- Meetings were held with Anne Maguire MP, under-secretary of State for Work and Pensions and with the Access to Work Business Team in an effort to ensure that deaf people received the appropriate support in their working lives.
- SCoD representatives were invited to speak to the Royal College of Psychiatrists and gained RCP support for the campaign to improve deaf people’s access to mental health facilities.
- The Counselling Training Project entered its final stage.
- Sandra Whyte MSP held the first ever surgery for deaf people with interpreters provided in our office.
- Negotiations took place with train companies for full access to information.
- The Scottish Sensory Centre’s BSL Glossary Project continued with support from SCoD.
- The culmination of months of hard work and planning resulted in our “Great Expectations” conference on mental health and deafness at Celtic Park, Glasgow. This was an outstanding success with over 240 delegates attending.
- A Policy and Research officer was appointed with funding and enthusiastic support from the Scottish Government Equality Unit.
- In September a Question Time event was held in Dumfries.
- In October we held our 80th Annual General meeting at the glorious Glasgow City Chambers. Glasgow Council provided a Civic Reception and the Depute Lord Provost addressed the meeting.
- In the evening we welcomed SCoD supporters from all over the country to a celebratory ceilidh.
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