#MyOwnFrontDoor Campaign Launches

A new campaign has launched to unlock the door for hundreds of adults with learning disabilities to have the right to a home they choose and to live in the community of their choice, as Scotland’s largest member-led charity calls on society to address the “human rights scandal” facing people with learning disabilities in Scotland. ENABLE Scotland’s latest campaign – #MyOwnFrontDoor – is being led by the charity’s 12,000 strong membership and supporter network to address what it describes as a “level of discrimination that we do not expect and…

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Glasgow Hosts Summer Festival of Citizenship: 9-10 August

At a time when political trends threaten the further scapegoating of marginalised minorities within our communities, this summer’s “We Are One” festival is an important celebration of inclusive citizenship, and the possibilities of a world where everyone matters – without exception. This Festival is a Citizen Network event supported by ENABLE Scotland, In Control Scotland, Partners for Inclusion, Alzheimer Scotland, and several others. With many delegates to the world congress of IASSIDD already in Glasgow that week, the Festival will provide an international opportunity for serious fun and an exchange…

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