Created on: 15 Sep 2021 | Last modified: 29 Oct 2024
The Disabled Members' Network is a new network space for all members who identify as disabled, and for members who would be entitled to reasonable adjustments under the Equality Act (2010). The Network is open to, among others, Autistic members, members with long-term hearing impairments, and those with long-term illness that affects their everyday lives.
The Disabled Members' Network:
The next meeting of the EIS Disabled Members' Network will take place on Wednesday 27th November 2024, from 16:30-18:00, online, via Teams.
The EIS are delighted to be hosting a series of mental health sessions for EIS Equality Networks with a focus on mental health and equality.
Sessions are tailored to reflect each equality strand and the session on 27 November 2024 will be bespoke to Disabled Network members. The sessions are facilitated by anti-oppressive trainer, therapist and supervisor, Ellie Muniandy.
The session will provide insights into the relationship between mental health and equality and give space for reflection and consideration of what support and care may look like when inequality negatively impacts mental health.
Agenda
1. Welcome and introductions
2. Working together agreement including content warnings and safeguarding
3. What is marginalised identity trauma- an overview, terminology, how it manifests, what it might look like
4. What this looks like at a structural level, statistics, and reflecting on associated stories
5. Space for discussion and personal reflection
6. Support and forms of care
7. Action and structural response
Please register your interest in attending by completing the online booking form.
Further details about the meeting will follow. If you have any questions in the meantime, please email Grace.
If you have any queries in the meantime, or wish to join the Disabled Members' Network, please email equality@eis.org.uk.