Weekly Poll Results – COVID-19: Inclusive Communication (Week Beginning 4 May 2020) Question: Have you received information about COVID-19 in a format that is accessible for you? Examples of accessible information include easy read, braille, audio, British Sign Language, captions and plain text. Results: Yes – 54% (41 respondents) No –  46% (36 respondents) Your Comments: Accessible Formats Availa...

Weekly Poll Results – COVID-19: Equality and Human Rights (Week Beginning 27 April 2020) Question: Have there been specific equality or human rights impacts on groups of people as a response to the virus? Results: Yes – 62% (50 respondents) No –  38% (31 respondents) Your Comments: Health and Social Care Our members highlighted the equality and human rights impacts on disabled people from not bein...

Weekly Poll Results – COVID-19: Access to Supermarkets (Week Beginning 20 April 2020) Question: Have you encountered problems accessing supermarket stores and/or booking online delivery slots? Results: Yes – 69% (61 respondents) No – 31% (27 respondents) Your Comments: Shielding List Some members had experienced difficulties, for example where they were on a priority list, but the parameters chang...

Disability Equality Scotland Welcomes New Chief Executive Officer Disability Equality Scotland is today (31 October 2022) delighted to welcome Lyn Pornaro to post as our new Chief Executive Officer. Lyn is an experienced leader who has most recently been CEO with Lothian Centre for Inclusive Living (LCIL). Lyn’s dedicated leadership helped guide LCIL through the COVID-19 pandemic and other unprece...

Programme for Government 2022 – Disability Equality Scotland Response Morven Brooks, CEO of Disability Equality Scotland, has given her response to the Scottish Government’s Programme for Government 2022. We are living through unprecedented times for many people, but none more so than for disabled people, who have for years now struggled financially and socially.  The cost-of-living crisis only th...

A Message From Our New Deputy CEO! Hello, I hope that this finds you well and looking forward to the weekend. As I am sure you are aware, Emma Scott left her role as Deputy Chief Executive of Disability Equality Scotland (DES) earlier this summer. Following an open recruitment process, I was delighted to accept the offer from DES to follow in Emma’s footsteps and started with the charity on Monday...

A Message from Our New Deputy CEO! Hello, I hope that this finds you well and looking forward to the weekend. As I am sure you are aware, Emma Scott left her role as Deputy Chief Executive of Disability Equality Scotland (DES) earlier this summer. Following an open recruitment process, I was delighted to accept the offer from DES to follow in Emma’s footsteps and started with the charity on Monday...

We are recruiting for a new Deputy CEO! Working alongside the CEO, the Deputy CEO will be responsible for the day-to-day running of the organisation from an operational perspective as well as managing a broad number of projects and initiatives within Disability Equality Scotland. The closing date for applications is 12pm on Wednesday 6 July with interviews taking place 18/19 July. Full details and...

Bank Holiday Closure Please note that our office is closed for the Platinum Jubilee bank holidays on Thursday 2 and Friday 3 June 2022. If you need to get in touch, you can call us on 0141 370 0968  and leave a message on our answerphone, or contact us via email admin@disabilityequality.scot. Messages will be picked up when we return  on Monday 6 June. Enjoy the long weekend!

Straw Exemption Guidance Published Ahead of Single-use Plastics Ban The law on single-use plastics is changing on 1 June 2022. After this date, it will be unlawful to make and supply commercially any of the following single-use plastic items: Cutlery (forks, knives, spoons, chopsticks and other similar utensils) Plates Beverage stirrers Food containers made of expanded polystyrene Cups made of exp...