Hello and welcome to readers of our early Autumn newsletter!
By now the summer (or what we had of a summer!) is probably a distant memory as we get back into the swing of things in our workplaces. I hope you enjoyed some quality time doing fun things with your nearest and dearest. Personally, I really love autumn, the changing colours of the trees, the slight chill in the air in the mornings and if I dare mention it the countdown to Christmas! From a work perspective, many of you are entering a new academic year and with that comes new opportunities for the people you support. It is so good to see the work that goes on in our Karten Centres and the differences you and technology make to peoples’ lives. It is often a challenging time though, as we work out the best ways to support people and consider how technology and assistive technology can help. Remember the support available to you all through the Karten Network. If you have any questions or things you need assistance with don’t hesitate to email me – dawn@karten-network.org.uk – if I can’t help you directly, I’ll find someone who can! Also I urge you to check out the support available from TechAbility and to get involved with the fabulous webinar programme and if you’ve yet to do so consider registering for the TechAbility Conference 2023.
I am delighted to welcome four new Karten Network Board Trustees to you later in the newsletter. We are so fortunate to have secured the skills, expertise and commitment of these people and I know that the Network will continue to go from strength to strength with their involvement.
The Nuvoic project has now ended, the project’s technical reports and deliverables have all been assessed, and the resultant report confirms that the objectives have been fully achieved, and that the project has delivered exceptional results! We are delighted and would like to thank everyone who contributed to this important work. Check out the Nuvoic project to take a look back at what was achieved. I would like to take the final opportunity to give a shout out to the Project team members, Liz Howarth, Geena Vabulas, Sean Connolly and Martin Pistorius, who all provided superb support to organisations and participants throughout the project. We were so lucky to have them in our team!
Finally before you get on to reading the rest of the newsletter, I wanted to draw your attention to the opportunity to participate in the public consultation about the Disability Action Plan. To support you to prepare a response, Policy Connect’s Director of Policy, Robert McLaren has very helpfully produced a briefing available later in the newsletter. The briefing is also available on our website, including an option to download the briefing in a Microsoft Word Document. The deadline is the 6th of October 2023.
There are three ways to submit your response:
- By online form. (you can save the form part way through and come back to it before you submit it).
- By email disabilityactionplan@cabinetoffice.gov.uk (you can also use this email address to ask questions about the consultation.
- By post: mark your correspondence ‘Disability Action Plan’ and send it to:
Disability Action Plan team
Disability Unit, Cabinet Office
Ground Floor
10 Victoria Street
London
SW1H 0NB
Best wishes, Dawn
Karten Network and Development Co-ordinator
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