30 Nov 2023 International Day of Disabled People Marketplace Event IDODP

Transformative, Inclusive, Innovative and Collaborative!

Linda Nield, Senior Commissioning Officer at Working Age Adults Commissioning Team: “It was a very bustling event, wasn’t it? Really well attended I was pleased to see!”

The International Day of Disabled People’s Celebration that was held on Thursday 30 November 2023 at Leeds Museum was a great success, with over 380 people from all over Leeds attending the marketplace and the accessible dance, ping-pong/cricket and circus skills activities. Our Sensory Room was also very much appreciated by those who used it, and Jodie Boyd-Ward and Craig Grimes, our Guest Speakers were both well received.

It showcased not only the great work being done by organisations that are run by and for people of many disabilities, but it also illustrated the united feeling across the city to make such a celebration possible.

Many thanks to all who made this event possible and to those who came along on the day to support and make this Leeds For All event so enjoyable!

Report

To read the IDODP 2023 Report and watch the highlight videos, as well as previous years’ reports and videos, please go our International Day of Disabled People page.

IDODP Small Grant Events and Activities 2023

Grants were awarded up to the amount of £350 this year to organisations who reflected the theme of ‘Transformation, Innovation and Inclusion’.

Those organisations undertaking activity around this theme, celebrating the contributions of disabled people to Leeds and highlighting the barriers disabled people still face in fully participating in local civil life. Activities both closed and open to the public have been taking place from 30 November and will continue to be held until the end of January 2024.

List of IDODP Grant Holders and Funded Activities

All the grant funded activities have now successfully taken place with new audiences being reached and new activities being initiated and developed. We are currently working on the feedback that we have received from participating organisations and meanwhile would like to thank them all for supporting this valuable microfunding scheme.

The table below contains information about the activities and when they took place.

Organization	Project name	Venue/Date of event
Canal Connection CIC	Happy Wednesdays (Canal Trip)	Wed 6 Dec The Lock Keepers House
Craft Conscious Cafe	"What Happens In Crafting, Stays In Crafting"	Tues 12 Dec Cardigan Community Centre
DEX Ltd	Wheel of Fortune Stall	Thurs 30 Nov IDODP Broderick Hall
GFS Community Enterprise	Disability Celebration Day for People in East Leeds	Sat 13 Jan Old Gipton Fire Station
Harehills Park Bowling Club	Black-Out Bowls Tournament	Fri 29 Dec Harehills Park Bowling Club
Leeds Bereavement Forum	Death Cafe	Thurs 30 Nov IDODP Museum Café
Leeds United Foundation	Mixed Disability Training Session	Sat 16 Dec Thorp Arch Training Grounds
Leeds Macular Society	Macular Spectacular	Mon 4 Dec The Numan Centre
People in Action	Leeds Talent Show	Thurs 30 Nov Leeds City College Chroma Q Theatre
Swarthmore Centre	Winter Printmaking Drop-in Session	Tues 12 Dec Swarthmore Café
YAMSEN	YAMSEN:SpeciallyMusic	Tues 8 December Hillside Christmas Fair Thurs 14 Dec St Matthew’s Church and Pudsey Civic Hall

Activities

Many thanks to Yorkshire Dance, Active Leeds, Yorkshire Cricket and The Feel Good Circus who all held very engaging and fun activities for us throughout the day. Participants really enjoyed trying out and joining in with accessible movement, ping-pong, table cricket and circus skills.

Image shows a number of people at the Feel Good Circus activity for IDODP 2023. They are all spinning plates and the two instructors are wearing colourful clothes.

Image shows a group of people taking part in the activities hosted by Yorkshire Cricket and Active Leeds at IDODP 2023. The activities were table cricket which is to the back of the room and table tennis in the foreground of the picture.

Cartoons: Hopefully, you would all have seen the excellent cartoon drawings that were shown on the big screens in the Broderick Hall in the afternoon. Tom Bailey had been very busy moving around and sketching different people late morning and lunchtime.

Image is a cartoon made by Tom Bailey who attended IDODP 2023. The cartoon is of Leeds Rhinos Wheelchair Rugby Captain Jodie Boyd-Ward. It says "What's important to us? It doesn't matter what barriers you face, there's something out there for you! Sport saved my life."

Image is a cartoon made by Tom Bailey who attended IDODP 2023. The cartoon shows two people, one is in a wheelchair and she is holding a white piece of paper that says benefits on it, the other person is standing. In between them is a drawing of Rishi Sunak on a TV screen. Underneath the TV is a £10 note which has been cut in half and 'cuts' is written above it. The headline of the cartoon reads "Disabled people are being screwed!"

Quiet/Sensory Room

The Sensory/Quiet Room was also a welcoming place to go for some peace and calm with over 35 people going in there during the event. It was a great new addition to this year’s programme.

IDODP 2023’s resources

These are the resources created for IDODP 2023.

Event Programme

Our event programme summarises what’s happening on the day in one document. There are different versions you can use but all have the same information:

PDF Event Programme: IDODP 2023 Event Programme pdf (124 KB)
Plain text version best for screen readers: Plain text IDODP 2023 Event Programme word document (65 KB)
Easy Read version: Easy Read IDODP 2023 Event Programme pdf (8MB)

Access video

We have published a video on Youtube showing how you can get around the museum to access all the rooms during the event. Watch the video on YouTube: Access Tour of Leeds City Museum for the International Day of Disabled People Marketplace Event 2023. The video has subtitles. Use the icons on the video toolbar at the bottom of the video. Turn subtitles on using the ‘subtitles/close captions (c) icon which is the rectangle with lines or CC.