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New Podcast Episode – Disabled People in Glasgow Call for Radical Reform in a National Care Service to End Social Care Crisis
PodcastToday, Glasgow Disability Alliance launches the second in a three episode series ‘Care About Us’: A podcast made by disabled people about the social care system and how it needs to change.
In Episode Two, ‘A System in Crisis’, we speak to GDA members & activists about the social care staffing crisis, cuts to care and the reality of social care in Glasgow.
Listen NowDisabled People’s Podcast calls for Radical Reform in Social Care in Glasgow
PodcastToday on the 75th anniversary of the NHS and in the context of a new deal between Scottish Government and Local Government, Glasgow Disability Alliance launches the first in a 3 episode series ‘Care About Us’: A podcast made by disabled people about the social care system and how it needs to change.
Now more than ever, we need the Scottish Government and Local Authorities to start prioritising disabled people, embed equalities in their approach and listen to us as a community of identity.
GDA Member, Paula: “It’s a nightmare really. I wish I didn’t have to have carers, but I don’t have a choice. It’s degrading. Completely degrading”.
GDA Member, Luke: “The media, the public, they all think of us as a burden.”
In the new podcast series, GDA members and activists in Glasgow tell us what social care means to them, what the main issues are in social care and how it needs to change.
With £21 million cut to social care support in Glasgow in March, a delayed National Care Service Bill and a new agreement between Local Authorities and Scottish Government threatening ring-fenced, protected funding for social care, disabled people cannot be ignored anymore.In the current social care system, disabled people are facing: rising care charges, slashed care packages, inhumane and often cruel treatment and a system that is unable to uphold basic human rights.
The social care system in its current form is too broken and fragile to meet the real needs of disabled people in Scotland.Listen NowGDA Voices Podcast: celebrating Refugee Week
PodcastGDA's black and minority ethnic network brings together disabled people from diverse cultural backgrounds across Glasgow - including members of our refugee and asylum seeking community. This episode celebrates their voices, strengths and stories, as we mark #RefugeeWeek and Refugee Festival Scotland. Thanks to Jamila Sheikh, GDA's Community Development Officer, and Beinn Watson, for producing the episode - and huge thanks to GDA members for sharing their stories.
Listen NowPodcast – GDA Voices: Young Disabled People TAKEOVER
PodcastYoung disabled people are taking the mic!
For #MentalHealthAwareness week and the Holyrood elections, young GDA members have been speaking up about accessibility of voting, positive tips for mental wellbeing during the pandemic, and life with a hidden impairment - including the pros and cons of an autistic sense of humour! This #MentalHealthMonth dive in and have a listen to what young disabled people have to say.
Listen NowGDA podcast – Our LGBT Histories
PodcastIn this podcast you will hear from our LGBT group, who are celebrating LGBT History Month - talking about their own LGBT history, what they've achieved and their hopes for the future.
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