We had a meeting with Carolyn Barber and Rachel Cox, from The Good Mental Health Cooperative, looking around Portsmouth Cathedral from an accessibility perspective. This was in readiness for their Festival of the Mind Event on 14th May 2018.
To find out more about The Good Mental Health Cooperative, click the link to their website: www.goodmentalhealth.org.uk/hampshire-festival-of-the-mind/
Email: info@goodmentalhealth.org.uk
This Event is being held at Gunwharf Quays, Gunwharf Quays House, Portsmouth, PO1 3TZ, 10am to 12noon. This event is organised by Toucan Diversity Training Ltd, and facilitated by Madissa Asgari MA, BA (Hons) and David Shervill, Founder of Global Music Visions C.I.C.
Topics Covered Include: Models of Disability, Understanding Visual Impairment, and how to promote inclusive practice around visual and communication needs.
Session Outcomes Include: Understanding the value of the Social Model of Disability, be confident in communicating with disabled people, the use of correct language and etiquette, and be able to promote effective inclusion.
Find out more about Toucan Diversity Training Ltd
Website: www.toucan-diversity.org.uk
Email: info@toucan-diversity.org.uk
Facebook: www.facebook.com/Toucan.Diversity
Phone: 07834885539
David of Global Music Visions C.I.C., Richard, a volunteer from the Portsmouth Central Library, and the Conan Doyle Collection officers met in the Charles Dickens Centre, Lake Road, Portsmouth. We were there to record Richard describing the contents of the handling boxes, for people who are blind and visually impaired. This information will also be available online through the Exhibition website.
To find out more about The Conan Doyle Exhibition visit their website:
The event, organised by Toucan Diversity Training Ltd, was held at Gunwharf Quays today. Facilitated by Madissa Asgari MA, BA (Hons) and David Shervill, Founder of Global Music Visions C.I.C. the topics covered included: History and Models of Disability, Understanding Visual Impairment, and how to promote inclusive practice around visual and communication needs.
Find out more about Toucan Diversity Training Ltd
Phone: 07834885539
David of Global Music Visions C.I.C. and the Conan Doyle Collection officers met in the Charles Dickens Centre, Lake Road, Portsmouth.
We were there to record another session of audio description, narrated by Richard a volunteer from the Portsmouth Central Library.
These describe images in detail contained within sixteen panels from the Arthur Conan Doyle Collection. The information on each panel will be read out using a pen friend, or other hand held device.
This will enable sighted and visually impaired persons to have equal access to the artifacts within this portable exhibition.
This Event is being held at Gunwharf Quays, Gunwharf Quays House, Portsmouth, PO1 3TZ, at 10:30am – 1:30pm. This event is organised by Toucan Diversity Training Ltd, and facilitated by Madissa Asgari MA, BA (Hons) and David Shervill, Founder of Global Music Visions C.I.C.
Topics covered include: History and Models of Disability, Understanding Visual Impairment, and how to promote inclusive practice around visual and communication needs.
Session Outcomes Include: Understanding the value of the Social Model of Disability, be confident in communicating with disabled people, the use of correct language and etiquette, and be able to promote effective inclusion.
Find out more about Toucan Diversity Training Ltd
Phone: 07834885539
Today was another good session, hosted by Toucan Diversity Training Ltd, at Gunwharf Quays Portsmouth.
Our Founder, David Shervill spoke about his own visual impairments, and gave practical tips and strategies, to support the inclusion of individuals with visual and communication needs.
Maddisa Asgari MA, BA (Hons) spoke about the history and modals of disability, Etiquette and Language, and real life scenarios.
To find out more about Toucan Diversity Training Ltd, you can contact them via:
Email: info@toucan-diversity.org.uk
Website: www.toucan-diversity.org.uk
Facebook: www.facebook.com/Toucan.Diversity
Twitter: @ToucanDiversity
Phone: 07834885539
Global Music Visions C.I.C. and the Conan Doyle Collection officers met in the Charles Dickens Centre, Lake Road, Portsmouth. We were there to record another session of audio description, narrated by Richard a volunteer from the Portsmouth Central Library. These describe images in detail contained within sixteen panels from the Arthur Conan Doyle Collection. The information on each panel will be read out using a pen friend, or other hand held device. This will enable sighted and visually impaired persons to have equal access to the artifacts within this portable exhibition.
In summer 2016 Toucan Diversity asked David Shervill, Founder of Global Music Visions C.I.C. to become a visual impairment awareness Trainer.
Toucan Diversity Training Ltd
is a not-for-profit organisation which provides equality and diversity training in order to promote social inclusion for the most disadvantaged groups of our society.
David is keen to help breakdown barriers surrounding disabilities by talking to people about what it is like to have a visual impairment, and how, with a little more understanding, they can have a positive effect on someone’s life, and look at other ways of creating equal opportunities for them. Amongst other things, he is a freelance trainer for Toucan Diversity and is currently working towards becoming accredited.
David lives in Portsmouth and is the Founder of Global Music Visions C.I.C. He is registered as partially sighted, and has ocular albinism, nystagmus, with no 3D vision, so steps and kerbs are everyday obstacles for him. He went to mainstream school and was able to achieve his GCSEs, before attending mainstream college and achieving a BTEC Extended National Diploma in Music Technology.
To find out more about what David does, get in touch.
Website: www.toucan-diversity.org.uk
Facebook: www.facebook.com/Toucan.Diversity
Global Music Visions C.I.C. had a productive meeting with Carolyn Barber from The Good Mental Health Cooperative, looking around Portsmouth Cathedral from an accessibility stand point, ready for when they run their main event in May 2016.
To find out more about The Good Mental Health Cooperative, visit their website at goodmentalhealth.org.uk
Or email them at, info@goodmentalhealth.org.uk
If you are interested in having an accessibility check for your organisation or workplace, then get in touch.