Hello and welcome to our Winter Newsletter which I hope will be of interest to you. We have lots to celebrate across the Network and I hope some of the fabulous articles from our Centres will give you a flavour of some of the work going on.
The Karten Network is delighted to have become a member of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Assistive Technology and is looking forward to engaging more actively with the group’s activities.
Natspec’s TechAbility Service has been supported for a further 12 months by the Ian Karten Charitable Trust, the service continues to be the go-to-place for high quality advice, guidance, CPD and consultancy in the field of Assistive Technology. A reminder that most services are free for Karten Centres and Natspec colleges. TechAbility now has 22 champions signed up to the exciting Champions Programme, this is aimed at increasing capacity for assistive technology within organisations and providing nominated champions with invaluable support. If you would like to get involved let us know.
I was honoured to be nominated for a Jisc Community Champion Award and am delighted that I will be going to Digifest 2022 in early March to accept the award and to network with other Community Champions. Champions are selected as “these extraordinary people go above and beyond to support colleagues across the sector by facilitating communities, sharing learning and being advocates for good practice”. This was made possible by the incredible people I engage with on a daily basis as I go about my work, so thanks to you all! Digifest 2022 offers a fabulous programme structured around 3 themes: Changing for Good; Working Together; Shaping a Sustainable Future. Event registration is still open.
We are now learning to live with the pandemic and for many that means that business is returning to something closer to normal! We feel this is a good time to promote collaborative opportunities across the network, to encourage peer support and the sharing of best practice. We already have a Special Interest Group (SIG) for Smart Home Technologies and would be interested to know if there are other themes that you would be interested in developing SIGs for. Please email dawn@karten-network.org.uk with suggestions and ideas for any other ways that we can provide support to Centres.
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