Hi guys, just wanted to let you all know about a great sounding event that is on this month in the UK!
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Undateable??
Not me!
22 March, Oxford
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A day of people?s stories and practical advice about friendships and relationships; about meeting, dating, spending time together or breaking up; about sex and your right to choose; and about keeping healthy and staying safe, too.
Friendships and relationships can be exciting and fun with always the potential for love and romance. However, there is also the risk of being let down and hurt when things don?t work out. If you have learning disabilities or autism, your opportunities to make friends or have a loving relationship may be limited.
This event will celebrate friendships and relationships and help talk about things that can be awkward and difficult such as sex and sexuality.
You will want to be there if you want to make your own choices about your life and who you spend your time with. If you are a family carer or supporter, the day will help you answer difficult questions on personal issues.
It?s an event for organisations too, as people with learning disabilities and autism want the kind of support that helps them make their own choices and decisions about all aspects of their lives and that can be difficult to support and facilitate.
Great speakers, useful learning cafes, lots of talking and we hope, lots of laughing!
Speakers:
- ??????????Undateable? Not me!??
Kate Brackley, who appeared on Channel 4?s The Undateables earlier this year - ??????????My choice ? Me and my partner
The Mingle Group, Oxford - ??????????Being married ? Our story
The Building Bridges Group
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Learning Cafes??(you can go to 3 from 7):
Learning Cafe sessions at 10.30, 12.00 and 2.00. Repeated throughout the day except where stated.
- What do you say after hello??
Meeting, dating and relationships. A chance to find out how to meet and date potential friends or partners safely.
Mates n Dates - Ready for sex ? from talking to doing
Thinking about moving from friendship to having a sexual relationship ? what are the issues including awareness of safe sex and personal safety
Juliana Slobodian, Family Planning Association - Who Decides? Rights, consent and the capacity to consent
An opportunity to think through the legal and practical implications of consent in relation to sexual relationships.
Gill Leno, Queen Alexander College, Birmingham, Keith Smith, BILD - Mate Crime and being safe online
Mate crime is where people with learning disabilities are taken advantage of by people who they know well. How and why this happens and what we can do about it. PLUS! Hate and mate crime online are becoming more common. how to keep safe when using the internet and social network websites like Facebook or Twitter
ARC Safety Net project - So what about having babies?
Sharing the experiences of parents with learning disabilities and the support that is needed but often not available.?Building Bridges group - Keeping Healthy
Addressing sexual health issues including personal hygiene, contraception, sexually transmitted infections and health screening
The H Team, Grapevine Coventry and Warwickshire - My choice ? me and my partner
You want a same sex partner ? this can be even more difficult. What do you do?
The Mingle Group, Oxford
Cost:??99+VAT
Special offer:??75+VAT for BILD members, ?25 inclusive of VAT for a person with a learning disability or autism and ?50+VAT for a person with a learning disability or autism and their supporter or family member.
Discounts for groups of 4 or more, please contact us for details.
More about the speakers, learningcafes and online booking on the BILD website.
Download information flier.
Book by phone on 01562 723025 or email?learning@bild.org.uk
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