Taking that first step back into learning

Posted on Wednesday, April 27th, 2016

Eddie at the job centre told me about Lead.  A lot of services don’t come to the house but that’s what I need because I have panic attacks and agoraphobia.  I need someone with me all the time.  I wanted to build up my confidence. Through Eddie, I met Amy the Learning Co-ordinator and she […]

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Only Takes an Hour a Week to Make a Difference

Posted on Tuesday, April 19th, 2016

I’ve been volunteering with Lead since December 2014. I’m a psychology tutor with the Open University. Why did I start volunteering? I set myself the goal of learning more about literacy development across the board, to supplement a qualification I was working towards. To this end, I approached Lead to gain some hands-on work experience. […]

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I’m about 80-85% back to who I used to be

Posted on Friday, April 15th, 2016

“I feel like I’m part of the world again.  Amy came into my life at exactly the right point.  I had been withdrawn and was frightened of people.  I had become anxious and experienced agoraphobia. The home visit was really important.  I would have had a lot of anxiety about going outside to meet anyone. […]

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Lead Scotland’s National Conference 2016

Posted on Friday, April 1st, 2016

Are We There Yet? Thursday 9th June 2016Improving lifelong and life wide learning journeys for disabled peopleThis Conference was kindly supported by Scottish Government and Perth College UHI.The Situation:The last decade has seen steadily increasing numbers of disabled people in Scotland requiring lifelong and life wide learning opportunities, in order to work, volunteer and sustain […]

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