Campaign news
Check out the latest campaigns news from Scotland. Or if you would like more specific detail about the latest developments for deaf children in the Scottish Parliament, please contact NDCS Scotland campaigns: campaigns.scotland@ndcs.org.uk
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Local council election pledge update
NDCS Scotland has had 255 local council candidates sign the 2012 NDCS local council election pledge. -
NDCS Scotland launch local election pledge
NDCS Scotland have launched their local election pledge at the Labour party and SNP conferences. NDCS Scotland attended and briefed Ministers, MSPs and Councillors on NDCS Scotland’s campaign priorities. -
NDCS Scotland submit evidence for Doran Review
NDCS Scotland has called for the Scottish Government to ensure local authorities provide the appropriate support for all deaf children. -
NDCS Scotland have first youth campaigns event
NDCS Scotland had its first youth campaigns event in Edinburgh Council City Chambers. The event titled Your Rights, Your Say featured five deaf young people and two hearing young people interested in NDCS Scotland’s Campaigns. -
NDCS Scotland brief Labour Party and SNP on acoustics campaign
NDCS Scotland were busy at the Labour Party and SNP Party Conferences lobbying MSPs, MPs and Councillors on the Do Scotland’s Sound Good campaign for a minimum acoustics standard in all new schools built in Scotland. -
Dingwall pupils send BSL video to the first minister
Pupils from Dingwall Academy in Scotland have created a British Sign Language (BSL) video letter to Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond. The pupils from Dingwall Academy started this campaign so this campaign as the current BSL course they sit does not count towards their UCAS points -
Have your say on reform of DLA
Despite fierce opposition from disability charities including NDCS, many deaf young people over 16 are set to lose their Disability Living Allowance (DLA) when it is abolished and replaced by a new benefit called Personal Independence Payment (PIP) under the UK Government’s welfare reforms. -
NDCS Scotland tells Scottish Government how to help deaf children feel happy!
NDCS Scotland has submitted a response to the Scottish Government’s Mental Health Strategy highlighting that it is concerned the strategy does not give the proper consideration of the specific needs of deaf children and young people and would like to see this prioritised as an area of challenge.
