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ENABLE Scotland’s #MyOwnFrontDoor Campaign named finalist at year’s Scottish Charity Awards
Date: May 6, 2022- Category: Blog - ENABLE Scotland Campaigning News - ENABLE Scotland Press ReleaseENABLE Scotland’s #MyOwnFrontDoor Campaign has been named as a finalist in this year’s Scottish Charity Awards. The member-led campaign aims to uphold the human rights of all adults who have a learning disability in Scotland to live in the home they choose, in the community they choose, close to the…
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James Anderson scoops ‘Volunteer of the Year’ at Young Scot Awards
ACE Youth Member James Anderson has been named Volunteer of the Year at the Young Scot Awards 2022. The nationwide awards aim to recognise and inspire extraordinary young people from across the country who make a real difference to the lives of others. During a star-studded ceremony, held last night…
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Local Council Elections 2022 – it’s time to #ENABLETheVote again!
Date: April 14, 2022- Category: Blog - ENABLE Scotland News - ENABLE ScotlandIn three weeks’ time, Scotland’s electorate will go to the polls once more to vote for their local council representatives. At a time when we are collectively recovering from the effects of the pandemic over the last two years, and as we grapple with the realities facing communities around cost…
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ENABLE Group CEO, Theresa Shearer, elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE)
Date: March 21, 2022- Category: Blog - CEO Blog - ENABLE Scotland Case Studies - General Press ReleaseAnnie Lennox OBE is among those appointed to the Fellowship alongside Mark Logan, the former Skyscanner Chief Operating Officer (COO) for his business expertise, and Professor Marc Turner of the University of Edinburgh and the Director at the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service. 80 new Fellows have been elected to…
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CHARITIES UNITE TO HELP UKRAINAINS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES
Date: March 18, 2022- Category: Blog - CEO Blog - ENABLE Scotland Case Studies - General Press ReleaseLearning disability charities from across the UK are working together to raise funds targeted specifically to assist those with learning disabilities who are trapped in Ukraine and unable to seek refuge from the war. A coalition of UK-based learning disability charities, including ENABLE Scotland, The Richmond Fellowship Scotland, Mencap, Jweb…
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ENABLE Scotland responds to COSLA Coming Home Implementation Report
Today, the Scottish Government and COSLA have published Coming Home Implementation: A report from the working group on complex care and delayed discharge, tackling the issues raised by ENABLE Scotland’s #MyOwnFrontDoor campaign. The report says: By March 2024 we want and need to see real change with out of area…
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Remembering ACE member John Booker
Date: February 4, 2022- Category: Blog - ENABLE Scotland News - ENABLE ScotlandIt is with a heavy heart that the ENABLE Family acknowledge the passing of our much loved member, John Booker. John has been the life and soul of the Edinburgh branch and ACE group for a number of years. His sense of humour, brilliant jokes and infectious laugh will be remembered by…
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Remembering ACE member Neil Berry
Date: December 21, 2021- Category: Blog - ENABLE Scotland News - ENABLE ScotlandIt is with huge sadness that we announce a much-loved member of the ENABLE Family passed away on Wednesday 15th December. Neil Berry and his partner, Sheila, joined the Aberdeen ACE group when it started in 2018. He soon became an active campaigner, and was skilled in getting his point…
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International Day of Persons with Disabilities
Date: December 3, 2021- Category: Blog - ENABLE ScotlandOn International Day of Persons with Disabilities, we work to campaign on behalf of our members to create an equal society for every person who has a learning disability. We are committed to building a more equal society for all. We campaign. We support. We advocate. We inform. International…
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Christmas Time
Date: December 1, 2021- Category: Blog - ENABLE Scotland Case Studies - FamiliesThey say it’s ‘the most wonderful time of the year’. But is it? Growing up I enjoyed family Christmases. The excitement of seeing that Santa had been, racing downstairs to open the living room door full of gifts, extended family arriving, watching the Queen’s speech and standing for the national…
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