We were very excited to co-host a meeting with the new Minister for Social Care, Mental Wellbeing and Sport, Maree Todd MSP, at the Scottish Parliament on 4th May. This meeting brought together 23 senior leaders and key decision-makers across all 8 Pillars of Include For Good. The meeting took place during Scottish Learning Disability Week where the theme was …
By the Equally Safe Group, People First (Scotland) What were the weeks running up to the conference like? The journey leading up to the conference was full on! We met online with SCLD regularly to help plan and give advice about making the conference accessible. We were also very busy planning and practicing our speech and workshop. We work really …
Lead Scotland is a charity supporting disabled people and carers by providing personalised learning, befriending, advice and information services. Lead Scotland have a series of online workshops about all things digital. This Scottish Learning Disability Week 2024, Lead Scotland will deliver a selection of these workshops Tuesday to Friday at 10.30am. These events are designed for people with disabilities and …
On the 15th of March I attended the SCLD Gender Based Violence and Learning Disability Conference in Glasgow. I attended as a People First (Scotland) representative and I was one of the key speakers for the day. When I arrived in the morning, SCLD staff were welcoming, helpful and made me feel at ease. The location felt good and …
“We will not be hidden anymore!” The message from women with learning disabilities who have experienced gender-based violence in Scotland is clear – they have been ignored, they have been mistreated, and they have been unable to achieve justice. But they won’t accept these violations of their human rights anymore. This is highlighted in SCLD and People First (Scotland)’s Equally …
2023 is the 25th anniversary of the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders, and to mark this important milestone the special rapporteur for Human Rights Defenders and her team have created a new logo. The UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders was adopted by all of the member states of the UN General Assembly in 1998, after 13 years of …
Who am I? Hello, my name is Lucy Gibbons, and I am thrilled to have joined The Scottish Commission for People with Learning Disabilities (SCLD) as Team Support Coordinator. I taught English with the British Council in Asia and the Middle East for about ten years, where I chose to specialise in absolute beginners, before returning to the UK just …
For Human Rights Day (10 December 2022) the British Institute of Human Rights have produced an easy read blog explaining how people with learning disabilities, their families and supporters can help to protect our Human Rights Act. What has happened so far? In 2020, the UK Government asked a team of experts to tell them if the Human Rights …
Following up on a promise made when the vision for Include For Good was being developed, Mr Kevin Stewart, Minister for Mental Wellbeing and Social Care, came to meet with the Rapporteurs on Monday 31st October. The Include For Good Rapporteurs and Mr Stewart. Left to right: Dylan Stevens, Sandy Stark, David Ross, Mr Kevin Stewart, John Gallon (via Zoom), …
Human Rights Defenders Aaron Hume and Fiona Dawson interviewed Oonagh Brown about her experience representing the Scottish Commission for People with Learning Disabilities (SCLD) at the Universal Periodic Review of the United Kingdom at the United Nations… Aaron: For those who don’t know yet, who are you and what is your role at SCLD? My name is Oonagh Brown. I …
