Course Details:
MPs' Guide to Accessibility for Disabled Constituents
Monday 7th June, 0930 -1100 or Monday 5th July, 0930 -1100
Audience: MPs
Are you unsure of how to use basic accessibility tools to reach your disabled constituents?
Join us on Monday 17th May, 0930 -1100 for our Guide to Accessibility, a comprehensive training session on how to make sure that all of your communications and events are as inclusive as possible. The course will cover:
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Definitions and ways to think about disability
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How to implement alt text, subtitles, and easy read features
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How to reach disabled non-internet users
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How to make in-person interactions and events more inclusive to disabled people
Helping Westminster Skills Centre with the delivery of the session, we have an expert trainer from Disabiliy Rights UK .
Kamran Mallick, Disability Rights UK
Kamran Mallick is the Chief Executive at Disability Rights UK. Formerly, he was the Chief Executive at Action on Disability, the Hammersmith-based disability organisation, where he worked for 13 years. Kamran serves on the boards of Lyric Hammersmith, Wheels for Welling, and Lloyds Bank Foundation. Kamran was included in the top 10 of the Shaw Trust's Powerlist 100 - Most influential disabled people.
Who this course is for:
This course is open to MPs from any political party. We will also run a 'Parliamentary Staffers' Guide to Accessiblity for Disabled Constituents' June 2021. This will cover similar subject matter, but will be more in-depth, to ensure MPs and their staffers understand how best to engage with disabled people, can achieve full accessibility in all their output, and have the space to plan and experiment with the necessary measures such as technology. If you would like to register your interest, email us at
The Scheme of MPs' Business Costs and Expenses recognises courses for parliamentary staff that concentrate on parliamentary work as a 'claimable cost' which can be reclaimed from the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA).
