Grace is one of the stars of our LDAN Makaton video. Here she is to tell us all about her many talents and hobbies.
Grace is one of the stars of our LDAN Makaton video. Here she is to tell us all about her many talents and hobbies.
We love hearing about all the groups that our members are involved in across Scotland, we recently heard about a new dance group for young adults with additional needs run by Siobhan Marshall in Perth which several of our members are part of. Siohban tells us; “I first met this amazing group 5 years ago […]
A massive WDSD birthday shout out to Laura Logan who turns 30 today! Laura is one of the Scottish Swim team at the World Down's Syndrome Swimming Championships in Turkey. There are four swimmers from Scotland who travelled out to Turkey along with their coaches and support team for the World Down's Syndrome Swimming Championships […]
Last year Marie signed 21 songs in 21 days leading up to World Down's Syndrome Day and raised £800. This year she decided to take on another 21 in 21 challenge and decided to teach 21 people Makaton songs in 21 days. Here's her little video explaining her challenge: Well done Marie! You can support […]
Supporter Fiona Taylor baked Down's syndrome awareness themed cupcakes and sold them to her friends, family and colleagues in celebration of World Down's Syndome Day. She has raised £250! The cakes look delicious! Thank you for supporting us Fiona!
The staff at Gorbals Health Centre, which runs a monthly toddler group for children with Down's Syndrome, held a bake sale for World Down's Syndrome Day! They have raised over £200! Thank you everyone for supporting Down's Syndrome Scotland.
A massive well done and thank you to Cameron who has been doing a 21 in 21 challenge in the lead-up to World Down's Syndrome Day! He has been making 21 loaves in 21 days! "He has been doing fantastic at following the recipe, weighing the ingredients and of course paying attention to good hygiene. […]
Here’s one of our members Cameron talking about his transition from school to college, including how he prepared for going to college and his favourite things about college. Before Christmas Cameron and his classmates created Christmas bottles which they sold and donated the profits to Down’s Syndrome Scotland as part of their enterprise unit […]
This week musicians Ester and Magnus are doing a tour of Skye for Down’s Syndrome Awareness Week. The tour has been curated by Ester and her sister Iseabail who live on the island and host regular Kitchen Ceilidhs which they post on their Facebook page which you can view here. They will also be joined […]
The proposed Learning Disabilities, Autism and Neurodivergence (LDAN) Bill covers lots of areas where change is needed, this week for Down’s Syndrome Awareness Week we are going to focus on the four key areas that people with Down’s syndrome have told us could make a huge difference their lives – these are the four big […]