Marr LLCP lunch + learn Thursday 30th April
Marr LLCP Lunch + Learn
Growing Neurodiverse Communities
Thursday 30 April, 1 pm to 1:45pm
Bring your lunch for a series of online talks focused on developing skills and overcoming common challenges experienced by community groups, established and emerging. Learn and connect with other groups and be inspired by examples of great community work – as well as learning from what hasn’t gone so well!
The talks are being organised by the Marr Local Learning Community Partnership (LLCP) and are planned to take place monthly. They will cover a range of topics that groups often find challenging in achieving what they want to do, from recruiting volunteers to dealing with red tape, dealing with conflict to making decisions as a group. Each time we will hear from a local community group or worker who has experience of that particular challenge.
For the sixth talk in this series, we are glad to welcome Bruce Phillips who is originally from Aotearoa New Zealand, but now lives in Huntly. Bruce has worked as a project manager, writer, curator and artwork producer. Throughout, he has had a focus on working with others to seek out unrealised potential, overlooked histories and to confront social inequalities. Drawing from his experiences of neurodivergence, he has actively advocated for neurodiverse (ND) inclusion in community and arts spaces, and was a member of Neuk Collective, an organisation that brings together, supports and advocates for neurodivergent artists in Scotland.
At this talk, Bruce will talk about lifting stigma around neurodiversity to grow ND community through public events, using past experiences as examples. He will talk about how his approach can apply across communities who experience exclusion and marginalisation from community spaces.
Each session will be facilitated by a member of the Marr LLCP who can signpost people to further support and information as required. These events are free and everyone is welcome.
Further information:
Register to join this talk by visiting this link:
https://ava.tfaforms.net/f/AVAMarrLLCPLunchLearn6AccessInclusionRegistrationForm
If you have questions related to this event, please email ed.garrett2@aberdeenshire.gov.uk / phone: 07342 057699.
The group organising these talks is made up of representatives from Aberdeenshire Council, NHS Grampian, Aberdeenshire Voluntary Action and Deveron Projects.
Accessibility:
This talk takes place online using Microsoft Teams. Automated captioning is available.
There is no requirement to have your camera on.
Questions can be asked in person or via the chat function.
