If you are interested in improving services and making them more accessible for disabled people and carers, you might find the following links helpful.
Equality and Human Rights Commission
In October 2007 the three equality commissions:
Disability Rights Commission (DRC)
Commission for Racial Equality (CRE)
Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC)
merged into the new Equality and Human Rights Commission. Established under the Equality Act, the new Commission is a non-departmental government body. In addition to bringing together the three previous equality commissions the new organisation takes on a responsibility for other aspects of equality: age, sexual orientation, religion or belief as well as human rights.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission has offices in Glasgow, Manchester, London and Cardiff. The Glasgow Office is at The Optima Building, 58 Robertson Street, Glasgow, G2 8DU
Telephone 0141 228 5910
Fax 0141 248 5812
scotland@equalityhumanrights.com
Their Helpline Scotland is
0845 604 5510 - Scotland Main
0845 604 5520 - Scotland Textphone
0845 604 5530 - Scotland – Fax
ENABLE
This is the largest membership organisation in Scotland for people with
learning disabilities and family carers.
|www.enable.org.uk
Phone 0141 226 4541
Mobility and Access Committee for Scotland (MACS)
MACS is the statutory advisor to the Scottish Executive on disability issues
in relation to transport. Visit the site to find out more about MACS
work or to contribute to their discussion forum.
|www.macs-mobility.org
Scottish Consortium for Learning Disabilities
SCLD is an organisation set up to help people make changes set out in 'The same as you?'
Their website is for people with learning disabilities,
family, carers and anyone interested in finding out more about 'The Same
as You?' and making things better for people with learning disabilities.
|www.scld.org.uk
Phone 0141 418 5420
UPDATE
UPDATE is Scotland's national
disability information service. They provide a range of practical services
including a national register of information formats and suppliers.
|www.update.org.uk
Phone 0131 558 5200
Royal National Institute for the Deaf (RNID)
RNID is the largest charity representing the nine million deaf and hard
of hearing people in the UK. As well as useful services and information,
their
website also contains links to lots of other related sites.
|www.rnid.org.uk
Phone 0141 564 1600 (Scotland)
Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB)
The RNIB provides information
on how to make information accessible for visually impaired people.
|www.rnib.org.uk
Phone 0131 311 8500
Scottish Association for Mental Health
The Scottish Association for Mental Health (SAMH) is the leading mental
health charity in Scotland. SAMH offers direct services to people with
mental health problems, campaigns on policy issues and provides a
Scotland-wide information service.
|www.samh.org.uk
Phone 0141 568 7000