Starts: 29th April 2019 16:00 ( BST ) 11:00 (EST) 03:00 (ACT)
Ends:   29th April 2019 17:00 ( BST ) 22:00 (EST) 04:00 (ACT)

Location:   At your desk

This month sees the forth of our monthly Member Zone Chats (MZChat) led in rotation, by one of the PurpleSpace Ambassadors. 

In this Member Zone Chat, Jamie Mills, Essex Police, pictured above, leads our discussion with the question, “How do organisations support people to build inner confidence?” 

Why focus on inner confidence?

Networks / resource groups have a strong role to play in how they help their organisation to improve organisation ‘disability confidence’, but as our members know, that will only ever get us so far. As well as confidence at the ‘macro’ level – organisation strategy needs to take account of the process by which individuals build inner confidence and resilience as they navigate often very challenging life experiences.

These hour-long conversations are where we encourage you, as members, to come together to share, discuss and learn from each other – which is at the heart of what we do at PurpleSpace – leading a community of remarkable change-agents building disability confidence from the inside out.  

To make this really impactful and powerful we focus the conversation around the following questions: 

Here are the four questions for this month’s theme:

1. Is inner confidence a feeling, a fact or an act?
   
2. What are the key ways we know we are building personal inner confidence?
   
3. What are the biggest issues faced by your own people when it comes to building confidence?
   
4. Does your organisation deliver targeted training to help people bring their authentic selves to work?

So, whether you are a network / resource group leader, senior champion, ally and / or diversity and inclusion professional, make a note in your diary to join the live chat or drop in afterwards to add a comment.

How to join

This event is free to all PurpleSpace members. Just login to the PurpleSpace Member Zone at 16:00 BST on Monday 29th April and join the conversation.

Some tips for taking part

• You can stay for the full hour or just drop in to say hello
• If you are new to online chats you are welcome to login and just follow the conversation to begin with
• The PurpleSpace team are on hand to provide technical support during the chat
• We always share the questions for discussion in advance so you can think about what you might like to say
• We are continually working to improve the accessibility of the chats and we welcome your feedback on how we make them even easier to use
• If you are unable join on the day but have a burning question for the community email us at info@purplespace.org and we will do our best to include it in the next discussion.