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Living Options

D4, Isca House
Haven Road
Exeter, Devon
EX2 8DS

Disability Training

The greatest impact of our training is that it is delivered by disabled people who live the life and are the best people on the subject of disability-linked issues. Our team of accredited trainers deliver high quality courses to a variety of voluntary, public and private/commercial sectors.

Programme outline:

  • Introduction
  • What is disability - Hidden or visible?
  • Communication skills
  • Understanding Access Issues
  • Raising Sensory loss awareness
  • The DDA (1994)

We run bespoke training sessions that can be tailored to the needs of the client and can vary from a full to half day session. Max number(s) for our course are 20 people. We will either come to an accessible venue of your choice or you can come to our onsite training room. We also have our own half day Disability Awareness training sessions that run throughout the year please see the dates below.

Course dates:

  • Wednesday 23rd November 2011
  • Tuesday 24th January 2012
  • Wednesday 28th March 2012
  • Tuesday 22nd May 2012
  • Wednesday 25th July 2012
  • Tuesday 25th September 2012
  • Wednesday 28th November 2012
  • Tuesday 29th January 2013

All these courses run from 10.00-13.00 with Prices at £67 per person. (please ask for consessions)

We are hoping to be starting diversity courses, shortly, please keep an eye on the website for more details.

Attending one of our training courses will not only give you a huge amount of understanding towards disabled people it will also make you aware of your responsibilities under the Disability Discrimination Act (2005) and how you can make reasonable adjustment to satisfy the acts recommendations and create an inclusive service.

If you require something else that is not mentioned here or would like more information about training, contact us and we will do our best to help.

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We have an excellent working partnership with Living Options trying to make quite challenging sites more accessible. Their expertise and experience has been strategically and practically helpful and they are always friendly and approachable to work with.

Kate Osborne, Royal Albert Memorial Museum