Dear Colleagues,
You are warmly invited to the BEARR Trust's Annual Conference, to be held on Friday 16th November 2018 at 32-36 Loman Street, London, SE1 0EH, on the theme of "Disability and Inclusion in Eastern Europe and Central Asia".
We shall be looking at issues such as:
- attitudes to people with disabilities, stigma,
- inclusive education and training,
- leaving care, accommodation, supported living, accessibility,
- employment and employers.
The speakers presenting will be from NGOs in Armenia, Georgia, Russia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Moldova and the UK, sharing insights and stories, challenges and victories of their everyday hard work.
How to book
The fee is £45, or £25 for students, and includes lunch, tea and coffee and a glass of wine at the end. If more than one person from the same organisation attends, additional participants pay only £30.
Book now via EventBrite at https://bearr2018conference.eventbrite.co.uk
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PROGRAMME:
9.00 Registration and coffee
9.30 Welcome and Introduction - Nicola Ramsden, Chairman of The BEARR Trust
9.45 Overview. Changes in attitudes to disability, challenges of stigma and inclusion – a Russian and a British perspective
Speakers:
Anna Portugalova, Director, Downside Up, Charitable Fund Moscow
Andrea Bennett, former BEARR Trustee, Chair of Trustees at ‘For Us Too’, East Kent, UK
Discussant: Professor Christopher Gerry, Associate Professor of Russian and Eurasian Political Economy, School of Global and Area Studies, Oxford
Chair: Nicola Ramsden, Chairman of The BEARR Trust
11.00 Coffee
11.30 PANEL 1: Leaving care, accommodation, supported living, accessibility
Maia Shishniashvili, Hand in Hand, Georgia
Dilmurad Yusupov, doctoral researcher, Institute of Development Studies, Sussex University and co-founder of NGO “Sharoit Plus”
Chair: Ali Lantukh, Trustee of the BEARR Trust
12.30 Buffet lunch
13.45 PANEL 2: Inclusive education and training
Tanya Buynovskaya, Director of Operations, Healthprom, UK
Viorica Cojocaru, CCF (Child, Community, Family) NGO, Moldova
Chair: Ross Gill, Trustee of the BEARR Trust
14.45 Tea
15.15 PANEL 3: Employment and employers; digital access
Iryna Los, Director, Centre for Legal Assistance, Open Doors NGO, Nikopol Ukraine
Vardine Grigoryan, Board Member, "Disability-Inclusive Development" NGO, Armenia
Chair: Biljana Radonjic Ker-Lindsay, Trustee of the BEARR Trust
16.15 Conclusions
16.30 Close (Participants are invited to stay for a glass of wine and informal discussion)
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