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November 11th 2009
The NDFA, in partnership with the Asian Fire Association ran a very sucessful disability awareness day, which attracted participants from all over the UK. The audience heard a number of excellent presentations on reasonable adjustments, Diabetes, Dyslexia and disability issues in emergency planning. The picture shows (from left) Chris Caswell Kent FRS and expert on Dyslexia, Tim Hoy LFB expert on Diabetes, Michelle Valentine NDFA expert, Simon and Zahoor from Hereford and Worcs FRS (Simon is the UK's first below knee amputee operational firefighter), and Duncan White NDFA's Chair.
June 2009
The NDFA gave a very sucessful seminar on disability issues in the Fire Service at this year's Networking Women in the Fire Service conference. In the picture (from left to right) Barbara North (NDFA Treasurer, Michelle Valentine NDFA expert adviser and Andy Oaker NDFA Vice Chair).
12th May 2009 - NDFA Wins National Fire Service Equality Award
The NDFA has been awarded the 'Leadership Team Award' for its positive and proactive work to tackle discrimination against disabled applicants and employees in the UK Fire and Rescue Service. The committee received the award at the Fire Service Diversity and Equality Awards, held on 12th May at the NEC in Birmingham. Duncan White Chair of the NDFA said,
"I'm so thrilled that the NDFA's hard work has been recognised and praised. By giving us this award, Communities and Local Government (CLG) and the Fire Service family, acknowledge that our expertise on disability equality issues in the Fire Service is of the highest quality, and that our approach to solving issues and developing best practice is a winning formula. I'd like to express my thanks to CLG and the awards selection panel, and to my committee and others who have worked tirelessly to make the NDFA what it is today. I'd also like to thank our expert adviser Michelle Valentine of Disability Forward Ltd. I hope that this award will send a signal to Fire Services that working with us in a positive way will produce good results for the organisation and for disabled people".
23rd January 2009 - Chair of the NDFA, Duncan White, appears in an article in Hearing Times telling his story.
Click here to view the article.
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