Louise Casey (former Commissioner for victims and witnesses) to find out more about the issues affecting local victims and witnesses of crime. They recruited a national network of victims services advocates (VSAs) to research and report on local victim and witness issues. The VSA team talked to victims and witnesses about their experience of crime and identified what services are available across England and Wales. Their findings have come together in a series of local reports that raise awareness of important issues affecting victims and witnesses. These reports will also help the new police and crime commissioners as each police force have victim and witness issues on their agenda. Through a series of focus groups and interviews VSA spoke to victims and witnesses about their experiences locally including: how they were treated by the police and criminal justice system if they found suitable support services to help them through this difficult time in their life whether or not they reported the crime, and if not, why. On the Victim Support website you can download the reports for all areas, including Essex. The report from the team who worked in Essex is also available on the ecdp website. You will see that ecdps work on disability hate crime has been quoted as a case study (page 25).
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We will also be holding two other focus groups as follows, so hold the dates in your diary! Apprenticeship Resources: 1pm on Tuesday 14 August 2012 Build Your Qualification Card Kit: 1pm on Tuesday 4 September 2012 Survey We also currently have a survey open about the Skills for Care PA Toolkit. You can let us know your views by filling out this online survey. More information We hope you will consider getting involved in the different types of work outlined above. If you have any questions about any of the above, please dont hesitate to contact Richard Watts via email on rwatts@ecdp.co.uk.
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The event is taking place at Kings Centre, King Street, Norwich, NR1 1PH Book your place by contacting Sarah by email: s.james@time-tochange.org.uk, stating any access details, or call Sarah (East of England Regional Coordinator) on 07949083899. Some financial support is available for travel expenses on production of receipts/car mileage and light refreshments will also be available. Please note places are limited at this event so book early to avoid disappointment.
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Fulfilling Potential Next Steps, setting out the strategic narrative, priority areas for further action, specific next steps, and how we would co-produce further plans. This will set out the vision for ensuring disabled people have better opportunities to realise their aspirations, with more choice and control over their lives and an approach to changing attitudes and behaviours in society. It will outline a new partnership approach which aims to build the capability of communities, and explore new ways to put power in the hands of individuals. There will be a focus on how we can strengthen the role of disabled people's user led organisations and other community groups. It will draw on the extensive discussions with disabled people and disabled peoples' organisations, and address the key issues raised including how to improve key life transitions, improving information and advice, new approaches to early intervention, and improving
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the accessibility of the environment and services. Fulfilling Potential the discussions so far, which will include a summary of responses to Fulfilling Potential and set out current and planned actions across government. These documents will then be published in September 2012, to allow time for preparation of a range of accessible formats. This will be complemented by publishing the full set of Fulfilling Potential discussion responses received from organisations and individuals. Phase 2: in addition we will publish in the autumn, an analytical document, drawing on statistical and research data, exploring the nature of disability in the UK today and the issues faced by disabled people. Phase 3: the further work set out in Fulfilling Potential - Next Steps would lead to a further strategic document and action plan in the New Year, along with full analysis of the Life Opportunities Survey Wave 2 data.