Purpose of the group
- To act as a channel of communication between the Scottish Parliament, disabled people and organisations working or supporting disabled people.
- To provide opportunities for Members of the Scottish Parliament to learn about needs of disabled people and the barriers individuals face excluding them from performing an active role within society.
- To increase awareness and raise the profile of rights for disabled people.
- To put disability on the agenda of the Scottish Parliament.
Forthcoming meetings
Next meeting:
Agendas/Links
Minutes
Annual Return/Report
Group Officers
Group Members
Non MSP Individuals
Paul Cockburn
Aurora Constantin
Patricia Hewitt
Michael McEwan
Janice Connelly
Carolyn Hunter
John Sutherland MBE
Hazel Kelly
Wilma McLean
Claire Mooney
Emma Pauley
Rebecca Pender
Yvonne Stevenson-Robb
Organisations
Office of Jeremy Balfour MSP - secretary
Scottish Accessible Transport Alliance, (SATA) – treasurer
Action Duchenne
Action on Hearing Loss
ASD Fife Community Hub
Capability Scotland
Carers West Lothian
Cerebral Palsy Scotland
Children’s Health Scotland
Disability Equality Scotland
Down’s Syndrome Scotland
Dyslexia Scotland
EKTG
Equality & Rights Network
Glasgow Centre for Inclusive Living (GCIL)
Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity
Glasgow Disability Alliance (GDA)
Go Upstream
Guide Dogs Scotland
Headway
Inclusion Scotland
Lead Scotland
Leonard Cheshire
Motor Neurone Disease Scotland (MND)
MS Society
Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Centre Lothian
PASDA
PhoneAbility
Quarriers
Remploy
Renfrewshire Access Panel
RCOT – the Royal College of Occupational Therapists
RNIB Scotland
Royal War Blind and Scottish War Blinded
Scottish Auto Cycle Union (SACU)
Scottish Churches Disability Group (SCDG)
Scottish Commission for Learning Disability (SCLD)
Scottish Council on Visual Impairment (SCOVI)
Scottish Disability Sport
Scottish Personal Assistant Employers Network (SPAEN)
South Edinburgh Amenities Group (SEAG)
Scout Scotland
See Around Britain
Sense Scotland
Skills Development Scotland
STUC Disabled Workers’ Committee
Talk Time Edinburgh
Turning Point Scotland
UK Owner Trained Assistance Dogs Campaign for Change (OTADCC)
Versus Arthritis
West Dunbartonshire Access Panel
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