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This is an opportunity for a disabled person to work in the social media, admin and fundraising team at Pilton Community Health Project in Edinburgh. Role:                    Digital Communications Internship Payment:             £9.00 per hour Accountable to: Pilton Community Health Project (PCHP)… Continue Reading Digital Communications Internship with Pilton Community Health Project (closing date 8 July 2019)

This is an opportunity for a disabled person to work in the Equalities Team at Perth & Kinross Council in Perth. Role:                    Equalities Research Internship Payment:             £9.00 per hour Accountable to: Perth & Kinross Council Contract:  455 hours, equivalent of… Continue Reading Equalities Research Internship with Perth and Kinross Council (closing date 1 July 2019)

This is an opportunity for a disabled person to work in the HR Team at Food Standards Scotland in Aberdeen. Role:                    HR Admin Intern Payment:             £9.00 per hour Accountable to: Food Standards Scotland (FSS) Contract:  455 hours, equivalent of 13… Continue Reading HR Admin Internship with Food Standards Scotland (closing date 19 June 2019)

Callum Hendry is completing his internship with Angus MacDonald MSP. He has written a blog about what it has been like to work at the Scottish Parliament, included the highlights and detailed the flexibility that’s made it a great place to work! Before starting the internship, I had been unemployed for 2 years. Since graduating… Continue Reading My Internship experience, the first step on a new journey.

Eleanor Macleod is completing her internship with The Scottish Government in the Communities Analysis Division. She has written a blog about what it has been like to work at the Scottish Government, included the highlights and detailed the adjustments that’s made it a great place to work! Panic, Fear & Dread. These were the three… Continue Reading My Experience as a Social Security Intern

Disabled Leaders Network Inclusion Scotland is hoping to build a ‘leadership network’. This will be a network comprising of disabled people who want to become stronger leaders within their community, workplace, education setting, or within politics and activism. The overarching aim of this network is to re-position disabled people from being viewed by society as… Continue Reading Disabled Leaders Network -Steering Group Applications

We are looking for disabled people to take part in a research project exploring when our experiences of discrimination are about more than just being disabled. The research project is called ‘Services for Who? Changing attitudes of service designers and deliverers which underpin discrimination experienced by disabled people with other protected characteristics.’ We want to… Continue Reading Take part in our research interviews!

Lily Pattison interned with the Scottish Prison Service for 4 months in the Equality and Diversity Team. Lily details below about what it was like to work at the Scottish Prison Service, what her internship included and the adjustments that made it a great place to work! Working at the Scottish Prison Service over the… Continue Reading This internship will shine on my CV for many years to come!