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 […]
Family support in challenging times
We have written previously about the devastating impact of Covid19, hearing first hand accounts from our members – the 11 Camphill communities in Scotland – as well as from relatives and carers through our Family Network. Building resilience Following our first Family Network gathering one parent, whose son resides at Camphill School Aberdeen, told us: […]
Still Thriving at 80 – behind the scenes of our new film
In early 2020 we were excited to be working with media co-op to create a film about life in Camphill in Scotland in 2020. The year 2020 marks the Camphill movement’s 80th birthday, and our film was meant to celebrate this impressive milestone and to highlight the timeless qualities which have sustained Camphill in Scotland […]
