Disability Working Group
Core Group Meeting, Tuesday 19 July 2005, 14.00-16.00
UPDATE ON SATELLITE GROUPS
Background
This paper provides a short update on the satellite group structures. A member from each group will provide an oral update of the group's progress on 19 July.
Group 1: Employment, including piloting good practice
This group met on 23 May and 28 June.
Membership
Chair - Teri Devine, RNID
Joe Dowd, Scottish Executive: Transitions to Work
Raymond Johnson, Scottish Executive: Transitions to Work
Iain Montgomery, STUC
Gillian Lawrence, DRC
Gordon MacRae, Leonard Cheshire
Padam Singh, Scottish Enterprise
Fiona Stewart, Scottish Council on Deafness
Ian Sneddon, SDEF
Chris White, SAMH
Linda Long, Sense Scotland
David Thomson, Scottish Executive: Equality Unit
Group 2: Public sector duty to promote disability equality; mainstreaming disability equality; corporate responsibility; engaging public authorities
This group met on 23 May and 30 June.
Membership
Chair - David Thomson, Scottish Executive Equality Unit
Bill Campbell, Inclusion Scotland
Carol Chamberlain, Scottish Human Services Trust
Sandra MacDougall, SAMH
Lynn Waddell Scottish Executive: Health Department
Elaine Sosinka, SE: Public Service Performance
Gordon MacRae, Leonard Cheshire
Iain Montgomery, STUC
Stephanie Miller, Update
Lewis Morrison, West Dunbartonshire Council
Maggie Williams, RNID
Sheila Williams, Capability Scotland
Joyce Wilson, Sense Scotland
Group 3: Communication; consultation; education and training; citizenship; disability equality training; public attitudes
This group met on 23 May and 23 June.
Membership
Chair - Christopher Crockett, Inclusion Scotland
Claire Keggie, Scottish Executive: Student Inclusion and Access
Lionel Long, Update
Vikki Milne, Scottish Executive: Civic Participation
Karen Martin, SE: Civic Participation Policy
Sandra Manning, Scottish Executive: Additional Support Needs
Euan Page, DRC
Kate Wallace, SAMH
Sheila Williams, Capability Scotland
Stuart Aitken, Sense Scotland
Lilian Lawson, Scottish Council on Deafness
Graeme Bryce, Scottish Executive Equality Unit
Group 4
Social inclusion; poverty; independent living; direct payments; care services; rehabilitation.
This group met on 23 May and 19 July.
Membership
Chair - still to be decided
Ann Brown, RNID
Isobel Denholm, Barnardo's
Pat Bagot and Chris Taylor, Scottish Executive: Supporting People
Kate Higgins, Capability Scotland
Kay Barton, SE: Social Inclusion - Anti-Poverty
Kate Wallace, SAMH
Robert Weetman, Scottish Human Services Trust
James Elder-Woodward, Inclusion Scotland
Wyn Merrells, SDEF
Stephanie Clark, Sense Scotland
Jeanie Munroe, Scottish Executive: Care of Older People