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Please find attached a letter of invitation and Reply Form for GDA’s Showcase Event 2008. The event will mark United Nation’s International Day For Disabled People and is around the theme of “Dignity and Justice For All: Partnership Matters”.

We are welcoming an eminent speaker for the event, Dr Richard Light. Richard has been involved in the disability movement for almost 20 years.  He has worked as a researcher, trainer and consultant and is a frequent contributor to conferences, seminars, governmental meetings and media reports into issues as diverse as bioethics, employment policies and capacity building.  The foundation upon which all such work was based was - and remains - human rights and he has spent the past five years working exclusively on the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.  He was awarded RADAR’s ‘International Person of the Year’ in 2006, for his work on human rights and, the following year, received an OBE in the New Year’s Honours for his work with disabled people.

This event will be of interest to you as there are around 125,000 disabled people in Glasgow and the event will promote an understanding of disability issues and mobilize support for the dignity, rights and well-being of disabled people. The Showcase Event will also launch the Report “Dignity & Justice for All: Partnership Matters” which draws on the varied experiences of our members and of our partner organisations in relation to working with disabled people. The Report - and the event - seek to raise awareness of the importance of partnership working in promoting accessible learning, support and independent living which empowers disabled people to have control over their own lives and futures.

Please let us know if you are intending to come along by completing the reply form attached and either email or fax this back to us on 0141 550 4937

Kind Regards,
Tressa Burke
Director
Glasgow Disability Alliance
Suite 301, The White Studios
Building 4, Templeton Business Centre
62 Templeton Street
G40 1DA

Tel: 0141 556 7103
Fax: 0141 550 4937

shirleycoull@gdaonline.co.uk