- SCoD was awarded funding from the Electoral Commission to set up a project to raise awareness of the electoral process among deaf people.
- We joined the Scottish Accessible Transport Alliance (SATA) and supported their efforts to widen access to transport facilities.The Scottish Government asked SCoD to arrange a meeting and invite deaf people to present their views on the Scottish Government Disability Equality Duty.
- A Scottish Deaf History scoping meeting was held followed by an Open Meeting. It was decided to set up “Scottish Deaf History” in order to identify and preserve the history of the deaf in Scotland. It is hoped that funding can be found to take this project even further but at the moment an inaugural meeting will be held in October of this year.
- SCoD’s paper – “Making the Case” was launched at Deaf Action on 8th May. This paper was very well received and helped to stimulate more interest in our ongoing campaign to improve the situation of deaf people with mental health problems. The paper is available to download from our website.
- Big Lottery Funding was received to extend the work of the counselling project to raise awareness of counselling amongst GPs and other professional health workers. This project started in September.
- In addition over the year we provided successful work placements for three young deaf people in our office.
- The work of the sub-committees continued and eighty years on, SCoD continues to strive for improved access for deaf people in all areas.
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