Glasgow Disability Alliance
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Promoting Equality, Rights and Social Justice for disabled people. Influencing policy, working for equality. Led by our 5500+ disabled members. SC03424
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New @heraldscotland article: 'Abused and terrified: Scotland’s brutalised disabled people reveal all.' DPO CEOs @tressaburke (GDA), @HeatherFisken (@InclusionScot) and @DESCEOTweets (@DEScotTweets) share the bleak reality for #DisabledPeople in Scotland. https://t.co/ruXILB475G
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It's #HateCrimeAwarenessWeek, and for many disabled people, 'It's the worst I've experienced it'. GDA is a Third Party Reporting Centre. If you witness or experience a hate crime, we can support you to report it: 0141 556 7103 / info@gdaonline.co.uk https://t.co/BcvxKUORNA
bbc.co.uk
Home Office statistics suggest disability related hate crime is falling, but Steven Lacey's lived experience paints a different picture.
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Live in Scotland or Northern Ireland and care for a child or young person with disabilities or additional needs? Take the @contactfamilies survey. Please choose the survey link for your nation below: Northern Ireland: https://t.co/XoWXzOjKNn Scotland: https://t.co/j289TiFvLr
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Join us on Saturday 25th October in Edinburgh as #wedemandbetter for Scotland. 🧱 Better social security 💷 Better jobs 🚌 Better investment in life’s essentials More info:
scotland-demands-better.com
Politicians invited to #ScotlandDemandsBetter - but only in 'listening mode' https://t.co/VCEkyIaLLq
@PovertyAlliance @UnityConsults
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What’s next now #ChallengePoverty Week is over… We have an idea 💡 Join us on: 🗓️ Saturday 25th October 📍 Edinburgh As #wedemandbetter for Scotland 🏴 More info >>>
scotland-demands-better.com
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Whether you’d like to take part in our 12-week self-management programme or simply need a light-touch wellbeing check-in, we’re here to help. Reach out today: call 0141 556 7103, text 07958 299496 or email wellbeing@gdaonline.co.uk https://t.co/10BOugxY0u
gda.scot
Our Wellbeing service promotes both mental and physical wellbeing by providing telephone support to disabled people. We provide emotional support as well as practical advice…
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Our wide range of services includes our new #AHEAD project, which supports disabled people living in Glasgow who need wellbeing support while on a waiting list for health treatment or social care. Let us help you build strategies for coping with anxiety and stress.
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The #GDAWellbeing team are here to support the mental and physical wellbeing of disabled people across Glasgow, offering free in person and online sessions.
This #WellbeingWednesday spotlight is for @GDA__online Wellbeing service! They promote mental & physical wellbeing by providing telephone support to disabled people. From emotional support to practical tips, their advisers are here to help. Learn more: https://t.co/k0Qgv1IWcR
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Whether you’d like to take part in our 12-week self-management programme or simply need a light-touch wellbeing check-in, we’re here to help. Reach out today: call 0141 556 7103, text 07958 299496 or email wellbeing@gdaonline.co.uk https://t.co/10BOugxY0u
gda.scot
Our Wellbeing service promotes both mental and physical wellbeing by providing telephone support to disabled people. We provide emotional support as well as practical advice…
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Our wide range of services includes our new #AHEAD project, which supports disabled people living in Glasgow who need wellbeing support while on a waiting list for health treatment or social care. Let us help you build strategies for coping with anxiety and stress.
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The #GDAWellbeing team are here to support the mental and physical wellbeing of disabled people across Glasgow, offering free in person and online sessions.
This #WellbeingWednesday spotlight is for @GDA__online Wellbeing service! They promote mental & physical wellbeing by providing telephone support to disabled people. From emotional support to practical tips, their advisers are here to help. Learn more:
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In this video GDA's Chris explains why he supports #ScotlandDemandsBetter campaign ask to invest in life's essentials. Chris says to invest in social care is to invest in our citizens & calls on @scotgov to deliver its commitment to scrap care charges #DisabledPeopleDemandBetter
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1/ BIG NEWS: SHx Bridge This week, Stronghold is bridging SHx between the @StellarOrg and @ethereum networks using @axelar's secure interoperability protocol, unlocking seamless cross-chain movement. 🌉
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In this video GDA's Caroline explains why she supports #ScotlandDemandsBetter campaign ask on social security Caroline says Scotland's benefit system must meet true additional costs for disabled people and enable a life of dignity, choice & control #DisabledPeopleDemandBetter
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In this video GDA's Stephen explains why he supports #ScotlandDemandsBetter campaign ask on better jobs. Stephen talks from his own experience why disabled people need tailored employability support to participate in the workforce. #DisabledPeopleDemandBetter
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With Disability hate crime increasing again in 2024/25, thank you to all the Scottish transport providers who have signed up to support the Hate Crime Charter & who take a zero-tolerance approach to hate crime in Scotland.
We’re supporting #NationalHCAW 2025. Our Hate Crime Charter sets out our zero-tolerance approach to hate crime on Scotland’s #PublicTransport Network, to keep it a #SafePlaceForAll. Find out more about hate crime and how to report it ➡️ https://t.co/Em6vYKScBG
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📢We're recruiting for a Policy and Campaigns Manager (Maternity Cover) 📅 Closing date: Tuesday 4th November Find out more details via the link: https://t.co/28Pxc43dXS
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The Supreme Court will hear Wolford v. Lopez, a major gun rights case over Hawaii’s ban on carrying firearms on private property without express permission. The ruling could redefine how Bruen applies—and the limits of state power under the Second Amendment. | Stephen P. Halbrook
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We want to know about your experience of using the Access to Work scheme. If you have had help in the last 2 years, we want to hear from you. We want to see if the scheme works! DPCG have now created a BSL version of their current survey, available here: https://t.co/hEQedb6Asq
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Please note that this is not a GDA event, and there are some restrictions to venue access, detailed in the link below. Book your free ticket today:
eventbrite.co.uk
A talk with Dr Malica S Willie looking at Guyanese writer, Wilson Harris' work
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Slavery & colonialism have entangled disability & blackness, constructing perceptions of disability that might not always seem positive. Wilson Harris depicts a possibility to reframe perspectives, portraying disability, specifically blindness, as a potentially creative space.
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This Thursday! Upcoming free #BlackHistoryMonth event hosted by our friends at @crer_scotland. "Blindness as Creative Space in Wilson Harris' Fiction: A talk with Dr Malica S Willie." Thursday 16 October, 2-3pm, Merchants House of Glasgow, 7 West George Street, G2 1BA.
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🎯 For young professionals: - Master full-stack thinking: understand end-to-end processes. - Embrace AI tools to amplify productivity. - Don’t fear AI—focus on value only humans can add. AI won’t replace you; it will shift what excellence looks like. Adapt, learn, and create.
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It's #HateCrimeAwarenessWeek. A hate crime is any crime which is understood by the victim or any other person as being motivated by malice or ill will towards a social group. If you have experienced a hate crime, GDA can help you report it: info@gdaonline.co.uk / 0141 556 7103.
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