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Email enquiries@optua.org.uk
Disability History Month event launches new group
A new group to enable disability organisations and disabled people in Suffolk to work together has been launched to celebrate Disability History Month in Suffolk.
For more information click here.
Optua helped to organise a disability involvement event in April which gave disabled people in Suffolk the opportunity to talk to the organisations with responsibility for the decisions and services which affect their lives.
Over 130 disabled people, groups and representatives from statutory organisations came along to the event at the Suffolk One centre in Ipswich. A report from the event and the outcomes from it will be available soon on this website. If you'd like to be kept up to date on disability related events and developments please contact us on 01473 836746 or email feedback@optua.org.uk
For more information and a full report click here.
Share 2011 - Share Down Under
For a report and photos from our latest Share event please click here.
An opportunity for disabled people to work together
Over 80 disabled people, representatives from disability groups and statutory organisations came along to a meeting on Monday 15th November to discuss how disabled people in Suffolk can work together to give themselves a more representative voice.
The meeting discussed the government's requirement for each local authority to have a 'User Led Organisation' in place to promote independent living and the active participation of disabled people in the design, delivery and monitoring of services that affect their lives. Sue Bott, Chief Executive, National Centre for Independent Living was the key speaker at the meeting and talked about how Suffolk disability groups and individual disabled people could work together to fulfil this role.
We also discussed the Disability Forum for Suffolk which was set up several years ago to enable all disabled people and disability organisations to come together and have a united voice on issues that were of concern to them. The Forum has not met for a while but the meeting discussed its possible role in representing the interests of disabled people in the county. Our chairman Linda Hoggarth said: "In Suffolk, there is already an amazing amount of work being carried out by disability organisations and individual disabled people which makes a significant difference to the lives of disabled people. By working together to represent disabled people we can be even more influential than we are already. I'm very pleased so many people came along to the meeting and we'll be updating everyone who has shown an interest in developing this work and hope to make progress in the New Year."
A full report from the meeting is available to download by clicking here.
Disability Sport Showcase Days
To see a report and pictures from our recent Disability Sport Showcase Days click here.
Leisure Events
For more information on Optua Leisure's forthcoming events please click here.
