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: 17 June 2020

This meeting will be held remotely at 1pm. Should you wish to attend you must contact Julia Shillitto, [email protected], in advance of the 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)

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)

Group Officers

• Convener: Jeremy Balfour
• Deputy Convener: Stuart McMillan

Group Members

• Alexander Stewart
• Alex Cole-Hamilton
• Colin Smyth
• Anas Sarwar
• John Mason
• George Adam
• Pauline McNeill
• Jackie Baillie

Non MSP Individuals

Paul Cockburn

Aurora Constantin

Patricia Hewit

Michael McEwan

Janice Connelly

Caroline Hunter

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

Down's Syndrome Scotland  

EKTG 

Equality and 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

MS Society 

Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Centre Lothian

PASDA 

PhoneAbility 

Quarriers 

Remploy

Renfrewshire Access Panel

RNIB Scotland 

Royal Blind and Scottish War Blinded  

Scottish Churches Disability Group (SCDG)

Scottish Commission for Learning Disability (SCLD)

Scottish Council on Visual Impairment (SCOVI)

Disability Equality Scotland

Scottish Personal Assistant Employers Network (SPAEN)

South Edinburgh Amenities Group (SEAG) 

Sense Scotland 

Skills Development Scotland

STUC Disabled Workers’ Committee

Talk Time Edinburgh

Turning Point Scotland

Versus Arthritis

West Dunbartonshire Access Panel