Sian Davies

Disability Equality Organiser at UNISON.

Sian Davies is the Disability Equality Organiser UNISON. She is coordinating on a national project that has been funded by the DfES. The project’s focus is on the disability equality duty, disabled staff, employment practises and Trade Unions in Further Education.

Sian is also a key member in the LSC’s Disability Equality Duty Support programme leading on the programme’s guidance and support around employment practises and regional involvement of disabled people.

Up until July 2006 Sian had been the National Union of Students (NUS) Students with Disabilities Officer representing and campaigning for all disabled students in post 16 education sector in the UK.

Sian was also the young person representative on the National Inquiry into Self Harm Inquiry Panel and has been a disabled activist since she was President of her Students’ Union at Bournemouth University. She was the spokesperson for the Department of Health’s young person mental health campaign ‘Read the Signs’ as well as being a media ambassador and trainer for the Department of Health’s Mind Out for Mental Health campaign. Sian has appeared in a diverse range of media speaking out about young people and mental health and her personal experiences as well as taking part in the BBC 3 documentary Bye Bye Happiness. In 2003 she won the Mental Health Media Survivor of the year award for her interview on Sky News speaking about her self harm and mental health.

Sian is a judge for the Mental Health media awards, and continues to campaign and be an activist around issues of disability.

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