Resources

Find out what's happening at GDA this March!

Hybrid event: Disabled People and the National Care Service. Friday 14th March 10am – 2.30pm.
• Hear from Maree Todd, Minister for Social Care.
• Enjoy a new performance of the Purple Poncho Players.
• Find out what's next for the National Care Service.
• Explore our Photo Voice Exhibition.

To register your interest in our event and/or learning sessions: call: 0141 556 7103,
or text: 07958 299 496,
or email: [email protected]

All GDA in-person learning sessions are completely free to attend. They are a great way to meet other GDA members and socialise in a supported environment - and of course to try a fun activity at the same time!

The signatories to this letter are leaders within the Disabled People’s Movement in Scotland (the Movement). We are disabled people, and we represent disabled people across Scotland. We know the stark reality of disabled people’s lives and the urgent issues that must be addressed - not least social care.
We are truly shocked to hear reports that the National Care Service will be delayed or scrapped altogether. This cannot be allowed to happen when wholesale reform is so urgently needed.

GDA 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.

Disabled 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.

Learning & Events Bulletin November 2023
- Celebrating Community: Rescuing Progress for Disabled People, Wednesday 6th December, 10.30am – 2.30pm (Hybrid)
- New in-person learning courses and programmes
- Helpful Numbers for the Festive Season
- GDA Multiply
- Social Care Expert Group (SCEG)
- BAME Network
- Drivers for Change (DfC)