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Joanna Matthews EVC Disability Empowerment Champions

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Presentation for the Every Voice Counts Partnership day on May 17 by Joanna Matthews of Regional Disability Network. She talked about the RDN's EVCPWM project to empower people with disabilities in the West Midlands: it sought to: Support existing groups Set up new groups Set up networks Link with local government Link with other regional bodies

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Joanna MatthewsEVC

Disability Empowerment Champions

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Why take part in the EVC initiative?

our region our voice – let’s use it

20%* disabled people in region

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Regional Disability Network

Gathering evidenceRaising awarenessCampaigning

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RDN project =

Support existing groups

Set up new groups

Set up networks

Link with local government

Link with other regional bodies

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Social model of Disability

• Impairment = injury, illness, or congenital condition

• Disability – loss or limitation of opportunities – No equality – social and environmental barriers

 

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Barriers create the main problems•environment •attitudes - stereotyping, discrimination prejudice•inflexible procedures and practices

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Our EVC scheme

Purpose - enable 15 disabled people to become Empowerment Champions

InfluenceLobbyCampaign

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Activities

Bid November 09

Contract early December

• Raising awareness of DEC concept and opportunity

• Delivery of learning programme

• Liaison with NI4 leads and others

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Achievements• self-development course• delivery to 42 Disabled people • organisational learning about marketing • Increased organisational knowledge - fully

accessible provision• greater understanding of NI4 targets and

CDP’s potential contribution• increased contact with some local

authorities to build on

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Challenges

• Time factor

• Connecting with NI4 leads

• Geography

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Learning • Longer time period to deliver planned

outputs

• Successful joint delivery with LAs - relationships to be in place

• Some beneficiaries require more one-to-one input prior to training events

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Recommendations for EVC

• It takes time

• Fit with local authority priorities

• Lighter touch monitoring and evaluation

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What went well• 28 participants main programme

• Additional programme 14 adults with learning difficulties

• Organisational learning – Marketing– Contacts– Accessible training methods– Meeting very diverse needs

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Joanna Matthews

Project Manager

Regional Disability Network Project at CDP