Who was the training for?

CAN Team and Board Members.

Goals before the training

To work towards creating a limitless space for Deaf and Disabled people at Community Arts North West.

What did the training cover?

1. The social v medical model of disability
2. Access requirements and reasonable adjustment
3. Barriers to employment and engagement
4. The politics of language
5. Recruitment practices
6. Disability friendly employment and creating a disability friendly organisational culture
7. Working with participants: making our work more accessible

Outcome of the training

• “We’ve made changes to our website to make it more accessible and clarified our office accessibility for visitors.”
• “We will use what we discussed in the training in all future recruitment.”
• AN’s EDI Policy has also been updated, which has been really helpful.”