Inclusivity Week - 11th - 15th April 2016
Calderdale is launching its first Inclusivity Week to celebrate diversity and share good practice and demonstrating how we support the community to live, learn, work and play together. It will support colleagues to showcase how inclusion underpins the values and behaviours of the Council through active adaptation and change to practices and services, reducing inequalities that maybe present.
This week kicks off a series of events that will raise awareness, aims to reduce inequalities, and will help ensure that we are meeting the needs of our ever-evolving communities.
Our Equality duties require that we actively work to eliminate discrimination and create equal opportunities to develop good working relationships amongst different people. If we are to champion Inclusivity, we must recognise and celebrate the diversity of our staff and community and identify how we can improve relationships by supporting people to live, learn, work and play together. For further ideas on how to do this please visit Inclusive Employers l i v i y t C t i
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a i D p r i n u g i e h l x a d s n e e r n g S R e e e n r t G r P a P Monday 11 April Welcome Café - making Calderdale more Welcoming – limited places 11.30am - 1 pm only
St Augustine’s Community St. Augustine’s Centre staff, volunteers and Centre Users invite you to Centre join them for lunch and conversations. Participants will have a chance to have a tour of the centre and hear why people come to the Centre from Centre Users and some of the issues refugees and asylum seekers face and how we can make Halifax a more welcoming environment.
Monday 11 April Meet the Roma – interactive music and discussion – limited places only 1.30pm - 3pm Members of Roma Community group will share their experience of Queen’s Road Neighbourhood Inclusivity Week - 11th - 15th April 2016
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a i D p r i n u g i e h l a x d s n e e r n g S R e e e n r t G r P a P Centre, Room 20 migrating to Calderdale and run a ‘have a go’ music session.
Monday 11 April, and Inclusive Leisure – Tour of North Bridge Wednesday 13 April 1pm - 3pm Participants of all backgrounds will be given a tour of North Bridge Leisure Centre and have the option for taking part in taster activities with North Bridge Leisure Centre adaptions e.g. Badminton Bowls Gym training Fitness class Football
Monday 11 April Disabilities Awareness - delivered by Debbie Greenwood 2pm - 3.30pm Do you manage or provide services to the public? Then this training is for Northgate house room 1.1116 you! Participants will have an improved understanding of:
the disability discrimination provisions of the Equality Act 2010 and implications for the Council in terms of duties and responsibilities;
the barriers faced by disabled people in accessing our facilities and Inclusivity Week - 11th - 15th April 2016
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appropriate and practical actions that can be taken to assist disabled customers to have full and equal access to facilities and services, and
reasonable adjustments to retain employees who have valuable experience and knowledge, even if they become disabled.
Tuesday 12 April Engagement and Inclusion workshop – sessions delivered by 9.30 - 12.30pm international trainers Edit Development
The MBI Shay Stadium To explore the latest thinking on creating an inclusive culture where diversity is valued and leveraged; and inclusion is linked to the Council’s performance and productivity. To develop clear communication and implementation plans to support and embed the Inclusion strategy for the Council. To identify unconscious bias and acknowledge their own biases in the way they engage stake holders To explore strategies to build a culture to engage people in this agenda Inclusivity Week - 11th - 15th April 2016
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a i D p r i n u g i e h l a x d s n e e r n g S R e e e n r t G r P a P Tuesday 12 April Mindfulness: Building Personal Resilience to Stress – now FULL! 9.30 - 12.30pm Stress is a factor in everyone's life and it can be aggravated by work Todmorden Community pressures that can lead to health problems and sickness. This College introduction to mindfulness and meditation practice will allow staff to explore and hopefully experience the benefits of these techniques. Those attending will learn how to build personal resilience to stress and help them find that individual and positive work life balance. Feedback from previous courses:- "I thoroughly enjoyed the course and would recommend it to other Calderdale employees"
'we are a small team with deadlines and pressures, doing the course gave me tips and tricks to "help deal well with what we do"
"best training I have had for 25 years!"
Tuesday 12 April Migration and Safeguarding workshop - Delivered by Bill Dennis from 1pm - 4.30pm Migration Yorkshire
The MBI Shay Stadium To provide an overview of migration in Calderdale for front line managers and staff and provide an insight into some of the challenges facing particularly vulnerable migrants and those who work with them. Inclusivity Week - 11th - 15th April 2016
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a i D p r i n u g i e h l a x d s n e e r n g S R e e e n r t G r P a P Understand different migrant groups and different routes of entry to the UK; Understand the patterns of migration in Calderdale and West Yorkshire and the impacts this has on service delivery; Understand some of the challenges that may confront migrants and how services can respond to these challenges so helping better integration.
Tuesday 12 April LG Inform and LG Inform Plus inclusive data workshop 1.30pm – 3.30pm Find out how to access wide range of data sets on different aspects of inclusivity using these use-friendly data tools. Latest published data on Todmorden meeting room, 2nd floor Westgate House, age, gender, religion, ethnicity, disabilities, health, employment, and Halifax much more at ward and neighbourhood level. Informal drop-in – no need to book
Wednesday 13 April Transgender Awareness – SPACES GOING FAST! 9.30 - 11.30am Leading transgender rights campaigner, Jacqui Gavin will be speaking The MBI Shay Stadium passionately about making a difference and making transformational changes by working closely with the transgender community in her work on a number of projects.
Exploring inclusive language and provide clarity specifically around transgender terminology Inclusivity Week - 11th - 15th April 2016
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a i D p r i n u g i e h l a x d s n e e r n g S R e e e n r t G r P a P Sharing of your personal story – every person has their story and we all get to be a part of something.
Is this all about the media spotlight? Jacqui will explore her personal journey over the past 30 years and how things have changed etc. Jacqui will also focus on building confidence and encouragement, both for transgender people and how people can support their colleagues in this space and engage with the topic
Let’s make it happen – what can we do as individuals and organisations in this space. Getting people to talk.
Wednesday 13 April Blind Archery - only 8 places available 3.15 - 4.15pm Participants will have the opportunity to take part in this fun activity whilst Mixenden Activity Centre blindfolded to gain insight into why it is important to use plain language when communicating with people of diverse backgrounds and abilities.
Thursdays, 11am -12pm for 6 British Sign Language workshop - must attend all sessions weeks, starting on Thursday 14 April This is your opportunity to learn basic sign language so you are able to sign: Northgate House Room 1.107 Exploring daily routines Themes like colour, numbers, weather and toys Daily routines for the setting with environment Inclusivity Week - 11th - 15th April 2016
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a i D p r i n u g i e h l a x d s n e e r n g S R e e e n r t G r P a P Emotions Basic language
Thursday 14 April Positive Identities Celebration - Barnardo’s Positive Identities Service - 1- 5pm Supporting LGBTQ Youth in Calderdale
The MBI Shay (Lunch Positive Identities will be sharing knowledge and good practice gained provided) from the evaluation of workshops in schools and training offered to professionals over the last year. Identity Youth Group members will also facilitate practice development surgeries.
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Learning from the Calderdale Hate Crime Project Exploring layers of Identity LGBTQ young people – the importance of faith and culture Thursday 14 April Blind Climbing – only 8 places available 3.15 - 4.15pm Mixenden Activity Centre Participants will have the opportunity to take part in this fun activity whilst blindfolded to gain insight into why it is important to use plain language when communicating with people of diverse backgrounds and abilities.
Friday 15 April Inclusive Practice Bitesize - sessions delivered by international trainers Inclusivity Week - 11th - 15th April 2016
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a i D p r i n u g i e h l a x d s n e e r n g S R e e e n r t G r P a P From 9.30 am - see times as Edit Development listed. Optimal Decision Making: 9.30 – 11.00am 3 x 90 mins sessions Discover the complexities that make up each person and why we The MBi Shay Stadium make the decisions we do Look at global future workplace trends and how you navigate through that to stay competitive in the market place, particularly through agility Explore ways you can optimise your decision making processes to be more inclusive in the way you recruit, retain and develop talent Uncover your frames of reference and ways to think more broadly to optimise your decisions Provide a safe environment to look at how you act as a role model for inclusion and develop tools and techniques to be inclusive and enabling of difference
Managing Your Brand: 11.30 – 1.00 pm
Understand the behaviours and mind-set of your brand and complete activities to develop and define your unique identity within the business. Understand the research behind developing a personal brand strategy for maximising career success and personal impact Develop a clear strategy for managing your personal brand Understand techniques and tools to increase personal presence and Inclusivity Week - 11th - 15th April 2016
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Inclusive Leadership: session overview 1.30pm – 3pm
Understanding the behaviours associated with creating a culture of inclusion Gain an understanding of the Personal Development Model for Inclusion learning to identify personal triggers
Develop tools and techniques to be inclusive and enabling of difference when leading and managing teams Expression of interest Bikeability one-to-one tuition
Participants from all backgrounds can learn to ride a bike to improve their health. Expressions of interest to be sent to
Calderdale Council staff – please book any of the above sessions through your Selima HR, unless otherwise directed.
For non-Council staff - please complete the attached booking form and return to [email protected] Inclusivity Week - 11th - 15th April 2016
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EMAIL ADDRESS TELEPHONE Activity Participants name and email Office Use Only
Activity8. LG Inform and LG Inform Plus Participants name and email Office Use Only inclusive data workshop 1. Welcome café - making 9. CalderdaleTransgender more Awareness Welcoming 2. Meet the Roma 10. Blind Archery 3. Inclusive Leisure –Tour of North 11. BridgeBritish Sign Language workshop
Please6 week statecourse. if you would like to attend Monday or Wednesday 12. Positive Identities Celebration, 4. DisabilitiesBarnardo’s AwarenessPositive Identities Service - Supporting LGBTQ 5. EngagementYouth in Calderdale and Inclusion Expressionworkshop of interest required by 24th March 6. Mindfulness Building Personal 13. BlindResilience Climbing to Stress 7. Migration/Safeguarding 14. Bite size Inclusive Practice - workshop Optimal Decision Making
15. Bite size Inclusive Practice -Managing Your Brand
16. Bite size Inclusive Practice - Inclusive Leadership
17. Bikeability one to one tuition Inclusivity Week - 11th - 15th April 2016
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