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13 December 2018Stand with GDA: Glasgow deserves better social care!
Glasgow’s Senior Social Work officials have recently re-visited a paper on resource allocation, which in June the Integrated Joint Board (IJB) refused due to concerns that the Equalities Impacts had not been…
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13 December 2018Centre for Inclusive Living Perth and Kinross launch ‘Accessibility Guide Perth.’
The Centre for Inclusive Living Perth and Kinross have recently produced a handy accessibility guide for the Central Perth area. This was produced with help from Perth College and funded by…
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13 December 2018ILF #TrySomethingNew campaign launched
ILF Scotland has recently launched a new campaign to encourage young people living with a physical or mental impairment to apply for funding and #TrySomethingNew. The Transition Fund aims to…
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28 November 2018Report: Self-directed Support in Scotland: Capturing the experience of people living with dementia.
A report produced by Community Catalysts, captures the experience of people living with dementia and their carers and how Self-directed Support has worked for them. For the purposes of this…
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21 November 2018Audit Scotland report: Health and social care integration: update on progress
Audit Scotland have recently a new report on the progress and status of Health and social care integration. Their own summary states: ‘While some improvements have been made to the delivery…
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21 November 2018Getting out of the woods? Reflecting on the SDSS AGM 2018.
At the start of the month our AGM took place in with co-hosts SDS Forum East Renfrewshire. There were 49 delegates in total in attendance from a range of membership…
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19 November 2018Engaging with Disabled People: An event planning guide from EHRC
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHCR) have published a short guide to support people to make events accessible for disabled people. They cover a range of practical considerations to…
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7 November 2018SDS: Towards a new National Implementation Plan for 2019 – 2021
Wednesday 28 November, 10.00-14.00 in Aberdeen Monday 3 December, 10.00-14.00 in Glasgow The Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Act 2013 made self-directed support a legal right for everyone receiving…
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5 November 2018Community Brokerage SQA Award available
The Community Brokerage Network have just announced the opening of their new award in Community Brokerage. Community Brokerage describes a model which builds the capacity of individuals to live independently…
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5 November 2018SDS Collective Launch – 21st November 2018 in Glasgow – be there!
Launch of the SDS Collective! The SDS Collective is a group of advocacy and campaigning organisations which have come together to promote improved practice in the development of Self-Directed Support…
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25 October 2018SDSS AGM 2018: Programme launch!
SDSS are delighted to release the full programme for our upcoming AGM on Thursday 1st November which will be an opportunity for members to discuss the last year and hear…
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18 October 2018Call to action! Scrap the Care Tax – Don’t tax us to go to the toilet!
The Scottish Government’s proposal to extend Free Personal Care means that disabled people will still have to pay hundreds of pounds a month for their social care, including if they…