One of the most common areas we get asked on our disability information helpline is disability benefits and at the moment the most common benefit we get asked about is Adult disability Payment. With this in mind we have prepared a full info-guide here: disabilityscot.org.uk/info-g…
Free Digital Accessibility Training! Our Accessibility Awareness E-Learning course is now free This is a self-study E-Learning course. It will give you a good understanding of how digital information is accessed by people with disabilities. bSee here. disabilityscot.org.uk/course…
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Free Digital Accessibility Training!
Our Accessibility Awareness E-Learning course is now free
This is a self-study E-Learning course. It will give you a good understanding of how digital information is accessed by people with disabilities. bSee here.
disabilityscot.org.uk/course…
Hope you're all well this fine sunny Thursday. Our new manager Heather has written her first blog post and it's a handy guide to carers allowance. Read it here disabilityscot.org.uk/36953-…
Have a great day.
The DIS Team
#CarersAllowance
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We're Hiring. Manager required
We are seeking an exceptional candidate to lead the organisation, supported by a small staff team. You will have experience of managing staff, finances and running an organisation.
See link below for further details and to apply: goodmoves.org/vacancy/a4sP10…
Take One Action have organised a film festival in Glasgow on 6-10th December to screen a number of independent films and will include accessible measures such as descriptive subtitles, BSL, live captions and audio description. More at the link below.
takeoneaction.org.uk/about/
DIS staff attended day 1 of The Gathering at the EICC today. We manned our stall, met some great people and attended some great lectures. We will be back there tomorrow for the second and final day. Stall 35 on the bottom floor. Come and say hello if you’re there. #SCVOGathering
Manager Scott has just been up at the SECC in Edinburgh setting up our information stall for The Gathering. We will have information on our advice and accessibility training services so come and say hello and find out all about them if you're there.
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We are there both days (Tuesday 7th-Wednesday 8th) at stall 35 in the Cromdale Hall. #scvogathering
Check out our new training courses and ensure your digital information is accessible for people with disabilities.
Online Self-Study Accessibility Awareness course only £9.99 p/p.
Instructor led courses only £39 p/p
disabilityscot.org.uk/making…
#AccessibleInformation
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Looking forward to next week’s Motability Big Event. It’s free to attend and a great day out, with over 70 cars, wheelchair adapted vehicles and adaptions and 35 powered wheelchairs and scooters. Find out more at motabilityonebigday.co.uk/th…
Look out for us at the Partner Stand.
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Join us between 11am and 4 pm on the the 1st September at Meadowbank Stadium (Edinburgh) for See Hear Fest. We will be with over forty other exhibitors who can offer information, advice and guidance for people with sensory loss. #SeeHearFest #SeeHearStrategy #SensoryLoss
The Scottish Government are hoping to develop a new version of Attendance allowance and need your help to design it.
They are looking to talk to people at state pension age in need of assistance and their carers to complete a survey and possibly take part in further research.
If you are at state pension age and in need of assistance you can fill out the survey here mygov.scot/padp-pensioner-su…
If you are a carer for someone who is at state pension age and in need of assostance you can fill out your survey here
mygov.scot/padp-carer-survey
An appeal by Spend a Penny Scotland to provide specialist CPT bathroom facilities in the Tyndrum area of Scotland. See the YouTube video below for a full explanation of what a CPT bathroom is and why they are so necessary in this area.
youtube.com/watch?v=9KbxyJ3Q…
Do you live in Scotland and take an NSAID such as ibuprofen?
If you're 18+ and have been prescribed or purchased an NSAID recently Healthcare Improvement Scotland and the Uni of Strathclyde want to hear from you!
Please complete the 5-minute survey below:
tinyurl.com/2su8h4r6
Do you need urgent help with money, food or fuel?
Your local council may be able to provide help with things like food, heating and electricity. See costofliving.campaign.gov.sc… for more details
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Do you live in Scotland and take an NSAID such as ibuprofen?
If you're 18+ and have been prescribed or purchased an NSAID recently Healthcare Improvement Scotland and the Uni of Strathclyde want to hear from you!
Please complete the 5-minute survey below:
tinyurl.com/2su8h4r6
The 3rd of March is World Hearing Day where the World Health Organisation will be highlighting hearing issues. Find out more about the day and its theme here: who.int/campaigns/world-hear… xitter.cf/disabilityscot/status/…