Kingston Disability Network

Category: Event

  • KAB 2026 Annual General Meeting (AGM)

    The following is shared on behalf of Kingston Association for the Blind

    KAB 2026 Annual General Meeting 

    Notice is hereby given that the 2026 KAB Annual General Meeting will be held at the Kingston Quaker Center on Thursday, 28th May 2026 at 11am. 

    The meeting will be followed by a free lunch and a chance to catch up with friends, chat, and mingle in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. 

    Important Information: 
    Official AGM materials, including your invitation and proxy form, will be sent out by email and post during the week commencing Monday, 13th April 2026. Please keep an eye on your inbox or letterbox. The AGM information will also be available on our website. 

    If you are unable to attend, we kindly ask that you complete and return the proxy form, as this helps us reach the quorum needed for the meeting to go ahead. Alternatively, you can phone the office.  (Note for KDN members – if you are not signed up to KAB emails, you will need to contact them directly to receive these)
     

    Special Guest Speakers: 

    We are delighted to welcome two guest speakers to this year’s AGM: 

    George Phillips, Trustee and Chess Champion 
    George is passionate about bringing chess to visually impaired people. He will speak about how the game can be made accessible to everyone and explain how visually impaired players enjoy and play chess through a range of adaptations. George’s story, along with his commitment to making chess more inclusive, is truly inspiring. 

    Sanja Djeric Kane, CEO, Kingston Voluntary Action (KVA) 
    Sanja will share an overview of KVA’s work and outline the ways in which our members may be able to benefit from their services. We are very pleased to have Sanja join us at this year’s AGM. 

    We hope you will join us for what promises to be an informative, enjoyable, and inspiring event. 

  • KDN All Members Meeting (AMM) – 25th March 2026

    We are proud to announce that the KDN will be holding its first All Members Meeting (AMM) since last year’s transition in leadership.

    Please join us at the New Malden Methodist Church from 11:30-1:30PM on Wednesday 25th March. The full address is 49 High Street, New Malden, KT3 4BY.

    The venue is wheelchair accessible and can be accessed by the K1 or 213 bus routes, or by train at the New Malden station. Should you require assistance from your stop to the venue, please email us at info@kdn.org.uk and we will arrange for someone to meet you.

    If you have not yet signed up via our sign up form, please do so before you arrive to the meeting, so we can circulate the meeting notes and any further follow-up.

    A poster on a white background. In the top left corner is the logo for the Kingston Disability Network. In line with that on the right is a blue box with the text 'All Members Meeting'. Below is a turquoise hexagon containing the text 'Join the KDN for our first All Member Meeting of 2026!- Listen to the work of local organisations - Network with fellow disabled people and groups - Share your views on what works and what needs improvement in the borough'. Below that, at the bottom of the poster, is a blue banner with the relevant information 'Where: New Malden Methodist Church When: Wednesday 25th March, 11:30-1:30 Need assistance? Contact info@kdn.org.uk'. At the bottom is a facebook link for the group, which is also copied below this image.

    Join our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/24576716831912806/

  • Free Girls & Women’s Pan DisAbility Football Sessions – March 2026

    The below has been shared with us by Steering Group member Roy Smith. If you attend these sessions, we would love to hear what you think of them!

    As we continue to celebrate International Women’s Day, the Fulham FC Foundation is delighted to offer FREE Girls & Women’s Pan DisAbility Football sessions for the remainder of this month.

    These sessions take place every Saturday during term time at the Fulham FC Training Ground, Morspur Park, KT3 6PT and are open to girls and women with any form of physical, learning, or sensory disability, or special educational need. The sessions provide a fun, inclusive, and supportive environment where participants can:

    • Develop football skills
    • Build confidence
    • Stay active
    • Make new friends

    Our Girls & Women’s sessions are designed as an additional opportunity to play, so participants do not need to stop attending any current sessions. They provide extra football in a female-focused inclusive environment, giving players even more opportunities to enjoy the game.

    Booking a place
    Places can be booked via the following link:

    https://soccerschools.fulhamfc.com/soccerschools/courses/courses.htm?coursesSearch=search&coursePeriodId=&typeId=91&regionId=&venueId=&gender=F

    Additional International Women’s Day Offer
    Female players who would like to try our mixed Pan DisAbility sessions can enjoy 25% off any of our DisAbility programmes by using the code IWDD25 when booking.

    We would greatly appreciate it if you could share this information with your students, service users, families, or mailing lists to help us reach as many girls and women as possible. For further information about our sessions, please contact: disability@fulhamfc.com.

  • 19th Feb – Safety Committee Community Group

    The RBK Safety Committee are running a Focus Group for KDN members to voice their feedback, comments and concerns, about community safety in relation to disability. This focus group will take place in The Guildhall, on the 19th of February, from 11AM-12:30PM.

    The Safety Committee are eager to hear from members of the KDN what real experiences of disabled people, and those who work with disabled people, are like. We find many members feel misunderstood or ignored when it comes to community safety, so we hope that this provides a space for members to explain concerns directly to the teams creating Community Safety plans.

    If you would like to attend, please contact us at info@kdn.org.uk. Registering interest is not mandatory to attend, but the RBK team would like a rough idea of numbers.

  • International Day of Disability

    Thank you to everyone who came along to our event on December 3rd, the International Day of Disability. At our event, we heard speeches from KDN Executive Leadership, Ashley and Keegan, alongside Steering Group members Roy, Scott and Karen. Councillor Anita Schaper also offered her speech, offering her personal connections to disability activism and committing the Council to working with the KDN as we grow.

    RBK’s Community Safety Officer, Lieneke Eleveld, has shared with us some excellent resources regarding hate crime, including some targeted towards disabled people. We are working on getting these files uploaded onto our website, but if you’d like to take a look into these in the meantime, please contact us and we can share physical copies.

    As we look to the future, we took on your feedback and will use it to improve accessibility and inclusion for our upcoming meetings, starting 2026. Keep an eye out for more!

  • Event – Book Club (9/10/2025)

    Hook & Chessington Library
    9 October 2025
    1-2pm


    To celebrate Black History Month
    with Black Disabled Authors

    Notable black disabled poets include:
    Audre Lorde, known for her legal blindness and experiences with cancer,
    Leroy F. Moore Jr., a physical disability advocate and founder of Krip-Hop Nation, and
    Ashanti Anderson, a queer, disabled poet whose debut collection is Black Under.
    Other significant voices are:
    Alayna Powell, who explores disability within a religious context, and
    Jasmine “Queen Jasmeen” Schlafke, a slam poet and disability justice advocate.


    For more information about this event please contact:-
    Hook & Chessington Library,
    13 Hook Rd, Hook, Chessington KT9 1EJ.
    Email info@kdn.org.uk or
    Phone 020 8547 5006.