The following ran in The Herald on 11 May 2020 as The Opinion – from Janis McDonald. Covid-19 has had a huge impact on our society, unlike anything most of us have ever experienced. Physical distancing creates barriers beyond the…
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Website update
We have updated our resources section. It now has deafscotland publications, publications from members, and information about Covid-19 from members. If there is anything else you would like to see here, please let us know by emailing admin@deafscotland.org
OUR CONFERENCE TOMORROW (17 MARCH 2020) IS CANCELLED
In line with the UK Government announcement at 5pm today, it is with much regret that we need to postpone our conference that should have taken place tomorrow (17 March) in the DoubleTree by Hilton in Glasgow. We apologise for any…
Corona Virus Update
We are following the most up-to-date government advice and our conference on Tuesday is still going ahead. We look forward to seeing you there…
Disruption from Storm Ciara
Storm Ciara has flooded our bit of the The ALLIANCE Offices and deafscotland staff are all working in other places until Tuesday 18 February at least. We ask that you please bear with us until normal service resumes.
Equality Action Pledge
The Coalition for Racial Equality and Rights (CRER) and Glasgow Council for the Voluntary Sector (GCVS) were asking organisations to sign up to the an Equality Action Pledge, which is committed to improving representation in the Third Sector. For more…
Lip reading outcomes
A lip reading survey was done earlier in the year in the NHS Highland area. The questions were based on the therapy outcome measures for hearing rehabilitation. To look at the results, go to https://www.surveymonkey.com/results/SM-RJ93Y5CW7/
Fundraising complaint
We have had several people contact us to say that they have had young people coming to their doors late in the evening asking for donations for deafscotland. We do not raise funds in this way so if this happens…
Way to go, Hazel!
Dr Hazel McFarlane, disability researcher and activist, Policy and Implementation Officer and See Hear Lead for South Ayrshire Council, and co-facilitator for our Inclusive Communication and Accessible Information workshop/training, has been named in the Disability Power List 2019 of the…
Safety Survey
deafscotland is producing accessible information on a number of safety issues. We would like to know how you feel about your own safety and what information would help you feel safer in your home and when you are out and…
Human Rights Training just announced!
deafscotland is running two new Human Rights training sessions on Thursday 9 May in Glasgow. For more information go to deafscotland.org/what-we-do/training/
Thank you for making our conference great!
deafscotland and Disability Equality Scotland would like to thank all the delegates, stall holders, workshop leaders, language/communication support professionals, sponsors and the hotel for making our Scottish Sensory and Equality Conference 2019: Communication for All a great day. We will…
2021 Census: Question on Health Conditions
SCoD has been campaigning to get the health question in the Census changed since 2007. We have beein involved in the consultation on the health conditions question for the 2021 Census. As there is still little accurate data on the…