As we have seen recently during this month’s Co-Production Week Scotland, coproduction is increasingly used when designing and delivering care services. So, could it also be used when it comes to making decisions on government policies and law? When decisions have life changing impacts for people, it’s essential that decision-making processes involve the people they impact, especially when these decisions …
To mark the beginning of the United Nations 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence, SCLD is raising awareness of the experiences of women and girls with learning disabilities, as well as answering the Campaign’s call, by showing how we are investing to prevent violence and abuse against women and girls with learning disabilities. Recently, we have worked with …
Introducing Kelly! SCLD’s Head of Business Development… “Hello, my name is Kelly, and I am delighted to join the team at the Scottish Commission for People with Learning Disabilities (SCLD) as Head of Business Development. Before I tell you more about me, I must say a huge thank you to everyone I have met so far, both in the …
SCLD has invited a range of stakeholders and partners to share their thoughts on our recent state-of-the-nation report on the human rights of people with learning disabilities, The State of Our Rights. To bring our series to a close, we are hearing from two members of SCLD’s Human Rights Lived Experience Board, Leeanne Clark and Sandy Stark. Over the last few …
SCLD has invited a range of stakeholders and partners to share their thoughts on our recent state-of-the-nation report on the human rights of people with learning disabilities, The State of Our Rights. Each week we have been sharing these meditations in a blog series. This week it’s the turn of Lucy Mulvagh, Director at the Health and Social Care Alliance for …
SCLD has invited a range of stakeholders and partners to share their thoughts on our recent state-of-the-nation report on the human rights of people with learning disabilities, The State of Our Rights. We will be sharing these meditations in a blog series over the coming weeks. This week it is the turn of Benji Brown from The Environmental Rights Centre …
SCLD has invited a range of stakeholders and partners to share their thoughts on our recent state-of-the-nation report on the human rights of people with learning disabilities, The State of Our Rights. We will be sharing these meditations in a blog series over the coming weeks. Next up is Colin Menabney, Chief Executive at ENABLE Glasgow, with his thoughts on …
SCLD has invited a range of stakeholders and partners to share their thoughts on our recent state-of-the-nation report on the human rights of people with learning disabilities, The State of Our Rights. We will be sharing these meditations in a blog series over the coming weeks. First up is Mhairi Snowden, Director at the Human Rights Consortium Scotland, who sees …
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 …
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 …
