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How to include people with a learning disability

More and more people are thinking about accessibility, inclusion and helping people with disabilities to access their services. This is fantastic and it will help make the world a friendlier place.

We’ve been working with actors, adults and young people with learning disabilities for many years.

We’ve also been running professional development workshops and disability awareness training for cultural organisations.

We want to help you include learning disability in your Disability Equality Scheme and help your organisation be even more welcoming.

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Wondering where to start?

Call us for How-to guides on interviewing people with a learning disability, running an inclusive workshop, employing learning disabled actors, and more...

Professional Training

 

Disability Equality Seminars

Disability Equality Seminars

Our Never Again seminars for venues, galleries, museums… Improve your disability awareness, through performance and workshops from professional learning disabled actors.

Coming soon... Disability Equality training for health, teaching and other public settings.

Want tailor-made help or consultancy?

We can help your professional development, or develop training specifically for your organisation? Give us a call to find out more 01274 487390

 

Real Voices Real Lives: Exploring Disability Hate Crime

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Real Voices Real Lives is an interactive theatre workshop that explores disability harassment, including ‘mate crime’, ‘hate crime’ and violence, in a supported environment.

RVRL is presented by professional Learning Disabled Actors via a series of short performances that are designed to stimulate learning through participation, discussion, interactive role-playing and sharing of experiences.
 
It’s a unique opportunity to experience training delivered by professional learning disabled actors who also have direct experience of the issues explored.
 
“Just to say how pleased we were with the workshop. We
all got a tremendous amount out of it.”  Health & Social Care
Programme Manager, Bridgwater College, Somerset
 
Who is it for?
 
Real Voices Real Lives is useful to a variety of professionals, students and peer groups. It covers a range of material that can be adapted to suit different environments and is ideal for ‘active teaching’. 
 
The two-hour workshop ensures individual learning through participation and ongoing analysis of scenarios to deepen understanding of the issues. Content can also be tailored to your key learning goals / curriculum if required.
 
Its is useful for professionals working in areas such as:
 
Police, Safety Partnerships, Victim Support and Hate Crime 
Social Services, Care and Housing
Health Care and NHS
Disability Charities, Accessibility, and support
 
And students training in subjects such as:
 
Social Work
Health and Social Care
Carers
Nursing
Drama
PSHE
History
Citizenship
Early Years
 
It’s also useful for groups who have direct personal experience of the issues involved, such as discrimination, violence, or hate crime, offering a safe environment to explore and discuss these.
 
The involvement from Mind the Gap was absolutely priceless
and lead from start to finish. The positive effect they have on
others is an experience you never forget - Workshop participant,
ARLA foods
 
 
Would you like to know more?
 
Location: Mind the Gap’s purpose built Studios in Bradford, or we can come to you.
 
Duration: 2 hours
 
Participant number: 6 to 25 people for professional or student groups, or 5 to 15 for peer groups
 
Cost: £600 & VAT, plus travel if appropriate.
 
Please get in touch to have a chat about your requirements in more detail and to see how Real Voice Real Lives could work for you.
 
Call Lisa on 01274 487390

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Looking for something different?

We are creating new consultancy and training workshops all the time, give us a call to hear about work in development now or how we can respond to your brief.  

Commission a piece

You could commission a piece of theatre for your event or conference. Past bookings have included a week-long residency in a University, and forum theatre projects in conference settings.  Something else in mind?  Give us a call to discuss your requirements and how we can help on 01274 487390.