Voice at the Table (VATT) are offering FREE inclusive meeting training that has been developed with and presented by skilled and trained people with a cognitive disability.
Who are the inclusive meetings training for?
Staff working for organisations who strive to ensure people with cognitive disabilities have a genuine say. For example, committee members, support staff, people organizing consultations and front of office staff.
What do you learn?
- Why inclusive practice is important.
- To identify and understand the barriers to participation for people with cognitive disabilities.
- Ways to make your meetings welcoming.
- Skills and techniques for getting people with cognitive disabilities to open up and speak confidently.
How is our training delivered?
- Online or in person. In person for 2023.
- Training is co-designed and co-facilitated by people with cognitive disability in line with the VATT motto, ‘Nothing about us without us’.
- Using plain and easy English.
How long and when is the training? 3 hours at Ross House.
- Thursday, November 16, 12.30 pm-3.30 pm
- Wednesday, November 29, 1.00 pm-4.00 pm
- Wednesday, December 13, 12.30 pm-3.30 pm
What is the cost?
- Training is FREE! VATT is funded by the Department of Social Services.
