"Being young and disabled": free snack box to the first 30 who register for the Members Social event

Giovanni_Scope

Hi everyone,

I’m excited to invite you all to the second Members Social event, which will take place online on Monday 9 January 2023, from 6.30pm to 8pm.

The theme of this event is: "Being young and disabled".

Please note: you need to be a Scope member to participate - which is not the same of being a user of the online community.

You can become a Scope member for free now

The first 30 people to register will get a vegan snack box. Please note: in the spirit of sharing, we will prioritise people who have not received a snack box yet.

Read more about the event and register now

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Giovanni_Scope

Please leave a comment if you have any questions about the event or if you have any issues signing up as a Scope member.

durhamjaide2001

I have signed up 

Elysium

What’s your definition of ‘young’? 

Lisa82

Thank you for the invite to become a member, however, unfortunately am unable to as I don't think I will remember all of the rules linked to it (ie attending the meetings regularly but can only attend online events anyway) and I don't want to let the group down. Just in case you notice I put in my details but then decided not to submit the form, that's why. Have a lovely safe day everyone 😀

Puja

Elysium said:

What’s your definition of ‘young’? 

I also questioned this to Gio and he said 18-25 but everyones invited to watch no matter age 🙂

Puja

Hi @Lisa82 I have been a member for a few months and all the events have been online and theres no expectations, they send a email newsletter and record the roundtables etc
so you can catch up definitely a nice thing to join up as a member if you enjoy scope online community etc and want to be more involved in their work and socialise to meet other members virtually I would recommend it 🙂

Elysium

PSp27pe2 said:

Elysium said:

What’s your definition of ‘young’? 

I also questioned this to Gio and he said 18-25 but everyones invited to watch no matter age 🙂

Well I’m waaaay past that but would still say I’m young…tbh I’ll probs still class myself as ‘young’ well into my 90’s lol…

Lisa82

PSp27pe2 said:

Hi @Lisa82 I have been a member for a few months and all the events have been online and theres no expectations, they send a email newsletter and record the roundtables etc
so you can catch up definitely a nice thing to join up as a member if you enjoy scope online community etc and want to be more involved in their work and socialise to meet other members virtually I would recommend it 🙂

Thank you. This is useful to know 😃. I will definitely think about it. I am past 25 though although I would still consider myself as young 😊. Have a lovely safe day 

L_Volunteer

I can hear how people are past 25 but would still consider themselves young. It might be worth having this conversation with @Giovanni_Scope! 

I am sure everyone has valuable contributions, though the target group are up to 25. If anyone has any other questions, please don't hesitate to ask away 

chiarieds

It seems like Psp27pe2 has already questioned Giovanni about this @L_Volunteer - &, by the reply they received, it seems everyone is welcome. I therefore feel it's erroneous to say the 'target group' are those up to 25, & wouldn't want you to put members off from joining the event.

I would be interested in hearing one of the speakers in particular as they suffer from Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder, whereas myself & family (shhh.....don't tell anyone, including 2 grandchildren in the 18-25 year age bracket) have the hypermobile type of Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, so, a very similar disorder.

P.S. @Giovanni_Scope - one of the speakers has the more correctly spelt 'facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy.'

Lisa82

@Giovanni_Scope Hi. I hope you are well and keeping warm 😃. Just to clarify, are people allowed to join your 'being young and disabled members group', I'm not a member of it but am just curious to know because of what I hear on the platform. Thank you in advance 

Giovanni_Scope

Elysium said:

What’s your definition of ‘young’? 

We define young members any member aged 18 to 25 years old, but being young is something different - I am 34 years old and I dare anyone NOT to consider me young!  

I hope it helps!

Giovanni_Scope

Lisa82 said:

@Giovanni_Scope Hi. I hope you are well and keeping warm 😃. Just to clarify, are people allowed to join your 'being young and disabled members group', I'm not a member of it but am just curious to know because of what I hear on the platform. Thank you in advance 

Hi Lisa,

The event is for members only, of all age!

Becoming a member is free and easy, you simply need to fill in a sign up form.

You can read more about our membership on our website

And then you can join our family for free

Looking forward to welcoming you on board!

Giovanni

Lisa82

Giovanni_Scope said:

Lisa82 said:

@Giovanni_Scope Hi. I hope you are well and keeping warm 😃. Just to clarify, are people allowed to join your 'being young and disabled members group', I'm not a member of it but am just curious to know because of what I hear on the platform. Thank you in advance 

Hi Lisa,

The event is for members only, of all age!

Becoming a member is free and easy, you simply need to fill in a sign up form.

You can read more about our membership on our website

And then you can join our family for free

Looking forward to welcoming you on board!

Giovanni

Thank you for confirming this 😃

Giovanni_Scope

chiarieds said:

 I therefore feel it's erroneous to say the 'target group' are those up to 25, & wouldn't want you to put members off from joining the event.

Hi @chiarieds,

there is no "target group" for this event, where did you read that?

We want members of all age to join, because everyone has something to say about this theme!

And thanks for pointing out the typo.

I hope to see you at the event,

Giovanni

Lisa82

Giovanni_Scope said:

Lisa82 said:

@Giovanni_Scope Hi. I hope you are well and keeping warm 😃. Just to clarify, are people allowed to join your 'being young and disabled members group', I'm not a member of it but am just curious to know because of what I hear on the platform. Thank you in advance 

Hi Lisa,

The event is for members only, of all age!

Becoming a member is free and easy, you simply need to fill in a sign up form.

You can read more about our membership on our website

And then you can join our family for free

Looking forward to welcoming you on board!

Giovanni

Hi Giovanni. I have became a member of Scope now and joined the event. Thank you 😃

Giovanni_Scope

This is great news, Lisa! 

Welcome to the family, and I'm looking forward to meeting you at the event!

chiarieds

L_Volunteer said:

I am sure everyone has valuable contributions, though the target group are up to 25.

Hi @Giovanni_Scope - this was mentioned above, which you have confirmed isn't correct as I thought.

Giovanni_Scope

Apologies for the confusion, @chiarieds, and thanks for understanding :-)

Laura was referring to another initiative in fact - we are focusing on recruiting young disabled members 18 to 25 years old, because at the moment this demographic is one of the most underrepresented group in our membership.

I hope this helps, and see you at the event,

Giovanni

chiarieds

Thank you for the explanation @Giovanni_Scope - I hope you can recruit younger disabled members. However, from the notes I made at the time, Scope identified in the 'Theory of Change' for the online community workshops that younger disabled members (as well as parents of disabled children) join looking for information, but don't stay in the community long nor contribute to it in a significant way.