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4 September 2010, London
Liberty Festival
The Liberty Festival is an annual event at Trafalgar Square, celebrating the contribution of disabled people to London’s culture. This year’s festival will include a sports and arts area, an aerial performance zone, a children’s zone, featuring a ‘Windy Wonderland’ area of wind machines, fabric and sound, a cabaret and comedy programme and a music stage. For further information, visit the Greater London Authority website
14 September 2010, Birmingham
Disability Hate Crime conference The equality and diversity centre Gallant2000, in association with West Midlands Police, is holding a conference to address disability hate crime in Birmingham on 14 September 2010. For further information, visit the Gallant2000 website
14 September 2010, London
Workplace Law: Introduction to the Building Regulations
Workplace Law is holding this training course, which is designed to offer a practical introduction to the Building Regulations, in London on 14 September 2010. The course is aimed at facilities managers, architects, designers, building managers and local authority planning officers.
For further information, visit the Workplace Law website
From 14 September, various locations
Learning and skills: Disability and the Equality Act 2010 – What you need to know and do
The National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE) and SKILL, the National Bureau for Students with Disabilities, are running a series of briefing seminars for staff working in the learning and skills sector. The aim of each of the briefing seminars is to examine the Equality Act and what its implementation will mean in practice for learning and skills providers, with particular reference to disabled learners and carers who are learners.
For further information, visit the NIACE website
18-19 September 2010, London
Open House London festival Open House London, an architectural festival, will take place in London on 18 and 19 September 2010. During this event buildings open their doors to all visitors for free, with the aim of allowing participants to reconsider architecture and communicating the value of a well-designed city. For further information, visit the Open House website
22 September 2010, London
The future of services for disabled children This one-day conference will take explore issues such as how to enable parents, the voluntary sector, health services, education and social services to work with each other effectively and also how to achieve efficiency in commissioning. For further information, visit the Care Matters Partnership website
23 September 2010, London
Inclusion London Disability in the Equality Act seminar The disability equality organisation Inclusion London is hosting this half-day seminar, which provides an opportunity to explore the practical effects of the replacement of the Disability Discrimination Act by the Equality Act. It is aimed at disability and other voluntary organisations and disability and equality officers. For further information, and to book a place, visit the Inclusion London website
24 September 2010, London
Disability Law Service Equality Act training
The Disability Law Service is running a training event named The Equality Act 2010: What will it change on 24 September at its offices in London. The course will look at changes made to existing law by the Equality Act. It is for anybody involved in advising, advocating on or researching equality issues.
For further information, visit the Disability Law Service website
28 September 2010, London
Getting the most out of the Equality Act 2010
The law firm Eversheds International is hosting a conference, named Getting the most out of the Equality Act 2010, at its offices in central London on 28 September 2010. This will feature presentations by discrimination law professionals on major changes to the law.
For further information, visit the Discrimination Law website
28 September 2010, Glasgow
ECU higher education Equality Act seminar The Equality Challenge Unit (ECU) is holding free seminars on the Equality Act, targeted at higher education institutions, in Glasgow on 28 September 2010. The seminars have been developed to prepare institutions for October, when the main sections of the Act are expected to come into effect. For further information, visit the ECU website
29-30 September 2010, London |