The project is funded by the Royal Borough of Greenwich. Partners are Greenwich University and Greenwich Disabled People Against Cuts.
GDPIP video
Author: elle
the co produced cookbook is out!
Cooking with support
These are tips for accessible cooking/ cooking with support – tips from a workshop which resulted in this co created cookbook.
We published a cookbook from the shared recipes, adding some wonderful illustrations from Deborah Caulfield. We did a hard copy because we realised for many deaf and disabled and older people, they missed out on digital resources as they do not have access – for a variety of reasons. However, there are QR codes linked in the book for further information and resources.
This is funded by Greenwich Council so if you would like a copy and you are in #RBG send us an email at eleanor@cultureaccess.co.uk
Sustaining the momentum
The aim of the Greenwich Disabled People’s Innovation Project (GDPIP) was to built a group of deaf and disabled people in the area where we can meet ‘out of the isolation’ of the pandemic.
We made an effort to connect with different disabled people and organisations – some of whom responded and joined our workshops. but we knew the funding would run out and we would like to sustain the momentum.
We were lucky enough to secure some funding from the Young Foundation and the Queer Circle at the Design District were kind enough to provide us with a venue.
Follow us here to know how we are getting on, we will be giving more details soon!
3rd #GDPIP workshop Bathway Theatre, Woolwich
Share your experiences, your experience matters! What could have been done differently? Share good and bad experiences! This workshop was postponed to Jan 28th 2013, lunch at 12 noon
Speakers, lead by Kirsten Hearn, Leader, facilitator, coach, trainer, consultant, and non-executive director at national and regional level from a public service, community action, equality and creative arts background.
And Jenny Hurst, Personal Budget coordinator, Greenwich Disabled People Against Cuts co founder and Disability equality trainer.
see Photos at Flickr
see first workshop : Accessibility and Barrier
second workshop at Cooking with Support
Joanna Abeyie in conversation about Diversity, accessibility and inclusion
with captions
the eventbrite announcement
Workshop 2: Cooking with support
Greenwich Disabled People’s Innovation Project Workshop 2: Cooking with support. Saturday, 3rd December 2022 | 1-4pm @ the Bathway Theatre, SE18 6QX
[Behind the title is an image of a standing person holding hands with a wheelchair user]
Join us to explore and discover together how to cook food with help (tips on access, etc.) & co-produce a cook book written BY disabled people FOR disabled people.
Using a microwave & an airfyer on-site (both more economically and use less energy) we will be incorporating this workshop with a diverse range of recipes including vegan & gluten free options.
Facilitated by Eleanor Lisney – Eleanor has been working on accessible cooking for many years – since she was a student.
Limited spaces! [Beside is an image of a visually impaired person cooking on a pan.] So please Sign up by email: hello@cultureaccess.co.uk
£60 honourarium for participation & co-production.
[Bottom right: logos of Culture Access, Greenwich Disabled People Against Cuts (GDPAC), University of Greenwich and funded by Royal Borough of Greenwich]
see our Recipes page from our participants (Recipe booklet to come later)
see first workshop : Accessibility and Barrier
see third workshop: Share Your Experiences
First GDPIP workshop: Accessibility & Barriers
Photos from the first workshop
Greenwich Disabled Peoples’ Innovation Project #GDPIP
Workshop #1: Accessibility and Barriers
WHERE: Bathway Theatre, Bathway, London, SE18 6QX
WHEN: 17th September 2022, 12PM – 4PM
We Want To Hear From You!
• What are your views on the support currently provided?• What are your experiences?
• How can we better support Greenwich residents?
There will be a light lunch provided at noon and the event will be recorded for people who are not able to be there. Please let us know if you do not wish to be recorded.
Limited Places – £60 token for time and co-production.
Speakers:
• Christiane Link is the founder and director of Ortegalink Ltd., an inclusion and accessibility consultancy.
• Anahita Harding is a wheelchair user who has been campaigning for Transport for All on local transport issues. She is also one of the Culture Access directors.
• Members of Greenwich DPAC will also be there to work alongside.
Facilitator:
• Fides Dagongdong (she/they) is a non-binary, queer and disabled Decolonisation Academic, Content Creator & Facilitator and Human Rights Activist.
If you wish to be included or would like local issues to be included, please contact: hello@cultureaccess.co.uk and/or greenwichdpac@gmail.com
See our Consultation Response to the Transport Strategy Draft of the Royal Borough of Greenwich as a result from the workshop.
For photos see Flickr
see second workshop Cooking With Support
see our Recipes page from our participants (Recipe booklet to come later)
see third workshop: Share Your Experiences
Join us – join our workshops
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GREENWICH DISABLED PEOPLE’S INNOVATION PROJECT
A new FREE project designed and run by Disabled People for Disabled People in Greenwich.
Supporting people to improve wellbeing by:
Networking, making new friends and reconnecting with people.
Sharing information, skills and designing mini-projects.
Using experiences to influence positive change.
Interested? Want to know more?
https://bit.ly/greenwichcontactform
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Workshops and Mini-projects
Access and Barriers
Explore what good access means to you. How accessible are services and places near where you live? How could access be improved?
Cooking for wellbeing
How to make a variety of easy and delicious meals with or without support. Compile a ‘cookbook’ of meals that are healthy, affordable and easy to prepare.
Make your experiences count
Share good and bad experiences. What could have been done differently? Create a resource to promote ‘good practice’.
Accessible workshops will be held at The Bathway Theatre, SE18 6QX, with sessions being recorded for sharing online.
Greenwich Disabled People’s Innovation Project
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END COMBINED VIDEO FROM ALL WORKSHOPS
Video statements
Sajida Shah – https://youtu.be/uG-zQ2AV9Vg
Anne Novis – https://youtu.be/Oikn9qNH8b0
Sue Elsegood – https://youtu.be/eaR6TnGZwQ8
Carlo – https://youtu.be/3AX4_r3szJk
Andrew Evans – https://youtu.be/i3kA4DnxFng
Viv Cameron – https://youtu.be/x4shnLC_agY
Eleanor Lisney https://youtu.be/1SNmy5e4J1Y
Original press release
Greenwich Disabled People’s Innovation Project – a new project to increase disabled people’s influence, design resources and improve wellbeing.
Over the next 10 months, the Greenwich Disabled People’s Innovation Project will work with local disabled people in a series of FREE workshops and mini-projects to improve wellbeing by:
- Building new friendships and re-building connections lost during the pandemic,
- Sharing good / bad experiences and suggesting solutions,
- Learning new skills and developing projects using these skills,
- Identifying resources already available and designing new resources,
- Becoming expert representatives to influence matters important to local disabled people and their communities.
“I am excited about the project and how engagement in the workshops can be an empowerment experience and a tool for change in the community“
Anahita Harding, Culture Access co director
Workshops will be designed and run by local disabled people, for local disabled people and their supporters and will cover:
“Looking forward to being part of a co-creation process to find solutions to problems that matter #OpenThirdSpace“
David Hockham, Theatre Manager of the University of Greenwich’s Bathway Theatre
- Access in your area – good / bad examples and how to improve access.
- Making nutritious meals with or without support.
- Sharing your experiences to influence change.
“We are delighted to take part in this project to increase Disabled People’s wellbeing by building stronger networks to raise awareness, increase influence and ensure that Disabled Voices are heard.”
Jenny Hurst, Greenwich DPAC co founder
British Sign Language (BSL) interpretation and Personal Assistance (PA) support will be available (if required) during workshops.
The face-to-face workshops will also be made available to view online.
To register your interest and/or to receive information about the Greenwich Disabled People’s Innovation Project, please complete our online form
This project is funded by the Royal Borough of Greenwich.
Peanut Butter Pudding (Vegan) for Auntie Helen
We don’t always get to see each other that often, but I enjoy that we keep in touch on social media. We have a shared love of animals, trees, making things, social justice, and of course vegan cooking.
board with a green knife
We’ve only got one planet, and we need to take better care of it. Very often, this also means taking better care of ourselves and each other too. Pollution, climate change, deforestation are human rights issues as well as environmental issues. The impacts of what we do have the power to create change, and it’s by sharing ideas and getting excited about them that we can learn to do better.
I will be attempting your moussaka recipe soon, with the appropriate number of cloves (not bulbs) of garlic. Your knitted mice will be watching to make sure I do it right.
This is what I’m making the next time you come down, whether by car or by boat.
Ingredients:
210g coconut cream
180g smooth peanut butter
20g icing sugar
20g golden syrup
25g dark chocolate
Method: Put a tin of coconut milk in the fridge upside down the night before you want to make this. This will separate it into a little coconut water and the coconut equivalent of clotted cream.
Scoop the top half of the tin of coconut milk into a bowl. Try not to eat it before it gets there. Save the other half of the tin to use in hot chocolate.
Add the peanut butter, icing sugar and golden syrup to the bowl.
Whisk until fluffy or the mixer (human or electric) starts to make noises. Pause, then whisk some more.
Spoon into serving dishes. Charity shops, when reopened, are a good place to hunt for pretty ones that cost about 20p.
Chop the chocolate into shards and sprinkle on the top. Put in the fridge to set slightly, or eat immediately.
Fleur enjoys experimenting with new recipes and cooking old favourites. Always assisted by someone who can take care of the chopping, lifting, and mixing, Fleur’s role in the kitchen is to create new flavour combinations, find ways of changing recipes to include what she has in the house or to work around her intolerances, and to lick the bowl.