Human Rights Bill Consultation – SCLD publishes our response

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The Scottish Commission for People with Learning Disabilities (SCLD) has published our response to the Human Rights (Scotland) Bill consultation, which closed on 5th October 2023. Our response summarises the opportunities and challenges the Bill presents for the human rights of people with learning disabilities in Scotland. As part of our response process, SCLD produced briefings on the Human Rights …

Human Rights Day 2022: Help Protect our Human Rights Act

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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 …

The one where the Scottish Commission for People with Learning Disabilities went to the United Nations…

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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 …

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Navigating a complex legislative landscape – our position

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The legislative landscape in Scotland is becoming increasingly complex, but also ever more relevant to the daily lives of people with learning disabilities. It is important for the Scottish Commission for People with Learning Disabilities (SCLD) to set out our position as a human rights defender organisation. Today we have published a Position Statement to explore the context of the …

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SCLD and Project Ability present our ‘Summer Series’ of art

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Earlier this year SCLD commissioned nine Project Ability artists to create a range of icons and illustrations which represented what human rights meant to them. Some of the artwork was initially displayed as a ‘human rights mural’ to mark Scottish Learning Disability Week 2022 and its human rights theme. We also wanted to use the artwork to update the SCLD website …

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The One Where We Spoke to the Minister About Our Human Rights!

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Aaron Hume, a member of SCLD’s Learning Disability and Human Rights Lived Experience Board writes about the Board’s recent meeting with Christina McKelvie MSP and the importance of being heard when it comes to human rights… “Recently the SCLD Human Rights Lived Experience Board had the pleasure of having Minister for Equalities and Older People, Christina McKelvie MSP, come along …

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The Right to be Heard! Making rights real with the Human Rights Bill Lived Experience Board 

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The Learning Disability and Human Rights Bill Lived Experience Board brings together a diverse group of people with learning disabilities to inform the new Human Rights Bill for Scotland.  We are about to publish the first report from SCLD’s Lived Experience Board. The report will cover the first two blocks of the Board’s meetings, demonstrating the valuable input from the …

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A New Human Rights Bill for Scotland: Giving People with Learning Disabilities a Voice

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SCLD is delighted to introduce you to a new member of our team… Who am I? Hello, my name is Sarah D’Agrosa, and I am thrilled to have joined The Scottish Commission for People with Learning Disabilities (SCLD) as the Human Rights Engagement Adviser. I have worked in learning disabilities support and care for over a decade, focusing on independent …

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Job opportunity with SCLD

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The Scottish Commission for Learning Disability (SCLD) has a job opportunity for a ‘Human Rights Engagement Adviser’. Are you passionate about making a positive difference to the lives of people with learning disabilities in Scotland? Then we want to hear from you! We are recruiting a Human Rights Engagement Adviser who will ensure that the lived experience of people with learning …