Inclusion Scotland News & Events

New survey launched: Tell us how Self Directed Support cuts are affecting you

Posted on Tuesday, November 25th, 2025

Inclusion Scotland has launched a new survey to gather first-hand experiences of how cuts to Self Directed Support (SDS) – particularly Direct Payments – are affecting disabled people across Scotland. If you receive Direct Payments through Option 1 of SDS, we would like to hear from you. …

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Disability-inclusive climate emergency planning

Posted on Friday, November 21st, 2025

Together with the Sensing Climate Project and Environmental Rights Centre Scotland, we are working to make climate emergency planning more disability-inclusive. Read a summary of the work so far.  Foreword   by Maia Pace, Policy and Research Officer, Inclusion Scotland  Climate…

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In Memory of Etienne d’Aboville – Former CEO of GCIL

Posted on Friday, November 14th, 2025

Today we say goodbye to a giant of Scotland’s Independent Living Movement. Etienne d’Aboville was the founding member of Glasgow Centre for Independent Living and the Independent Living in Scotland Project. But he was so much more than that. He…

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Time for Change – Inclusion Scotland’s Annual General Meeting and Conference 2025

Posted on Monday, September 8th, 2025

We are excited to be hosting Time for Change – Inclusion Scotland’s Annual General Meeting and Conference 2025 on Wednesday 1 October 2025. The theme of this year’s Conference is Time for Change. It will be a day of connection,…

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Our Evidence to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry

Posted on Wednesday, August 13th, 2025

We’re proud to have raised crucial evidence for Scotland’s participation in the UK Covid-19 Inquiry, evidence now spotlighted in a recent Disability News Service article. The article highlights how Disabled People’s Organisations, including Disability Rights UK, Disability Action Northern Ireland,…

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Welfare Experiences Project

Posted on Friday, August 8th, 2025

The Welfare Experiences project is a ground-breaking international study comparing how people experience benefits in Estonia, Hungary, Norway, Spain, and the UK. It looks at how policies shape those experiences and, more importantly, what needs to change. Inclusion Scotland is…

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Adult Disability Payment – Statement

Posted on Tuesday, August 5th, 2025

Inclusion Scotland welcomes the publication of the Independent Review of Adult Disability Payment and the opportunities the Review offered for Inclusion Scotland and disabled people to contribute to it. Inclusion Scotland support the review’s recommendations. We note that the review values…

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Press Release: Inclusion Scotland Clarifies Employment Status in Relation to Recent Tragic Incident

Posted on Friday, July 25th, 2025

Date – 25/07/2025   For Immediate Release  Inclusion Scotland Clarifies Employment Status in Relation to Recent Tragic Incident  Inclusion Scotland wishes to express our deepest condolences to the family and loved ones of the woman Catherine Muir, who tragically passed away…

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Press Release: Disabled People’s Organisations criticise “institutionalised ignorance” from an “ableist state” in the pandemic and say nothing has changed

Posted on Thursday, July 3rd, 2025

PRESS RELEASE  1 July 2025   Disabled People’s Organisations criticise “institutionalised ignorance” from an “ableist state” in the pandemic and say nothing has changed  Disability Rights UK, Disability Action Northern Ireland, Disability Wales and Inclusion Scotland comprise the Disabled People’s Organisations…

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Consultation Response: Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working

Posted on Monday, June 30th, 2025

Inclusion Scotland is extremely concerned by the UK Government’s proposed changes to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and Universal Credit (UC). These proposals will not help disabled people into work. Instead, they will make our lives harder, increasing poverty, distress, and…

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