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Adults with learning disabilities get their voice heard in Parliament through
Empower! Programme
THE UK Parliament's 'Empower!' Programme arrived in
Preston, on Friday, 2 June 2017, to hold a workshop. The event run by long with
members of the UK Parliament's Outreach team, together with local partners
Future Directions was designed and developed in order to support adults with
learning disabilities in making civic engagement choices and participating in
the political process. The 'Empower!' Programme enables
participants to find out what the UK Parliament is, what is does, and how they
can get involved and make their voices heard.
This event also included:- 'Empower! Train the Trainer' where
local community groups can learn to deliver specialist ALD training to their
organisations or wider community. Participants on this section of the event
found out about the how the 'Empower!' programme can be tailor any
of the various workshops and presentations to meet specific needs. They also
learned about how workshops and presentations can be backed up with the
'Empower!' learning resources. These resources are designed to engage
and inspire participants with activities to get them talking about who runs the
country and what laws they would make.
'Empower!' programme coordinator Sharon Stanley said:- "Parliament is
committed to ensuring every UK citizen has the chance to learn more about and
enagage in the political process, and the EMPOWER! programme is a vital tool to
help us achieve that goal. We are very much looking forward to this upcoming
event, which is 1 of a series taking place across the country in the coming
months. More information about the programme is available
online. Parliament offers a range of
resources for schools, universities and trainers wishing to learn or teach about
Parliament and parliamentary processes can also be found
online."
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