Support for Disabled People To Learn

Lisa became a self employed Aromatherapist

Lisa is a single parent with two children. She told the Lead Scotland Learning Co-ordinator that she would like to get away from needing benefit support, but she had no qualifications. During discussions and advice meetings she decided that she would like to have a job that would enable her to be available when the children […]

Posted: Friday, December 4th, 2015

Getting Digital

“Everything is computerised – I wanted to learn about it to not get left behind.” Wendy was referred to the Locality Link Officer as part of a group referral and expressed a desire to learn how to use a laptop to keep in touch with family, use e-mail and Skype, and to be able to […]

Posted: Friday, December 4th, 2015

Support for Carers

Lead Scotland supports unpaid carers of disabled people and we have supported many carers who are themselves disabled people. We recognise that some carers can experience barriers to learning such as finding time or not knowing what support is available. Lead Scotland provides one to one tuition often with a trained volunteer, or in a […]

Posted: Wednesday, December 2nd, 2015

A free loan of a computer

Whether you want to learn how to switch one on, type, email, or do a specialised computer course we can offer you the tools you need to get started. Learn how to use a computer or use the computer as a tool to other learning. We can lend you a laptop or a tablet for […]

Posted: Wednesday, December 2nd, 2015