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We’re crowdfunding £20,000 for Highland and Moray

Posted on Tuesday, December 17th, 2024

A Guide to Accessing Community Based Adult Learning for Disabled People

Posted on Friday, June 17th, 2022

We were delighted to be awarded funding from the Scottish Government to create this new guide to accessing Community Based Adult Learning (CBAL). Six disabled people all with some past or current experience of accessing CBAL co-produced this resource, translated into alternative formats. It was important for the group to reflect their experiences of being […]

Linking Cyber and Accessibility

Posted on Thursday, June 9th, 2022

OUR PROJECT We are trying to make it easy for people to learn how to stay safe and secure online with our award-winning project. We are doing this by providing accessible guidance, a range of ways to learn and by recruiting disabled people to help us extend the reach of our work. Contact cyberproject@lead.org.uk to […]

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Learner Spotlight: Wendy Smith

Posted on Wednesday, June 8th, 2022

Sibyl Adam, our Engagement and Fundraising Officer, had the pleasure of chatting to Wendy Smith, creator of Carers Union, a new grassroots organisation bringing together carers with advocacy and mediation in mind. Wendy was a learner with one of our projects in Highland, where conversations with Learning Coordinator Jan Harrison, as well as partner organisations […]

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Linking Cyber and Accessibility Webinars

Posted on Monday, May 30th, 2022

Trustee’s Week 2024 Cyber resilience for trustees 12:30 – 13:30, Monday 4th November Being a charity trustee is one of the most rewarding ways you can contribute to an area you care about. Whether you’re passionate about human rights, educational inclusion, environmental protection or cultural heritage, as a trustee you have an important role within your […]

Board Director – Volunteer Vacancies

Posted on Friday, April 8th, 2022

Are you passionate about equality? Interested in Education, Community Learning, Volunteering or the Charity sector? Looking for a new opportunity? We are looking for two new Directors to join our team to join our passionate and committed team of non-executive directors. One of the vacancies is for a Treasurer. You don’t need to have had […]

Spring Party

Posted on Wednesday, April 6th, 2022

On Thursday 31st March, we hosted our first ever organisation-wide online celebration event. Our Spring Party was a chance to recognise the learners, befriendees and volunteers that work with us and celebrate their successes. We sent out a certificate and invite to everyone who had been involved with us in the past year. Emma Whitelock, […]

Cyber Resilience and Accessible Formats Project

Posted on Friday, March 25th, 2022

Last updated 10th January 2022. Click here for the online safety resources Click here for event details In the past couple of years, we’ve directly supported over a thousand people to feel safer and more confident online through free in-person (before Covid-19) classes and online webinars. This new project aims to provide free, public […]

Lead Scotland’s Spring Party

Posted on Thursday, March 3rd, 2022

Spring time is nearly here and we want to celebrate the fantastic learners, befriendees and volunteers that are involved with Lead Scotland! As the days get longer and daffodils start appearing, we hope you’ll join us for this online party. You’ll get a chance to see your achievements on screen (with permission!) and see what […]

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Cyber Resilience Basics for Entrepreneurs

Posted on Friday, February 18th, 2022

Lead Scotland will be joined by cyber security experts Sapphire to talk about the basics of keeping your small business (or future business) safe and secure from online threats and scammers. If you’re self-employed, an entrepreneur, small business owner or planning to set one up soon, join us for this free webinar! Sign up […]

Webinars and ‘Training for Trainers’

Posted on Wednesday, February 2nd, 2022

Last updated 9th February 2022. As part of our Cyber Resilience and Accessible Formats project, we’re offering FREE webinars for members of the public and training for practitioners/organisations that support others. All classes are free and open to the public. The Training for Trainers sessions are for practitioners, volunteers or others who support people with low […]

Digital Accessibility Training for Employability: Webinar Series

Posted on Wednesday, January 5th, 2022

As part of Lead Scotland’s Build Back Digital project, we are offering a series of free webinars via Zoom exploring accessibility within digital content. These webinars are suitable for people looking to improve their employability and gain transferable skills by enhancing their digital expertise. Many people are facing uncertainty in their employment due to the […]

We won! Scottish Cyber Awards 2021

Posted on Monday, November 22nd, 2021

On Thursday 18th November, we were excited to attend the Scottish Cyber Awards at the Sheraton Hotel in Edinburgh. Hosted by the SBRC (Scottish Business Resilience Centre), the awards were attended by colleagues in the public, private and charity sectors. We came together to celebrate innovation and achievement in cyber security. We were thrilled to […]

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Thinking Digitally 2022

Posted on Friday, September 24th, 2021

Image credit: kreatikar We will be delivering our accredited Thinking Digitally course in early 2022, as part of our Build Back Digital Initiative supported by the Scottish Government’s National Transition Training Fund. Participation in this course will be free for disabled people, carers, and those who provide services for disabled people and carers. This remotely […]

Shortlisted at the Scottish Charity Awards 2021

Posted on Friday, August 20th, 2021

20th August 2021 We are thrilled to have been shortlisted for a Digital Citizens award at the Scottish Charity Awards 2021! The nomination recognises our work in the past year and a half supporting members of the public with cyber resilience training and our OpenLearnCreate course ‘Everyday computer skills: a beginner’s guide to computers, tablets, […]

Alternative Formats for Online Safety and Security Messaging

Posted on Wednesday, April 28th, 2021

The NCSC’s (National Cyber Security Centre) Cyber Aware campaign gives 6 actions that you can take to stay safe and secure online. We have translated this advice into accessible formats to help everybody understand these key messages. Please tell us, by emailing cyberproject@lead.org.uk, if you require an alternative format which is not listed below. […]

Making Online Security Messaging Accessible

Posted on Wednesday, March 24th, 2021

24th March 2021 Lead Scotland is proud to be working with a range of partners commissioning and developing new alternative formats of online safety and security messaging for people who might find current messaging inaccessible. The new formats will include text formats, braille, British Sign Language, captioned video, community languages and easy read formats. Accessible […]

Cyber Scotland Week 2021

Posted on Wednesday, March 17th, 2021

For this year’s Cyber Scotland Week, we made 5 infographics and 5 short videos with the key online security messages. You can find these items below. To save the infographics to your computer, right click on the picture and click ‘save as’. Feel free to share these with your contacts. Creating Strong and Unique Passwords […]

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Accessibility Webinars for Employers

Posted on Wednesday, March 10th, 2021

Only about 45% of disabled adults are employed. The Disability Employment Gap Public Social Partnership aims to work with employers to convey the benefits of employing disabled people and increasing employers’ confidence, awareness and capacity to do so. As part of this, Lead Scotland is holding 10 free webinars about online accessibility for employers. Each […]

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Online Safety Booklet- Easy Read

Posted on Thursday, March 4th, 2021

March 2021 As part of our recent cyber security activities, including our webinars, we’ve produced an Easy Read booklet to help people stay safe online. The booklet gives information about creating and remembering strong passwords, identifying email and website scams and what to do in the event of a cyber attack. What is Easy Read? […]

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