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ENABLE Scotland calls for greater support for people who have a learning disability to access COVID-19 vaccinations
Date: February 11, 2021- Category: Press releasesFollowing the publication of mortality data for people who have a learning disability in Scotland as a result of COVID-19, ENABLE Scotland is calling for greater support for this population to access the vaccination in Priority Group 6 in line with current JCVI guidelines. As of this week, data is…
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ENABLE Scotland concerned at Scotland’s COVID-19 mortality rates and delay in data
Date: February 10, 2021- Category: Press releasesEvidence from Public Health England first published in the Summer of 2020 suggests that people who have a learning disability in England are 6 times more likely[1] to die as a result of COVID-19 than the general population. On 4th February 2021, the Scottish Learning Disability Observatory (SLDO) has published…
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ENABLE Scotland becomes the largest accredited social care provider in Scotland during Living Wage Week
Date: November 11, 2020- Category: Press releasesENABLE Scotland has become an accredited Living Wage employer, with more than 1,800 frontline care workers set for a pay rise to the real Living Wage. The new Living Wage rate of £9.50 per hour was announced on Monday as part of Living Wage Week (9-15 November 2020). The…
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ENABLE Scotland wins O2 technology award
Date: October 14, 2020- Category: Press releasesENABLE Scotland has won a prestigious award from telecommunications giant O2 for our frontline digital transformation programme. The O2 Blue Door Award, announced this morning at O2’s Blue Door Expo, is for ‘Use of technology to engage your employees’ and is one of only five Blue Door awards issued by…
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ENABLE CEO to help unleash the full potential of civil society
Date: October 9, 2020- Category: Press releasesTheresa Shearer, ENABLE Scotland’s CEO, is to join an influential group of people appointed as commissioners for the Law Family Commission on Civil Society. The commissioners, drawn from the private, public and third sector, will steer a 2-year programme of ground-breaking research into how best to unleash the full potential…
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Rolling out Scotland’s new Contact Tracing App for all our Staff
Date: September 10, 2020- Category: Press releasesOn the day Scotland’s new ‘Protect Scotland’ coronavirus contact tracing app launched, ENABLE Scotland has rolled out the app to our entire workforce of over 2,200 people, who will be using it with immediate effect. The charity has taken this measure in order to protect our workforce, as well as…
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Leading Charity Makes Lockdown Easier for Little Boy with learning disabilities – with extra help from the First Minister
Date: May 12, 2020- Category: Press releasesThe First Minister sent a special video message to 7 year old Matthew to reassure him that it is ok to let social care staff into his house during lockdown, thanks to intervention from ENABLE Scotland. Lockdown is hard for everyone, but especially for people who have learning disabilities. It…
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Reassurance on disabled people’s lockdown rights
Date: May 7, 2020- Category: Press releasesLearning disability charity ENABLE Scotland has teamed up with Police Scotland and the Scottish Government to reassure its members about their rights during the Coronavirus lockdown. The charity has made a digital image – clearly stating the right of people who have a learning disability to exercise outside more than…
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Isolation leads to innovation for Scotland’s largest member-led charity.
Date: April 10, 2020- Category: Press releasesLess than 1 in 3 people who have a learning disability can name at least one close friend COVID-19 has led to even more social isolation for some of Scotland’s most vulnerable people ENABLE Scotland has responded to this challenge by launching ACE Connect – Scotland’s first online community…
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ENABLE Scotland and Piper Group CEO recognised for outstanding contribution to the charity sector
Date: March 9, 2020- Category: Press releasesENABLE Scotland and Piper Group CEO Theresa Shearer has been awarded the 2020 STELAR Award from the University of Strathclyde in recognition of her outstanding achievements in the charity sector in Scotland, the UK, and in Europe. Established by the University’s Principal and Vice-Chancellor Professor Sir Jim McDonald, The Strathclyde…
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