Political Minds

by Jamie Walker I will be honest, recently I have suffered from an extremely difficult spell of anxiety. As or writing I am not feeling well. I have not been feeling myself and despite looking good on the outside on the inside however it is a completely different story. I have struggled over the last…

PRESS RELEASE

A step back in time? For the first time in over 40 years the group set up to ensure all future rules and laws promote and progress disabled peoples equality and human rights (the All Party Parliamentary Disability Group) is chaired and vice-chaired by non-disabled people.  That’s ok, you say, they will work closely with…

NUS Scotland backs the One in Five campaign

NUS Scotland, who represents around 500,000 students from Scotland’s colleges and universities, is making politics more accessible to disabled students today as they sign up to the One in Five campaign. One In Five, the cross party campaign working to get better representation of disabled people in Politics and make our Politics and it’s institutions…

A New Way of Working

By Sarah Anderson, Green Party Activist, One in Five Ambassador I’m writing this on a day where my health has taken a downwards dip and where I know I’m not going to be able to leave the house. I’m writing this on a week where my local council Renfrewshire have passed the goals of the oneinfive…

Disability and Student Life

By Jamie Walker; Campaigner and SNP Member In my role as an Ambassador for One in Five I want to raise the profile and contribute to the success and growth of One in Five. In my role as an ambassador I wish to contribute to the discourse around disability both physical and mental. In doing so it…