Disability Lib Alliance

Interactive Web Resource needed - Apply Here

Disability Lib in partnership with the Alliance for Inclusive Education (Allfie) requires expertise to to develop and deliver a web resource, with film produced with subtitles and British Sign Language. The resource will primarily support the capacity building of over 300 organisations run by disabled people organisations (DPOs) across England. It will also be useful to many other organisations.

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Pushing for Change - New Report Launched

At a time when there are so many negative stories in the press about young people, the Alliance for Inclusive Education (ALLFIE), is launching 'Pushing for Change - The Role of Disabled People's Organisations in Developing Young Disabled Leaders of the Future' - a report of recommended ways to improve young disabled people's inclusion and leadership potential.
The report highlights that young disabled people need to feel part of their communities, families and peer groups if they are to feel confident to seek out leadership roles. The research shows that young people want more choice and control in their lives so they can be leaders.

The report was launched at the House of Lords and hosted by Baroness Jane Campbell of Surbiton DBE. She said: ''Young disabled people make perfect leaders because they learn through experience how to overcome barriers. If they can apply this experience to life in general, they will often unlock some of the barriers all people face in life. Disabled people have already shown leadership in public involvement and inclusive communication; or how to build mutually supportive communities. This project will help unlock more of this talent -- I am thrilled to be launching it'.

See the Launch Powerpoint Presentation here

See the Report here

See article in NCVO (VIP) March Newsletter

Disability LIB (Listen, Include, Build) Alliance is a partnership of the Alliance for Inclusive Education, the United Kingdom's Disabled People's Council, Equalities National Council, and Disability Awareness in Action, National People First and Preston Disc with Scope as the managing partner.

The Disability LIB partnership has received £4.2m, over three years, from the Big Lottery BASIS Fund to build the capacity of 200 Disabled People's Organisations (DPOs) across England to have the capacity to fulfil recommendation 4.3 of the governments 'Improving Life Chances' report (A user-led Centre for Independent living in every area by 2010), by becoming more effective and sustainable and to be agents for social change to ensure the full equality and human rights for disabled people.

ALLFIE has three objectives in this project:

Build the capacity of young disabled people to enable them to become the next generation of leaders of the Disabled People's Movement

Build the capacity of DPOs to be able to effectively involve young disabled people

Build the capacity of DPOs to be able to campaign for inclusive education at the local level

ALLFIE will deliver these objectives by:

Employing 3 new staff, an Operations Support Officer to support ALLFIE to deliver the project activities, a Project Co-ordinator to oversee the work and to lead on the Leadership Development resources, and a Campaigns & Policy Co-ordinator to lead on the development of a number of campaigning resources.

Designing & publishing a Leadership Development Programme to be rolled out across the 200 DPOs

Designing and publishing a 'How to Campaign on Inclusion' toolkit and a campaigning training programme

Producing regular Policy & Campaigning Updates for the ALLFIE website

Recruiting a Reference group which will be led by disabled young people

Who is eligible for Disability LIB support?

A DPO or CIL in England OR an organisation that would like to become a DPO/CIL

What broad help is available?

Information and advice
Signposting
One to one support/coaching

See the Disability LIB website for more information for how to register for support from the Disability LIB partners - www.disabilitylib.org.uk