13/07/2012

Inclusion London are inviting London based Deaf and disabled people to apply for a place on a pilot leadership course titled 'Understanding Leadership in the disability movement'. 

Read on for more details and how to apply:

• Are you active in the disability movement?
• Do you want to develop your leadership skills and knowledge and learning from leaders in the movement?

Inclusion London will be running a free pilot leadership course “Understanding leadership in the disability movement” starting in September 2012.  The course will be open to Deaf and disabled people who either work for a Deaf or disabled people’s user led organisation or individuals who are active in the moment and wish to expand  their leadership skills and knowledge. 

Applicants must live or work in London. The course will run as a series of master classes, one session per month for five months.  Each course will be lead by recognised leaders in the disabled people’s movement. Sessions cover topics such as:

• Understanding leadership
• Communicating your campaign message
• Theory and context of the disabled peoples movement in 21st Century (exploring the social model of disability and the cultural model of deafness)
• Challenges to the movement

Each session will start at 12.15 pm with a networking lunch, with the master classes starting at 1pm. There will be plenty of time for discussion, debate and questions and will finish at 5pm.

The course, which will be for a maximum of ten people, starts on 20th September 2012 and then monthly ending February 2013. 

There is no application form for this course but we are inviting Deaf and disabled people who would like to apply for one of the ten places to tell us in no more than 300 words:

1. Why you would like to be on this course.
2. The work you are doing on Deaf/disability equality issues and how this work would benefit from you attending this course. 

Closing date for applications will be 5pm Monday 3rd September 2012.

Please note we will not be able to accept any late applications. People will be informed by Monday 10th September if they have been successful.

Please make sure each application you send has your full name and contact details plus your dietary needs, access and support needs for this course.  The course will have BSL interpreters will be held at Scope and has full disabled access, let us know if you have other support needs.

Applications are to be sent to Geraldine O’Halloran at Inclusion London no later than 5pm on 3rd September 2012.