Glasgow Disability Alliance
Campaign Fortnight: Tuesday 22nd October – Monday 4th November 2024
Disability Equality Scotland, Glasgow Disability Alliance, Inclusion Scotland and Disabled People-Led Organisations across Scotland are joining together for a fortnight of action and campaigning to demand justice and deliver equality for disabled people. We need your support for this critical campaign.
GDA is a disabled people-led organisation (DPO) controlled by our 5500+ disabled members.
We are the largest groundswell of disabled members in Europe and a leading, celebrated example of a grassroots community of identity driving improvements to disabled people’s lives in parallel with wider changes to policies, services and society.
GDA Membership
Our free, accessible learning and events:
- Bring people together
- Build confidence and connections
- Unlock opportunities to participate, contribute, and use your voice
- Transport, personal assistance, and communication support provided
Membership is free!
Join GDA for updates on all our events and opportunities.
Our vision is a world where disabled people participate fully and lead our own lives with our human rights upheld, connecting with peers and opportunities; contributing to families, communities and wider society on a full and equal basis alongside non-disabled people.
Our mission is to promote equality, rights and social justice with and for disabled people and we do this through programmes which build confidence, connections and capacity of disabled people.
Our programmes support disabled people and those with long term conditions across Glasgow – you do not need to be a member to take part.
Over the last 4 years, GDA has transformed our delivery model to respond to the urgent and pressing needs of disabled people. Programmes are now all available online, by phone and in person.
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GDA Manifesto Film 2024
FilmGDA members talking about the General Election 2024 manifesto asks.
Watch videoDisabled People Challenge Poverty – survey findings summary
PublicationGDA conducted a survey of over 600 members to quantify the current situation facing disabled people and to share this evidence – both quantitative and qualitative – with those in power so that vital and urgent action can be taken.
The findings paint a bleak picture of disabled people, struggling to manage financially and unable to access the services and supports they need at this time.
Download NowGDA Manifesto 2024
PublicationDisabled People in Glasgow and Scotland have felt deprioritised and dehumanised increasingly over decades and even more so since the last General Election. Successive policies and Governments have failed to tackle our poverty and inequality and the dire situation facing disabled people has been supercharged by national policies and global events e.g. austerity, the pandemic and the cost of living crisis.
Read our 2024 Manifesto and Asks to learn more about what disabled people are demanding this election.
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