Factsheet: Programme for Government 2020-2021 – Employment Date: September 2020 This factsheet covers what the Scottish Government’s 2020-2021 Programme for Government sets out to do on Employment and how this relates to disabled people. Download our Programme for Government 2020-2021 – Employment factsheet as a Word document or download our factsheet as a PDF. Inclusion… Continue Reading Factsheet: on Employment and Disabled People in the Scottish Government’s 2020-2021 Programme for Government
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Employability and Civic Participation, News, Policy and Parliament, Publications | Comments are Closed | 18 September, 2020 | 0
Factsheet: Programme for Government 2020-2021 – Social Care Support Date: September 2020 This factsheet covers what the Scottish Government’s 2020-2021 Programme for Government sets out to do on Social Care Support and how this relates to disabled people. Download our Programme for Government 2020-2021 – Social Care Support factsheet as a Word document or … Continue Reading Urgent radical action needed to transform Scotland’s social care support system
Our new report, ‘Services for who?’, is the culmination of a 2 year DRILL funded research project which explored the experiences of disabled people with other characteristics when accessing services. We spoke to disabled people and service providers to try to understand whether disabled people’s experiences of discrimination are about more than just being a disabled person. … Continue Reading Services For Who?
The Covid-19 pandemic is impacting on all areas of our lives. In just a few weeks, life as we knew it has changed beyond recognition. There has never been a more important time for disabled people to have a voice. Disabled people are not just at risk from the virus. We’re at risk from the… Continue Reading Covid-19 Evidence Survey
Basic Income (BI) is the idea that the state should give a regular cash payment to people on an individual basis, without means-testing or making them look for work. It has become something of a hot topic within civil society across the UK, and particularly in Scotland where it is gathering increasing levels of political… Continue Reading Basic Income and Disabled People
News, Policy and Parliament, Publications, Young disabled people | Comments are Closed | 20 September, 2019 | 2
Activate: A report about the issues faced by young disabled people in Scotland and about their activism for change. In the last year we have been reaching out to young disabled people, aged 16-30 to find out what matters most to them and their ideas for policy change in Scotland. Young disabled people told us… Continue Reading Activate
Health and Social Care, News, Policy and Parliament, Policy Panels, Press Releases, Publications | Comments are Closed | 25 September, 2018 | 0
Up to 50 volunteers from across Scotland are being sought for an innovative new project that will help shape the future of adult social care support in Scotland. The People-led Policy Panel project, being launched by Inclusion Scotland, and funded by the Scottish Government, is a new innovative engagement structure to make sure that people… Continue Reading Press Release: 50 people sought to help shape future of adult social care support
Engagement, Human Rights, News, Policy and Parliament, Resources, Rights and Legal Issues | Comments are Closed | 23 August, 2018 | 0
What does the Scottish Government need to do on our human rights? In August 2017, the United Nations Committee reviewed how well the UK is preforming on disability rights and how it is meeting its obligations under the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). The Committee set out recommendations for the… Continue Reading Human Rights: What’s next for Scotland? Report