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South East Disability
Equality Council
Click
here to visit SEDEC website,
find out more about them and
the
Disability Equality Duty
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The South East Disability Equality Council (SEDEC) is an initiative
of Hampshire Coalition of Disabled People (HCODP) and Southampton
Centre for Independent Living (SCIL) in response to two factors:
The decline of the Disability Movement in Britain;
and
The demands of the new Disability Equality Duty on public bodies.
The Council is made up of Disabled People with a proven knowledge
of Disability Equality and a clear grasp of the Social Model
of Disability, who can represent the interests of Disabled People
in the South East, regardless of the nature of their impairment.
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Local
Businesses Win Awards For Promoting Disability Equality in The Workplace
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Award Winners with Debbie Thrower (centre front
row)
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BT, Flybe, Southampton Solent University and Hampshire
Constabulary are just some of the winners of this year’s SCIL Disability
People’s Business & Community Awards 2006 – organised by the Southampton
Centre for Independent Living (SCIL). The awards’ main sponsors were
SEEDA (South East England Development Agency) and HSBC Bank PLC.
The Awards Ceremony,
held at the Rose Bowl on 16th November and presented by TV News Presenter
Debbie Thrower, was aimed at mainstream companies in Hampshire and the
Isle of Wight that have shown that they are continually striving to
provide an inclusive service to disabled people within the community.
The winners of the
Disability Equality Awards were as follows:-
Entertainment &
Leisure: Chamberlayne
Leisure Centre
Hospitality: La
Vista Restaurant
Transport:
Flybe
Services & Utilities:BT
Public Services:Southampton
Solent University
Equality Achievement
Award for Employment: Civil
Service (Royal Navy)
Award for Outstanding
Equality Achievement: Hampshire
Constabulary PLOD (police link for deaf people) scheme
Award for Outstanding
Newcomer: LA
Fitness
Hampshire
Library Service also received a ‘Highly Commended’ certificate for
their efforts to make their mobile library fully accessible.
One of the most
popular choices was the ‘Judges Award for Outstanding Equality Achievement’
which was presented to Hampshire
Constabulary PLOD (police link for deaf people) scheme
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Award Winner PLOD (police
link officer for deaf people) with Debbie Thrower (centre)
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Janet Marshall,
one of the judges for the awards, said “The PLOD scheme in particular
is a great example of working to break down the barriers between the
police and Disabled People in the community, empowering Deaf and hard
of hearing people and to be able to use services and contribute to the
community in a way that in the past has been denied to them. PLOD set
up an excellent and easy to use SMS service in Hampshire which then
went on to influence other police forces across the country, giving
greater access for deaf and hard of hearing people as well as people
with speech impairments.”
Guests at this year’s
event were also treated to comedy from Laurence Clark and table magic
during their lunch.
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Laurence
Clark
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Other supporters
of the event included South West Trains, Hampshire County Council, B&Q,
Southampton City Council, Hampshire Constabulary and the Ordnance Survey.
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To download
SCIL November 2006 Newsletter click
here
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Shock
as Hampshire County Council Split Direct Payments Contract
In a surprise move, Hampshire County Council have decided to split
the new Direct Payments Support Service Contract so that people living
in the Southern part of Hampshire will continue to be supported by SCIL
/ Carers Together whilst those people living in North Hampshire will
be supported by Enham from January 2007.
SCIL / Carers Together will support Direct Payments users in Fareham
/ Gosport / Havant Petersfield / New Forest / Eastleigh and Test Valley
South. Enham will support Direct Payments users in Alton / Aldershot
/ Basingtoke / Winchester and Andover.
SCIL has been supporting Direct Payments users for over fifteen years
and has been instrumental in the development of the scheme from the
early days of SOCS (Self Operated Care Scheme) in the 1980s through
to the expansion of Direct Payments in the last few years. Since the
Direct Payments legislation was broadened to include Carers and Disabled
Children, SCIL has worked closely with Carers Together to ensure that
all users receive peer support to enable them to use their Direct Payments
effectively.
Enham own four care homes in a village just outside Andover in Hampshire.
It also runs a Homecare service as well as a number of supported workshops
and other employment services to Disabled People.
If you have any queries regarding this then please email us or call
to speak to a member of the Direct Payments Team on 023 8033 0982.
Visit
the SCIL Official Blog, click
here An opportunity
for discussion about the issues that affect Disabled People such as
Equal Rights, Direct Payments, Discrimination, Legislation and Inclusion
and Much More.
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