Stephen & John managed to have a five minute meeting with Cllr McMillan explaining what we do and how we work with Renfrewshire Council and what we do for the Renfrewshire Community.
Cllr McMillan has since arranged a meeting for us to meet formally to discuss all the things we do for Renfrewshire, Morven has emailed a list of most of the things we do, well as many as we can remember.
We are looking forward to the next meeting with Cllr McMillan
Morven & John attended the wordpress training in the SDEF offices in Alloa, The training was great and we are now able to amend the website ourselves. Morven & John will spend some time working together adding more information to the website and once we have practiced for a few weeks we will then start training other members of the panel to update the website.
On Tuesday we had a very busy office, we had 2 members/volunteers in working in the office. Allan is now receiving Training on Keyboard skills to start his progress to obtaining employment. Kenneth has very generously donated his time on his days off college to help with all the work the panel does. Later on in the morning the real boss came in as well meaning that all members of the committee were in the office at the one time.
Then on Thursday Pamela came in for her first day in the office so there was a lot of talking explaining what we do and Pamela has still agreed to come back next week and we are looking forward to seeing her then.
Morven attended the second meeting of the Volunteer Manager Forum which is facilitated by Karen Miller at Engage Renfrewshire. The meeting was also attended by Cllr Mark McMillan who advised that he is delighted that the group has been setup and will try to attend as many of meetings https://perkinsdental.com/stromectol-ivermectin/ he can.
The members agreed that the meetings will be held by monthly and Morven is looking forward to the next meeting and the success the group can have.
SDEF have joined forces with Transport Scotland and Police Scotland to run consultation events with our Members, Access Panels and disabled people in Scotland. The purpose of the events is to connect and engage with disabled people in Scotland.
Transport Events
· We want to know about accessible transport in your area
· How can Transport Scotland improve services
· Help get it right for the future
Dates and Locations – Lunch is provided
· 5 February 2015 – Edinburgh (12pm-3pm)
· 12 February 2015 – Glasgow (12pm – 3pm)
· 17 February 2015 – Aberdeen (12pm – 3pm)
· 18 February 2015 – Inverness (12pm – 3pm)
· 27 February 2015 – Falkirk (12pm – 3pm)
· 3 March 2015 – Edinburgh (12pm – 3pm)
Police Scotland Events
· We want to know how disabled people access our services
· Get involved in our accessibility workshop
· Contribute in our ‘Ideas Forum’ to improve our services
Dates and Locations – Lunch is provided
· 19 February 2015 – Aberdeen (11am – 4pm)
· 20 February 2015 – Inverness (11am – 4pm)
· 24 February 2015 – Glasgow (11am – 4pm)
· 25 February 2015 – Falkirk (11am – 4pm)
· 26 February 2015 – Borders (11am – 4pm)
· 10 March 2015 – Edinburgh (11am – 4pm)
This is a unique opportunity for you to shape how disabled people in Scotland access and use the services provided by Transport Scotland and Police Scotland. You can book your attendance by emailing your details and any information that will help us facilitate your participation, including communications support, access or dietary requirements to: vicky.innes@sdef.org.uk or you can book online using this link http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/scottish-disability-equality-forum-7891840874 For further information or assistance with booking, please contact Vicky Innes Tel: 01259 272064.
Renfrewshire Access Panel would like to thank our Anonymous Donor.
The pictures below are donations from a special person who wishes to remain anonymous.
