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ENABLE a finalist in the very first Herald Digital Transformation Awards!
Date: October 11, 2021- Category: Blog - ENABLE Group News - ENABLE GroupENABLE Group has been listed as a finalist in the very first Herald Digital Transformation Awards in association with Digital World. More than 120 entries were received with only 52 finalists chosen. ENABLE is shortlisted in the Digitally Transformed Business and Best Use of Technology in Healthcare categories alongside CHAS, Falkirk Council,…
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New offer to support business to champion diversity
A new campaign launches today to support employers to increase diversity and inclusion within the workplace by offering opportunities to disabled people looking for work. ENABLE Works, the largest specialist provider of skills and employability services in Scotland, is forging the way for businesses to include everyone as part of…
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ENABLE member to Escort the Crown of Scotland at Holyrood’s Opening Ceremony
Date: October 2, 2021- Category: Blog - ENABLE All Blog - ENABLE ScotlandMembers of ENABLE Scotland will join Holyrood’s Opening Ceremony, taking place on Saturday 2 October. Three youth members, Lucy McKee, Adam Watson and Freyja Muir, have been chosen to represent the charity at the annual event. Lucy, from Glasgow, is just one of six young people selected from across the…
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New report shows social care is a £5.1bn engine of economic growth
Date: September 30, 2021- Category: Blog - ENABLE GroupA new report published today – Scotland’s Care Sector: An Economic Driver – marks a significant step towards a new narrative on social care by demonstrating that far from being a burden on the public finances, the social care sector contributes more than £5.1bn Gross Value Added (GVA) to the…
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The ENABLE Scotland Lottery
Date: September 24, 2021- Category: FundraisingENABLE Scotland is excited to be launching a brand-new member-led fundraising initiative for our charitable work today – the ENABLE Scotland Lottery. The Lottery costs just £1 to play and has a guaranteed cash prize every week for one lucky player. With a top prize of £25,000 for matching all…
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ENABLE raises pay for its frontline social care workforce
Date: September 24, 2021- Category: News - ENABLE GroupSocial care charity ENABLE Scotland is seeking to raise the basic rate of pay for its frontline workforce to £10 per hour from 1st October 2021. This would take the minimum pay for ENABLE’s Personal Assistants to 50p above the real Living Wage rate of £9.50 per hour, and is…
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Returning to Work
Date: September 23, 2021- Category: Case Studies - MembershipIn March last year, I never would have thought for one minute that would be my last shift with my theatre job. I was working one day, then told to not come in the next, because the country went into lockdown. I was then put on furlough for many months.…
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Back to School
Date: September 3, 2021- Category: Case Studies - FamiliesSo, the holidays are over! Bathed & hair washed, school uniform laid out, bag all checked, and pencils sharpened. But who’s more excited? Parents can now have days to themselves, do a kid free supermarket shop, maybe even squeeze in a bar-lunch with friends. Freedom! In theory, that is all…
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My Experience on Breaking Barriers
Date: July 14, 2021- Category: Case Studies - MembershipIf I had to describe my experience on Breaking Barriers in 3 words, they would be inspiring, empowering and life-changing. Like a lot of young people with an additional support need, I never thought I would ever get a chance to go to university, but being on Breaking Barriers meant…
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Navigating the School Holidays
Date: July 14, 2021- Category: Case Studies - FamiliesCrikey… 6 weeks of no routine… no structure… no playdates or sleepovers… ring any bells? Yeah, us too! Mind you, we usually had an extra week too. As you parents will know all too well, the last week of term is rather lax with NO routine, NO structure & certainly…
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