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SUMMARY:Free Lunch & Learn: How accessible is your online presence for disabled people?
DESCRIPTION:How accessible is your online presence for disabled people? | Lunch & Learn with Difference North East\n    \n\n\n \n\n\nHow accessible is your online presence for disabled people?\nA 20-minute practical session to make your digital spaces more inclusive \n\n\nAbout this session\n\nMost people want to be accessible online\, but many don’t know where to start.\nIn this short Lunch & Learn webinar\, Claire will guide you through the essentials of making your website\, social media and digital materials more inclusive for disabled people.\n             \n\nYou’ll learn what accessibility really means in practice\, how to spot common barriers\, and which quick changes can make the biggest difference to your audience. There’ll be 5 minutes for questions and 5 minutes for feedback at the end.\n             \n\nDate: Monday 1 December 2025\n                Time: 12:30pm-1pm\n                Run time: 20 mins + Q&A & feedback\n                Format: Free Zoom webinar\n                Accessibility: Live captions and BSL interpretation provided\n                Spaces: Max 95 attendees \n \n\n                FREE EVENT\n                Join us for a quick\, practical session\, perfect for your lunch break!\n            \nRegister now\n\nFill out the form below to reserve your spot.\nYou’ll receive your Zoom link by email after registration.\n             \n\n\nZoom registration form\n\n    \n  \n\n    If the form doesn’t load\, please\n    \n       open the Zoom registration in a new tab.\n    \n   \n\n\n \n\nLove what we do?\nJoining Difference North East is free and helps us keep offering sessions like this one.\nBe part of a growing community making the North East more accessible for everyone.
URL:https://differencenortheast.org.uk/event/how-accessible-is-your-online-presence-for-disabled-people-dhm2025/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online,Accessibility,Disability History,Digital Accessibility
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SUMMARY:Community Cuppa at Redcar's Footprints Café
DESCRIPTION:Community Cuppa at Redcar’s Footprints Café\nThursday 4th December\, 1:30pm – 2:30pm\nFootprints Community Café\, Redcar \n\nHow’s life where you are? @ Footprints Café\n\nWhere do you face barriers in Redcar? From public transport and shop layouts to rushed appointments and confusing information\, many systems aren’t designed with everyone in mind. \nIf you’ve ever left a place because it was too overwhelming\, or felt frustrated by a service that didn’t accommodate you\, join this chat. This is a safe space to share those everyday perspectives and be listened to. \nYour experiences are valuable evidence that can be used to advocate for practical changes. \n“Your frustration is evidence of a problem\, not a personal failing. Together\, we can build a case for change.”\nWhat We’ll Do\n\nMapping common issues: Share the frustrations you face around town.\nBrainstorming simple fixes: “What would one practical improvement be?”\nFeeling heard: Talking with others who understand the challenges.\n\n\nKey Information\n📅\nDate: Thursday 4th December\, 1:30pm – 2:30pm\n📍\nVenue: Footprints Community Café\, Redcar\n☕\nInformal: This is a separate drop-in from last week. Feel free to attend either or both.\n📧\nQuestions?  Email claire@differencenortheast.org.uk\n\nEmail to Know More! \n\n\nDo you want to fight for disability rights in Teesside? Your story matters. \nJoin Difference North East!
URL:https://differencenortheast.org.uk/event/community-cuppa-redcar-footprints-cafe/
LOCATION:Footprints Community Café\, Redcar\, 14a High St\,\, Redcar\, TS10 3DU\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Accessibility
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SUMMARY:Our Voice\, Our Agenda: December 18\, 2025
DESCRIPTION:About the Event: Our Voice\, Our Agenda\, December 2025\nJoin us for Our Voice\, Our Agenda (OVOA)\, Thursday\, December 18\, 2025\, 12:30 PM\, for an independent forum created by and for d/Deaf\, Disabled\, and Neurodivergent people in the North East. \nFrustrated by the government’s tokenism?\nWe are building a space where we truly represent ourselves. This forum is led by our community\, set by our agenda\, and focused on the issues that matter most to us in the North East. \nThis meeting is your chance to help shape a platform where our local skills\, knowledge\, and lived experience are genuinely valued. \nWho Should Attend Our Voice\, Our Agenda\, December 2025\n\n\nMember Organisations: Deaf and Disabled People’s Organisations (DDPOs) across the North East \n\n\nCommunity Members: Disabled-led groups and independent disabled people active in their local communities \n\n\nAllies & Allied Organisations: Supporters of disabled people (please send a disabled representative where possible) \n\n\n🗺️ The North East includes: Gateshead\, Newcastle\, North Tyneside\, Northumberland\, South Tyneside\, Sunderland\, County Durham\, Hartlepool\, Stockton-on-Tees\, Middlesbrough\, Redcar and Cleveland\, and Darlington. \nWhat to Expect from Our Voice\, Our Agenda\, December 2025\n\nRead a summary of the last meeting here!\n\nWork together using the social model of disability and a rights-based approach \n\n\nDiscuss what matters most to disabled people in the North East \n\n\nConnect with others committed to co-production and collective action \n\n\nHelp ensure our voices are heard by services\, organisations\, and government — on our own terms \n\n\nAccessibility\nThis meeting will be held on Zoom\, with Closed Captioning and BSL interpretation available (please request interpreters at least 4 weeks in advance\, if possible). \nRegistration\nRegistration is essential. \n\nZoom registration form\n\nIf the form doesn’t load\, please\n\nopen the Zoom registration in a new tab.
URL:https://differencenortheast.org.uk/event/our-voice-our-agenda-december-2025/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online,Accessibility,Disabled representation,our voice our agenda
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