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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

This is an excellent opportunity for a disabled person (including D/deaf) to gain valuable experience of coordinating a research project that will contribute to policy development as well as gaining experience of working in the office of an MSP. Payment:          UK Living Wage rate of £9.30 per hour Accountable to: Mary Fee Labour MSP… Continue Reading Research Assistant Internship with Mary Fee MSP (Closing date: 10:00 am Monday 21st September 2020)

The Scottish Independent Living Coalition of Disabled People’s Organisations has produced a statement about access to healthcare for disabled people during COVID-19 pandemic.  This has been sent to Ministers, Boards, Royal Colleges, CoSLA and many others who have a role to play in ensuring our human rights.  This statement covers Do Not Resuscitate notices and… Continue Reading SILC Statement on NHS and Rights of Disabled People

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!