We are delighted to report that Ruth Maguire MSP has secured a significant change to the Social Security (Scotland) Bill. The amendment to the Bill* was agreed unanimously by the Minister for Social Security, Jeanne Freeman MSP, and by the members of the Scottish Parliament’s Social Security Committee. This is a major change to the […]
Disability rights
Support for Parents and Carers
Camphill Scotland hosted a joint event this month with Camphill Families and Friends (CFF). CFF is an organisation run by parents and carers of people with a learning disability who live and work in Camphill communities. During this event our Director Neil Henery heard about the struggle many families have to find the right support […]
Help shape implementation of AAC
The Scottish Government has a statutory duty to ensure that it provides communication equipment and support to any person who has lost their voice or has difficulty speaking. The implementation of this duty is being led by the Scottish Government in collaboration with the AAC Collaborative. The Scottish Government has issued a short survey about […]
Evidence submitted to Social Security Committee
Camphill Scotland has submitted evidence to the Scottish Parliament’s Social Security Committee for its Stage 1 consideration of the Social Security (Scotland) Bill. This legislation will introduce a social security system for Scotland in relation to social security benefits recently devolved to the Scottish Parliament, and to the devolved aspects of reserved social security benefits. […]
Evidence on Social Security (Scotland) Bill
Camphill Scotland has submitted evidence to the Scottish Parliament’s Social Security Committee for its Stage 1 consideration of the Social Security (Scotland) Bill. This legislation will introduce a social security system for Scotland in relation to social security benefits recently devolved to the Scottish Parliament, and to the devolved aspects of reserved social security benefits. […]
Influencing Policy Group Ready for Action
Camphill Scotland’s Influencing Group will hold its inaugural meeting at Camphill Blair Drummond today. A good turnout is expected from member communities at the group, which will focus on making the most of opportunities to maximise the impact of Camphill in Scotland in policy development and in legislation. For more information contact our Policy & […]
MP supports call to suspend Universal Credit
Camphill Scotland, who joined Citizens Advice Scotland and other organisations in calling on the UK Government to halt the roll out of Universal Credit was glad to receive support from Drew Hendry, MP. Hendry told us that he was “extremely pleased to read your recent joint letter to the UK Minister in regards to the […]
Call to suspend Universal Credit
Camphill Scotland has today joined Citizens Advice Scotland and other organisations in calling on the UK Government to halt the roll out of Universal Credit until the problems which many claimants have experienced can be fixed. These have included the significant delays in the time between people’s initial claim and receiving payment, which has left […]
Back to Bedlam? Key Report on Learning Disability
The Centre for Welfare Reform has published a damning report on the state of learning disability practice and policy in England. It is very much worth reading from a Scottish perspective too. The author of the report, Robin Jackson, sets out to show that: Successive governments in the UK have ignored people with a learning […]
What’s in a Name?
Camphill Scotland has written to Scotland’s Census about the way Camphill communities are categorised for the purposes of the national census. We think they should be categorised as ”˜intentional communities’ and not ”˜communal establishments’ as they are at present. This is an important issue as the census data is used by national decision makers to […]
