Congratulations to Celia Chartres-Aris Celia Chartres-Aris (née Hensman) who has been nominated for the Positive Role Model Award for Disability at The National Diversity Awards 2024. To vote please visit nationaldiversityawards.co.uk/awards-2024/no… #NDA24 #Nominate #VotingNowOpen

We’ll soon be ready to train other organisations to deliver Oliver McGowan Mandatory Tier 1 Training! 💛

Thanks to InclusionGlos for the recent training 🙌

Don’t forget you’ve got 24 hours to vote for us in the National Diversity Awards! 🙏👇

nationaldiversityawards.co.uk/awards-2024/no…

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Want to start your week off with a good deed? Why not take 2 mins to vote for us in the National Diversity Awards?! 😁👍

Thank you so much to everyone who has voted 🙏💛

🗓️❌ Wednesday is the voting deadline!

We couldn’t do it without your support! 🤩

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Seeing so many purple squares popping up on socials this week; congrats to those shortlisted for the Disability Power 100!

But take a moment to ensure your inclusivity game is strong by adding image descriptions to your posts, you can add a reminder too! help.twitter.com/en/using-x/set…

⏳ 4 days to go! ⏳

Thank you so much to everyone who has voted for us in the National Diversity Awards 🙏💛

If you haven’t voted yet, you have until Wednesday when we’re hoping to hit 500 votes! We couldn’t do it without your support! 🤩

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nationaldiversityawards.co.uk/awards-2024/no…

#NDA24

⏳ 5 days to go! ⏳

Thank you so much to everyone who has voted for us in the National Diversity Awards 🙏💛

If you haven’t voted yet, you have until Wednesday when we’re hoping to hit 500 votes! We couldn’t do it without your support! 🤩

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nationaldiversityawards.co.uk/awards-2024/no…

#NDA24

So far we have supported 20 people to become qualified Oliver McGowan Learning Disability & Autism Training Trainers! 🙌

📸 Here’s a screenshot of one of our original trios delivering a Tier 1 session!

Another reason for your vote in the National Diversity Awards 👇

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So excited to show the two main characters of my upcoming children’s book about #Autism ! 🤩

“Do We Look Autistic?”, co-produced with Wigan Council’s Autism Friends board, challenges stereotypes & stigmas in a child-friendly way.

🔜 Follow for updates! 📚

#ChildrensBookWeek

“We are delighted to share Happy Smiles Training has been shortlisted for their work on the Shaw Trust #DisabilityPower100 ”

From 786 nominations, we are hugely grateful for this!

There are so many more people/organisations who also deserve recognition - shoutout to them too 💛

Sometimes we can develop negative views about ourselves because of other people's attitudes.

Ableism is all around us, and can take many forms. Disabled people can begin to believe the stereotypes and misconceptions that surround us every day.

🚨 We need your help! 🙏

With 1 week left to vote, we are asking you to take 2 minutes to vote for us 💛

❓Why❓

We are a #DisabledPeople and women-led social enterprise, extremely passionate about leading social change.

Thank you to all who have voted!

#NDA24 National Diversity Awards

We’re already halfway through the training with our latest set of Inclusion Champions at Woodfield Wigan! 😮👏

We’re aiming to have trained at least 150 Inclusion Champions this academic year 💛

Just another reason to vote for us in the #NDA24 ! 👇

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Congratulations to everyone who was voted for on #ElectionDay yesterday! Please support #DisabilityInclusion in your policies and practice 😁👍

On that note, what does an ‘Inclusion Champion’ look like to you?

This week, Woodfield Wigan pupils gave us their thoughts! 🙌💛

This week, we delivered an ‘Inclusion in Action’ workshop with over 100 Y1 Primary Education students at Edge Hill University - what a brilliant audience! 🙌

Whilst highlighting #DeafAwarenessWeek , we talked about inclusive communication, including #SignLanguage 🤟 & more! 💛

“It’s not my spinal injury or wheelchair that’s the problem, it’s the perception of disability” - spot on Martin Hibbert on Good Morning Britain 💜 Great to see someone so local to us flying the flag for #Accessibility ! 👍

🎉 Congratulations to Kurt, who was voted as our Volunteer of the Month for April! 👏

“Kurt is so good at delivering training and is always there to support me”

Nice one Kurt 🙌

Our great volunteers are just another reason to vote for us in the #NDA24 :

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On Friday, the Prime Minister announced his intention to make changes to Personal Independence Payments (PIP).

Right now, many disabled people understandably have questions and concerns about how this will affect them.

Here’s what we know so far about these changes, and how…

🤩 We’re nearly coming down from the Scope #ScopeAwards last week, still shocked & honoured to win the Community Group Award! 😱🏆

It was an amazing event, full of brilliant people, on the same mission… to change the disability conversation and create true #DisabilityInclusion

The most wonderful explosion of laughter, happiness & community 🏆🌟It was a privilege to attend Scope Awards last week, hearing stories, witnessing pure talent & incredible work our community are tirelessly & often selflessly dedicating themselves to.

#Disability #ScopeAwards

👀 Have you seen our recent blog?

More of our team are now trained in Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training delivery! 💛

Read more 👇
happysmilestraining.co.uk/team-news-cate…

Thanks to everyone who has voted for us in the #NDA24 too! 🙏

Please vote at:
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