Disability History Month Celebration - JOY!

The Disabled People's Archive (DPA) and North West Film Archive (NWFA) are hosting a free, disabled-led event to celebrate UK Disability History Month and the launch of DPA's new project. The event will be in the performance space at Manchester Central Library on Thursday 4th December, 12pm - 4pm.

The theme for this year's UK Disability History Month is 'Disability, Life and Death'. To focus on the 'life' aspect of this theme, we will spend the afternoon looking at the joy that comes from being in our Disabled community. There will be; a short presentation introducing the DPA's new project, a DPA object handling table, a creative group film-making activity, community lunch, a 'university challenge' for PhD students to show off their research in accessible ways, a relaxed film-showing, and other creative activities.

We will also be talking about the DPA's new project: "Accessing Our Hidden History". Funded through The National Heritage Lottery Fund, this project aims to showcase the DPA through a series of events, including educational workshops, archive sessions, and a community archive outreach programme.

We hope you can make it and come celebrate our Disabled History and Joy!

Note:

• We have booked 2 BSL Interpreters for the event.
• We welcome bookings until the event starts if tickets are still available.
• For bookings made after Thursday 20 November, we may not be able to meet requests for dietary needs, PA bookings and/or taxis that we book - please request what you need and we will be in contact about what is still possible after this date.
• You can still arrange your own travel and claim back later (Manchester residents). The option to let us know will be given after you sign up for tickets.
• You are welcome to bring your own PA/carer. We will have some PA's available at the event, if you need a dedicated PA please request one when booking.
• We are already catering for vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free as standard.
• Any questions, please contact the organiser for more information; email; [email protected]

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