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An Award for Isobel
By: A.C. Recently, the Asthma and Allergy Foundation based out at Suffolk House, Pitmedden Road, Dyce, ran a project called The Health & Humanitarian Awards, 2019. Our very own stalwart and long-serving volunteer. Isobel Hunter, who will be known to … Continue reading
Save Aberdeen Action on Disability
By: A.H It’s never easy to write these things, but the long and the short of it is that we need your help and we need it urgently. If you’ve been following our Facebook page recently, this won’t be news … Continue reading
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Rudd Resigns
By: A.C. Amber Rudd has resigned from the UK Government Cabinet as the Secretary for Work and Pensions. From her actions and announcements in the past, she was not like her more flint-edged colleagues on the extreme right of … Continue reading
Dah Sing Bank Scam
By: A.C. The letter arrived in a neat windowed DL envelope with a North Yorkshire postmark. It was headed the Dah Sing Bank Hong Hong. I read about four lines and it was consigned to the shredder. The writer, who … Continue reading
Terminal Illness Benefits Review
By: A.C. It is interesting that in the media a few days ago the DWP Secretary of State, Amber Rudd, has decided to be compassionate towards terminally ill persons who have been declared terminally ill under the DWP system definition … Continue reading
Facebook Changes and the Angry Emoji
By: A.C. Sometime after July, there will certainly be a change in the way that Facebook deals with pages on its platform. This will equally certainly have a knock-on effect on how charities and other groups use it. From what … Continue reading
Dentists and Diabetes
By:A.C. It is often very difficult to get to grips with health statistics published in the “National” press & media as the statistics have been researched in England. However, I think that even in the absence of statistics or research … Continue reading
RetroFest
By: J.W. On Saturday, May 11th 2019, the first session of an event called RetroFest was held at Aberdeen Action on Disability’s premises. This is something I have been working on since early 2012, with the original idea being that … Continue reading
Social Security Scotland Jobs
By:A.C. It would appear that the Auditor for Scotland has some reservations, and some gold stars for the new Social Security Scotland. As reported on our Facebook Page and at the BBC it would appear that the new Agency has … Continue reading
The EHRC and Public Transport
By: A.C. Public Transport is not something I use that regularly. However, the National Entitlement Card or as it is more commonly called “The Bus Pass”, gets used frequently when I want to use the bus into Aberdeen or attend … Continue reading →