Date: Friday 2 December 2011

Times: 9.30 am - 12.30 pm OR 2 - 5 pm

Venue: National Convention Centre

RSVP: Friday 25 November to fiona.mcintosh@act.gov.au or 6207 5594.

Cost: $30. Free for students, people with disability and accompanying carers

ACT EVENTS FOR THE 2011 INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITY

For all information of IDPWD events including dates, times and booking details please go to: www.idpwd.com.au/events

Summary of ACT events:

Bridges

Event Details: A selection of Mixed Media artworks by participants in the Belconnen Community Services 'Bridges' Program. The BCS 'Bridges' unit offers a range of programs for people living with disabilities in our region.

Centrelink Corporate Events

Event Details: Centrelink customer service centres and offices will be hosting themes surrounding IDPwD during November. Start date and time: 1st November 2011 End date and time: 4th December 2011
Cost to attend: Free Address: Centrelink Customer Service Centres.

Good Strong Powerful

Event Details: A landmark exhibition of works from three Northern Territory art studios that work with Indigenous artists with disability, will feature at the National Gallery in Canberra between October 2011 and January 2012.

Health Care Consumers Association

Event Details: A manned display that describes how you can have an input into ACT health Services. Start date and time: 2nd December 2011 End date and time: 3rd December 2011 Cost to attend: Free

Launch of Unraveling Psychosocial Disability, A Position Statement by the National Mental Health Consumer and Carer Forum on Psychosocial Disability Associated with Mental Health Conditions

Event Details: Publication Launch by Senator Jan McLucas at Parliament House Canberra 5pm RSVP only - please contact Kim Harris NMHCCF Executive Officer.
Start date and time: 22nd November 2011, 4:45pm for a 5:00pm start.

Onwards and Sideways Tour 2011

Event Details: Rudely Interrupted are performing in Canberra, Perth, Sydney and Melbourne from the 30th November to 7th December. More info to come.
Start date and time: 30th November 2011
End date: 7th December 2011

Perception

Event Details: PERCEPTION GALA event with guest speakers Joy Burch, ACT Minister for the Arts and Community Services and Professor Colin Rhodes, Dean Sydney College of the Arts and Director of STOARC (the Self-Taught and Outsider Art Research Collection)

Seminar - Using Disability Discrimination Law in the ACT1

Event Details: A community legal education seminar presented by the Disability Discrimination Legal Service of the ACT.
Aimed at people with disability, their carers and friends and community sector advocates assisting people with disability.
Start date: 1st December

If you have or know about an event which is likely to be of interest to the BLITS contact group, contact the BLITS E-News editor at info@blits.org.au