Come along and help us celebrate our 40th anniversary and our volunteers on Volunteer Week with entertainment, awards, afternoon tea and birthday cake! the event is being held on the 5th of June 2019 in the Victoria Hall, Station Road, Ellon AB41 9AY at 12pm to 3pm. Starting way back in 1979, Lead Scotland volunteers […]
Posted: Monday, April 29th, 2019
Come along and help us celebrate our 40th anniversary and our volunteers on Volunteer Week with entertainment, awards, afternoon tea and birthday cake! the event is being held on the 5th of June 2019 in the Victoria Hall, Station Road, Ellon AB41 9AY at 12pm to 3pm. Starting way back in 1979, Lead Scotland volunteers […]
Posted: Monday, April 29th, 2019
We very much welcome the latest Discussion Paper on Disabled Students at University from Sir Professor Peter Scott, the Commissioner for Fair Access in Scotland. The paper considers fair access to university in relation to representation, entrant trends, retention and degree outcomes for disabled students. Lead Scotland is passionate about fair access and we started […]
Posted: Thursday, March 21st, 2019
Find out more about Lead Scotland. Find out more about about trustee duties. We have a board induction process to help you understand your role. We are looking for a new board member to join our team. We are keen to recruit an individual with a background in fundraising or marketing. Lead Scotland is at […]
Posted: Friday, March 1st, 2019
Find out more about Lead Scotland. Find out more about about trustee duties. We have a board induction process to help you understand your role. We are looking for a new board member to join our team. We are keen to recruit an individual with a background in fundraising or marketing. Lead Scotland is at […]
Posted: Friday, March 1st, 2019
Come along and help us celebrate our 40th anniversary, have afternoon tea and learn something new! In Fife the topic is participatory budgeting and we will be in St Brycedale Church, St Brycedale Ave, Kirkcaldy KY1 1ET on 28th March, 2019 between 1pm and 3pm. Register to tell us you are coming and share your […]
Posted: Friday, March 1st, 2019
Lead Scotland is proud to be an accredited Living Wage Employer. This means that Lead Scotland voluntarily pays the living wage to all its employees and sub-contractors. Check the Real Living Wage webpage to find out more about the real living wage and the living wage movement. We are committed to advancing the Fair Work […]
Posted: Wednesday, November 14th, 2018
In the week when the new national living wage rate was announced and people were shouting “time for change” on international volunteer managers day we held our AGM, in the very beautiful Perth North Church, an accessible and welcoming venue. We’ve had a good year reaching more learners, befriendees, helpline callers and supporters so the […]
Posted: Wednesday, November 7th, 2018
Lead Scotland is very pleased to have become an accredited Living Wage Employer. This means that Lead Scotland voluntarily pays the living wage to all its employees and sub-contractors. The minimum wage, as set by the Government, is at present £7.83 an hour whereas the living wage, the amount calculated on what employees and their families require […]
Posted: Friday, September 14th, 2018
Our three strategic goals for 2016 to 2019: to reach more people who can benefit from our services, to extend our national coverage and to diversify our income streams. Lead Scotland 2017-18 review by Emma Whitelock We reached more people We’ve exceeded our target by supporting 342 disabled people and carers compared with 307 […]
Posted: Monday, August 13th, 2018
Our 3 strategic goals are to reach more people who can benefit from our services, extend our national coverage and to be sustainable. Lead Scotland 2017-18 review by Emma Whitelock We reached more people We’ve exceeded our target by supporting 342 disabled people and carers compared with 307 people in 2016-17. To dig a […]
Posted: Friday, August 10th, 2018
Following a highly successful first year of work in Moray, supported by The Robertson Trust, Lead Scotland is excited to announce that this work will be further supported by the trust for the next two years. In its first year this project supported disabled people, carers and others experiencing exclusion from education to participate in […]
Posted: Tuesday, July 31st, 2018
LEAD SCOTLAND EXPANDS LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES IN THE NORTH OF SCOTLAND Following this afternoon’s announcement by the Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Local Government Aileen Campbell MSP, Lead Scotland is excited to launch a significant new project in the North of Scotland. The Digital Progression Project is part financed by the European Social Fund and Scottish […]
Posted: Thursday, July 26th, 2018
Disabled. It’s a loaded word, and it’s not one all disabled people identify with. But ultimately, if you want to get off to a good start at college or university, it can pay to make peace with that word and tick the disability box on your application form. In my job running a helpline for […]
Posted: Friday, July 6th, 2018
2018 is the Year of Young People and to coincide with Volunteers Week on the 1st of June to the 7th of June, Lead Scotland is proud to announce that we have lowered the age limit someone can volunteer with us, from 18 to 16 years old. CEO Emma Whitelock has said, “Lowering the minimum […]
Posted: Friday, July 6th, 2018
2018 is the Year of Young People and to coincide with Volunteers Week on the 1st of June to the 7th of June, Lead Scotland is proud to announce that we have lowered the age limit someone can volunteer with us, from 18 to 16 years old. CEO Emma Whitelock has said, “Lowering the minimum […]
Posted: Friday, June 1st, 2018
Some learners and volunteers have been telling us that they would like more opportunities to gain accreditation with Lead. In 2018 Lead Scotland will become an SQA Centre which allow us to meet this demand. We won’t have our own physical centre, but we will be able to flexibly deliver accredited learning to individual learners […]
Posted: Thursday, December 7th, 2017
If exceeding our learners targets by 10% and taking helpline calls from 22 local authority areas, up from 17 last year, is a good year then we’ve had one! Check out our Annual Impact Review and Accounts. We were delighted that over 40 members and guests came to our AGM this year to take […]
Posted: Friday, October 27th, 2017
This has been a very popular guide since we produced it in early August 2017. This detailed guide describes the different learning options after school including community learning, training and further education at college. The guide also covers educational support, funding and benefits for disabled learners and carers. You can find this and all our […]
Posted: Friday, August 18th, 2017
We have many different types of volunteer roles that support disabled learners and carers. We have local projects in areas such as Perth, Dundee, North Lanarkshire, Fife, Inverness, Moray and Edinburgh along with roles that also support to the wider organisation. For more information and to see how you can get involved please contact Gail […]
Posted: Monday, June 19th, 2017
