Equality and Diversity

Disabled Staff Forum

The Disabled Staff Forum exists for all staff with a 'long term illness, disability or infirmity that affects their everyday life or the work that they do'. It is the longest-running of the University's staff forums and has its own elected chair and vice-chair. It aims to meet quarterly, although it takes a break during the summer vacation.

The forum is intended to:

• Provide an opportunity the disabled staff to seek and provide mutual support
• Provide a networking opportunity the disabled staff across the University
• Contribute to and monitor the formulation, implementation and effectiveness with University policies and strategies that might impact upon disabled persons; and
• Help formulate, advise, feedback on and – where appropriate – participate in University initiatives to encourage greater representation of disabled people in all walks of university life
• Report to Equality and Diversity Committee in respect of disability-related matters

Minutes of meetings

View the minutes from Wednesday 27 June 2011 (.pdf) or view the archive of minutes from previous meetings.

Meeting dates

All meetings are held in the St Andrew's Court meeting room.

• 9 May 2012 – 12:00pm-1:30pm

For more information please email disabilityforum@port.ac.uk or contact one of the following:

Join the eforum

You can also join the forum's electronic mailing forum, allowing the exchange of views between members outside of the formal meetings.

Join the eforum