Dear Member, Please find below our formal notice that the Annual General Meeting of Down’s Syndrome Scotland will be held by video conference on Saturday 23rd January 2021 at 2:30pm. You are most welcome to attend. Our calendar of formal events this year has been stretched by the pandemic. We would otherwise have expected to […]
Read more...We recently held a FriendZ Space Winter Photography Session, everyone submitted pictures they had taken in their local area with a winter theme. You can view their entries below: Well done everyone who took part and to Sam for co-delivering the session. You can find out more about FriendZ Space here.
Read more...Many of you will have seen the continued coverage of the Emmerdale Laurel and Jai storyline. Here our Chief Executive, Eddie McConnell’s shares his views. The Emmerdale storyline is so wrong, on so many fronts. One of the worst justifications that I have heard for this thinly disguised ratings grab, is that the soap has […]
Read more...The Ayrshire branch held a Zoom Halloween Bingo night at the end of October. “The session was a great success, everyone enjoyed getting involved and dressing up. Families made up their own goodie bags of sweets so we could sit on the zoom enjoying our treats. The bingo is fun, though was quite challenging for […]
Read more...Our Branches across Scotland play a vital role in supporting people with Down’s syndrome and their families, offering peer support to parents and safe places for people with Down’s syndrome to socialise and have fun. All these activities had to stop in March when lockdown started. Thanks to the funding provided by the Scottish Government’s Wellbeing Fund we were […]
Read more...SCLD is working with a research team at the University of Glasgow led by Professor Andrew Jahoda. This is part of a UK wide piece of research being conducted in collaboration with a number of academic institutions and experts including Professor Chris Hatton at Manchester Metropolitan. The project aims to understand the wellbeing, health and […]
Read more...We are delighted to share the news that we have been awarded an extremely generous grant by the Julia and Hans Rausing Trust. We applied to their Charity Survival Fund, this fund was set up to support the work of charities following the impact of the COVD 19 pandemic and the associated actions taken to […]
Read more...This year has been especially hard on young people and adults with Down’s syndrome, with so many regular activities that they are involved in canceled many felt more isolated than ever. In June we were lucky enough to receive funding from the Scottish Government’s Wellbeing Fund, which formed part of their commitment to support vulnerable people through […]
Read more...On Monday 28th September the provision of non-invasive prenatal testing was introduced into the pregnancy screening pathway across NHS Scotland. Since this date pregnant women are now offered non-invasive pre-natal testing as a second-line screening option if they have received a higher-chance result from their first screening that their baby may have Down’s syndrome. Eddie […]
Read more...We have been made aware of some products with offensive messages about Down’s Syndrome that are available to purchase on Amazon.co.uk . These products are being sold through a third party seller, endorsed by Amazon. Eddie McConnell, Chief Executive said: “These t-shirts are abhorrent and tantamount to hate crime. It would appear that this is […]
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