Diversity Week 2015's theme is Making Our Voices Heard.

To support organisations in the private, public and voluntary sectors to listen effectively to the quieter voices, we start the Diversity Week programme with the Inclusive Communication Conference.

What's the conference about? This conference aims to showcase best practice in meeting different communication needs. It will be opened by Mr Marco Biagi MSP, Minister for Local Government and Community Empowerment. There will be speakers from various sectors talking about their learning journey towards ensuring that all communications with users, staff and partners are inclusive and meaningful. There will also be a wide range of workshops and information stalls to provide delegates with practical advice and guidance.

Who is the conference for? The conference will be highly beneficial to anyone with an interest in inclusive and accessible communications, working in these areas:

• Customer Care
• General Management
• Human Resources
• Policy Development
• Service Planning and Delivery
• Social Responsibility
• Training Facilitation

Choice of Workshops:

Afasic Scotland – Awareness of inclusive communication for children and young people
Deaf Communication Service – Introduction to deaf awareness
Dunfermline Advocacy – Understanding advocacy
Fife Society for the Blind – Effective communications with blind and partially sighted service users
Sense Scotland – Setting, tracking and reviewing personal outcomes
Scottish Accessible Information Forum – Information inclusion vs Information explosion
Scottish Transgender Alliance – Beyond the Gender Binary: Trans Inclusive Language

Please book before Wednesday 2 September 2015.

FAQs

What are the disabled access facilities for Lochgelly Centre

Several facilities are available - see detailed information by visiting the Fife Direct Lochgelly Centre webpage here (opens in new window).

What are my transport options for getting to the event?

The closest train station is Lochgelly Train Station, .5 miles from the conference venue, with trains run hourly from Edinburgh to Lochgelly on the Fife Circle. The 19 bus from Stagecoach Fife stops at the Lochgelly Centre itself.

Parking is free for all conference participants.

To plan your journey, please visit Traveline Scotland here (opens in new window).

Registrations are closed

Diversity Week Fife 2015 - Inclusive Communication Conference