DG VOICE:  FEEDBACK ON MEETING ATTENDED

Representative attending:

Robert Allan - Policy Officer

Meeting:  CPG - Human Rights - Independent Living

Place/Venue

The Scottish Parliament

Date

20/01/2011

Key Agenda Points:

The Link Between Human Rights and IL and the ILM

Awareness of Human Rights by both disabled people and the Public Sector

The Reality

The issue of localism and Human Rights

Access to justice and the need nfor leadership

Presented by Inclusion Scotland -

Jim Elder-Woodward

Bill Scott

Chair - Jamie Hepburn

Represented:  Brittle Bones Society, Inclusion Scotland, SCLD, Quarriers, Alzheimers Society, GDA, Age Scotland, Migrants Rights Scotland, SATA. 

Opportunities/Implications for DG Voice:

To play a leading role in IL in the Dumfries and Galloway area.

To keep raising our profile at a Scottish level by attending and contributing to this influential Group.  Attendees included 2 MSP's.

Date of Next Meeting:  TBA after election