Latest news & events

Capability’s national advice and information service is exhibiting at this year''s Mobility Roadshow event, which returns to the Royal Highland Centre in Edinburgh on the 17th & 18th September 2010.

The National Managed Clinical Network for Children with Exceptional Healthcare Needs (NMCN CEN) is inviting parents and carers to attend its September conference which will explore the co-ordination of care services for children whose needs are exceptional.

Disabled parents and families of disabled children have been hit hardest by the current economic crisis according to a new report by Parenting across Scotland (PAS).

An ambitious partnership programme between Capability and the Glasgow Centre for Inclusive Living (GCIL) is launched today which aims to radically improve access to housing for disabled people in Scotland.

As part of Capability’s ongoing commitment to involving service users and their families in the development of our services, we have today launched a new survey to discover if the early years and childcare services that we offer are continuing to meet the needs of the children and their families that we support.

Musicians Gillian Maitland and Callum Dewar have set off on their fundraising musical tour to raise money for Capability.

CampaignFollowing many months of campaigning by Capability Scotland and other disability organisations, Local Housing Allowance, which has replaced Housing Benefit for tenants in the private sector, will now pay for an extra room for a disabled people needing a carer.

The challenges parents with teenagers encounter is the focus of a new survey launched by Capability in collaboration with the Centre for Research on Families and Relationships (CRFR) and Parenting Across Scotland.

Capability''s Community Living and Family Support service in Dundee has organised a music festival to raise awareness of their work. On Saturday the 17th July in Baxters Park, a host of bands and entertainments will come together for ‘C in the Park’.