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Anti-Bullying DVD, Launch Event
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 Office for Disability Issues with a charity that supports adults with learning disabilities to self-advocate on issues that matter to them.
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The DVD launch event, which was sponsored by Office for Disability Issues was the biggest the charity has ever put on. Jonathan Shaw, Minister for Disabled People spoke, and the charity also got its first story into a local newspaper.
A group at the charity had developed an anti-bullying DVD and wanted to showcase it at a launch event. Over a three month period, senior managers at Office for Disability Issues attended weekly support sessions to assist the group to design and run their own event. Volunteers created a rota and took turns to attend meetings.
In recognition for the cross-sectorial collaboration and community needs led nature of this project, in January 2010 the ODI and the charity involved in this project received a Commendation for Innovation.
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Video created by a volunteer
With members of government present, the launch provided an opportunity for people to be heard in an immediate way
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“The example of the Office for Disability Issues shows a Department really engaging with its service-users, in a way that formal consultation and dry statistics could never achieve.”
Baroness Neuberger report on Volunteering in the Civil Service
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Volunteers supported members of the charity in launching the Anti-Bullying DVD
The launch was well attended, including Civil Servants and various groups supporting people with disabilities
At the launch: Jonathan Shaw, Former Minister for Disabled People with project organisers from Office for Disability Issues and charity organisation
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Volunteer Centre Westminster: 4 Sutherland Avenue London W9 2HQ | Switchboard: 020 7266 1992
Registered Charity No. 295501 | Registered Company No. 2052268
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