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Tag: human rights
deafscotland adds its name to Human Rights Consortium Scotland (HRCS) submission
Human Rights Consortium Scotland wrote a submission to the Independent Human Rights Act Review. deafscotland added its name in support. The Joint Committee on Human Rights at Westminster is holding a parallel review and the submission was sent onto this…
All Our Rights In Law: Report on the conversations held with people across the four pillars of deafness
The Scottish Government’s National Taskforce on Human Rights Civil Society Reference Group is looking at the development of a new human rights law for Scotland that is informed by the views and experiences of rights-holders, particularly those whose rights are…
Covid-19: the Communication Virus
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…
Coronavirus (Scotland) (No.2) Bill
On behalf of deafscotland, Mark Griffin MSP, Convenor of the Cross Party Group on Deafness agree to take forward an amendment to the Coronavirus (Scotland) (No.2) Bill on Inclusive Communication. “Amendment 51 seeks to ensure that, in using its powers…
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…
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/
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…
Connect Us Too
deafscotland launched a series of mental health videos on Friday 12 April 2019 at the Tayside Deaf Hub. The videos can be viewed on the deafscotland YouTube site – see below for the links. Out Of My Head: https://youtu.be/0benfedpI-8 The…
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/
2019 Mental Health Programme “Connect Us Too”
On Friday 12 April 2019 deafscotland, Deaf Links and ITV SignPost will be launching a series of related accessible video clips in British Sign Language (BSL) with subtitles and voiceover, introducing some key information from the See Me Campaign about…
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…
Safety Survey is now live!
Our safety survey is now live. Please go to https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/ZSKVN7V to take part. This survey will take no longer than 10 minutes and will give us information on who knows what about personal safety and what gaps…
“Mental Health and Wellbeing for all people affected by deafness: Past, Present and Future”
It is 10 years since SCoD published the research paper “Making the Case for Specialist Mental Health Services in Scotland”. SCoD has produced a paper that shows the developments that have been put in place for people with a hearing…
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…