• Ways to help disabled people get into work
• Independent Living
• How can Equality 2025 engage with the widest possible range of disabled people?
• Advising government on what to do about the negative image of disabled people
• Key messages to take back to government

• UN Convention and group discussions
• Independent living and group discussions
• What are the key messages you want us to take back to government?

17-18 July 2008

Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Access to Social Care, Welfare Reform and Employment, Transport and Housing

30 September 2008

Walsall

Meeting report to follow

April 2009

Telford

To be confirmed

• Independent Living Review
• Devolved administrations
• Transitions
• Work plan and priorities for 2008/9
• Financial update.     

• Presentation: The Centre on Human Rights for Disabled People
• Presentation: ‘Count us in’ project, working with disabled people to increase participation and representation in the electoral process
• Presentation: Advocacy work in Newry and the challenges posed by moving people with learning disabilities away from day care provision
• Equality 2025 2008/9 workplan
• Projects: project leaders and teams
• Disability Equality Duty and Impact Assessments
• Implication of advising on presumption of employability
• Presentation: Promoting social inclusion working group on disability in Northern Ireland
• Future Meetings
• Engagement

10-11 June 2008

• Welfare Reform
• Social Care Reform
• Disability Equality Duty – Secretary of State Reports

23-24 September 2008

Meeting report to follow

4-5 December 2008

To be confirmed

17-18 March 2009

To be confirmed

16-17 June 2009

To be confirmed

September 2009

To be confirmed

December 2009

To be confirmed