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This is a great opportunity for a disabled person (including D/deaf) interested in accessible communications to gain valuable work experience with Independent Living Fund Scotland. Payment:          Grade A4 (£11.72 per hour) Accountable to: Independent Living Fund Scotland (ILF Scotland) Contract:          420 hours, equivalent of 6 months part… Continue Reading Communications Review Internship with ILF Scotland (Closing date 22 November 2019)

This is an excellent opportunity for a disabled person (including D/deaf) to gain valuable communications and research work experience in the Scottish Government. Payment:            B1 Grade (Starting £25,367 pro-rata) Accountable to: Scottish Government Contract:            6 months. 30 hours per week (negotiable) Location:            Scottish Government Victoria Quay Edinburgh, occasional home working is available.… Continue Reading Research and Communications Support Officer Internship, Scottish Government (Closing Date 18 November 2019)

This is an excellent opportunity for a disabled person (including D/deaf) to gain valuable work experience with the Employability services, at East Lothian Council in Haddington. Payment:           UK Living Wage rate of £9.07 per hour Accountable to: East Lothian Council Contract:            455 hours, equivalent of 13 weeks full time (all forms of flexible… Continue Reading Employability Project Assistant, East Lothian Council (Closing Date: 14 November 2019)

From Monday 17 September 2018 the Access to Elected Office Fund (Scotland) will be open for applicants running for selection and as candidates for the Scottish Parliament elections in 2021. The Fund, which is delivered by Inclusion Scotland and financed by the Scottish Government, offers financial assistance to disabled people running in the 2021 Scottish Parliament… Continue Reading Press Release: Election Fund for Disabled Candidates opens

Scotland’s political leaders have today given their backing to an Access to Politics Charter, coproduced by Inclusion Scotland and disabled people, to address the under-representation of disabled people in Scottish public life. At an event in the Scottish Parliament, hosted on behalf of the Presiding Officer by Deputy Presiding Officer Linda Fabiani MSP, the Leaders… Continue Reading Press Release: Scottish Political Leaders back Access Charter

Despite millions of pounds being pumped into programmes aiming to assist disabled people into work the employment gap between disabled and non-disabled people in Scotland persists, with disabled people in Scotland being half as likely to be employed as non-disabled people according to a unique report launched today by Inclusion Scotland. Drawing on the views… Continue Reading Press Release: New focus needed to tackle disability employment gap in Scotland