Disability

Purpose of the group

• To act as a channel of communication between the Scottish Parliament, disabled people and organisations working or supporting disabled people.
• To provide opportunities for Members of the Scottish Parliament to learn about needs of disabled people and the barriers individuals face excluding them from performing an active role within society.
• To increase awareness and raise the profile of rights for disabled people.
• To put disability on the agenda of the Scottish Parliament.

Forthcoming meetings

Next meeting:

Agendas/Links

• Agenda for Meeting 31 January 2017 (186KB pdf)
• Agenda for Meeting 16 May 2017 (202KB pdf)
• Agenda for Meeting 7 February 2018 (172KB pdf)
• Agenda for Meeting 18 December 2019 (168KB pdf)

Minutes

• Minutes of Meeting 20 September 2016 (229KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 31 January 2017 (258KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 16 May 2017 (232KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 19 September 2017 (242KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 6 December 2017 (197KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 7 February 2018 (200KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 20 June 2018 (205KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 5 September 2018 (196KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 5 December 2018 (200KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 5 June 2019 (205KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 18 September 2019 (210KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 5 February 2020 (88KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 16 September 2020 (112KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 9 December 2020 (104KB pdf)

Annual Return/Report

• Registration forms (217KB pdf) 
• Annual return form 2017 (213KB pdf)
• Annual return form 2018 (215KB pdf)
• Annual return form 2019 (220KB pdf)
• Annual return form 2020 (102KB pdf)

Group Officers

Group Members

Non MSP Individuals

Paul Cockburn

Aurora Constantin

Patricia Hewitt

Michael McEwan

Janice Connelly

Carolyn Hunter

John Sutherland MBE

Hazel Kelly

Wilma McLean

Claire Mooney

Emma Pauley

Rebecca Pender

Yvonne Stevenson-Robb

Organisations

Office of Jeremy Balfour MSP - secretary

Scottish Accessible Transport Alliance, (SATA) – treasurer

Action Duchenne

Action on Hearing Loss

ASD Fife Community Hub

Capability Scotland

Carers West Lothian

Cerebral Palsy Scotland

Children’s Health Scotland

Disability Equality Scotland

Down’s Syndrome Scotland

Dyslexia Scotland

EKTG

Equality & Rights Network

Glasgow Centre for Inclusive Living (GCIL)

Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity

Glasgow Disability Alliance (GDA)

Go Upstream

Guide Dogs Scotland

Headway

Inclusion Scotland

Lead Scotland

Leonard Cheshire

Motor Neurone Disease Scotland (MND)

MS Society

Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Centre Lothian

PASDA

PhoneAbility

Quarriers

Remploy

Renfrewshire Access Panel

RCOT – the Royal College of Occupational Therapists

RNIB Scotland

Royal War Blind and Scottish War Blinded

Scottish Auto Cycle Union (SACU)

Scottish Churches Disability Group (SCDG)

Scottish Commission for Learning Disability (SCLD)

Scottish Council on Visual Impairment (SCOVI)

Scottish Disability Sport

Scottish Personal Assistant Employers Network (SPAEN)

South Edinburgh Amenities Group (SEAG)

Scout Scotland

See Around Britain

Sense Scotland

Skills Development Scotland

STUC Disabled Workers’ Committee

Talk Time Edinburgh

Turning Point Scotland

UK Owner Trained Assistance Dogs Campaign for Change (OTADCC)

Versus Arthritis

West Dunbartonshire Access Panel