After months of campaigning about the lack of access to day service provision, which many of our members have experienced during the coronavirus pandemic, we were encouraged to hear Jackie Baillie MSP and Joan McAlpine MSP highlight the issue in a recent debate in the Scottish Parliament. The Minister agreed to follow up with Joan […]
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Camphill seeks Manifesto commitments on Transitions Bill
Camphill Scotland and Inclusion Scotland have written to all of the parties represented in the Scottish Parliament to request they include a commitment in their manifestos for May’s Scottish Parliamentary elections to support the Disabled Children and Young People (Transitions to Adulthood)(Scotland) Bill in the next Scottish Parliament. This Bill, introduced by Johann Lamont MSP, […]
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Manifesto for a fair social security system in Scotland
Regardless of the political composition of the next Scottish Government we want to see Scotland develop a system of social security for disabled people that better reflects the social and human rights models of disability, which are participatory, enabling and fit for a modern day Scotland. Camphill Scotland has joined a coalition of organisations working […]
Art exhibition uplifts Loch Arthur community
Beautiful and amazing This is how a resident of Loch Arthur Camphill community described their recent art and craft exhibition. Read on to find out more…. Over a weekend in March our community hall was transformed into an art gallery, complete with the all essential gallery café. The hall was filled with crafts and art […]
Scottish Parliament told Transitions Bill is a matter of equality & justice
The Scottish Parliament’s Education and Skills Committee has taken evidence on Johann Lamont’s MSP’s Disabled Children and Young People (Transitions to Adulthood)(Scotland) Bill. The Bill, which was developed with support from Camphill Scotland and our members, and from Inclusion Scotland, would require the Scottish Government to introduce a National Transitions Strategy, and to appoint a […]
Camphill young people and parents give evidence to Scottish Parliament
Camphill young people and parents have submitted evidence to the Scottish Parliament’s Education and Skills Committee for its Stage 1 consideration of the Disabled Children and Young People (Transitions to Adulthood)(Scotland) Bill. The Bill introduced by Johann Lamont MSP, with support from Camphill Scotland and Inclusion Scotland, is designed to improve outcomes for disabled children […]
Camphill Scotland joins call for fair social security system
Camphill Scotland has joined a coalition of organisations working across Scotland who are united in a belief in a social security system that prevents poverty and supports those in need whilst also protecting their dignity. The Scottish Campaign on Rights to Social Security – SCoRSS – are working on a manifesto on the design and […]
Families unite for Camphill
One of the most important aspects of our work on the Transitions Bill has been the conversations that we have had with parents of young people who join a Camphill community. Kate Monahan, a parent and a champion for other families through the network she co-founded ‘Because We Matter’, has played an instrumental role in […]
The power of casual connections
When the dust settles, we will realise how very little we need, how very much we actually have and the true value of human connection. During the first lockdown, I missed the people whom I love the most – family, close friends, people I would see most weekends for playdates with my son. As we […]
