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� What is SDEF?
The
Scottish Disability Equality Forum is a membership organisation open
to all disability organisations, or any individual with any type of
impairment.� Every person,
organisation and network has an important role to play in ensuring the
voices of disabled people are heard in the new Scotland.�
The Forum seeks to enable this.
Background
The
desire for a genuine National Forum bringing together organisations
involving people with disabilities has been strong for many years.�
Thanks to the efforts of a small group of dedicated people with
disabilities, SDEF was established in 1997 after a meeting of a large
number of disability groups from all over Scotland.�
Since
receiving support from the Scottish Executive in April 2001, we have already
almost reached our first year target of recruiting fifty member organisations.�
We also have a wide range of supportive associate members and individual
members.�
Aims
SDEF is guided
by the needs of its members.� Particular
priorities for this year are to:
What
does SDEF do?
SDEF is
working in partnership with a range of organisations to bring about change and
put equality firmly on the agenda.
Members of
SDEF receive regular newsletter mailings by email or other formats.�
This includes an �early warning� monitoring system summarising key
policy documents and consultation papers which may affect people with
disabilities.
Members are
invited to input into a wide range of consultation responses and to attend
meetings focussing on particular issues.� We
are particularly keen to hear of examples of good practice from member
organisations which would be useful to the sector as a whole.
Membership of
SDEF is currently free.� Join us and
help direct our work!
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