From 18 to 20 May 2026 inclusive, Blind Citizens NZ is holding our next combined Advocacy | Leadership Workshopat the Brentwood Hotel, Kilbirnie, Wellington. The workshop will have a strong focus on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, linking to advocacy and leadership.

Board Member Maria Stevens and Chief Executive Rose Wilkinson will be co-facilitating this workshop, and we will have guest presenters.

Are you interested in developing your advocacy and leadership skills and knowledge? If so, and you are a financial Ordinary Member of Blind Citizens NZ, we encourage you to send through an expression of interest for the workshop. Highlight the skills and | or knowledge you bring. We would also love to hear what you hope to achieve from the workshop.

If successful with your expression of interest, expenses for travel and accommodation will be Blind Citizens NZ’s responsibility. You will arrive on Sunday, 17 May, and return home late afternoon | early evening, Wednesday, 20 May.

Details for the workshop, which will include up to eight participants, will be finalised in early April 2026. In the meantime, expressions of interest are welcome. These must be received by 9 am, Monday, 30 March 2026. Please send your expression of interest for the attention of the Chief Executive to: