Motion: My Skills, My Strengths, My Right to Work

My Skills, My Strengths, My Right to Work

Lodged by John Park Standard Motion 34 supporters

The motion

That the Parliament recognises the inequality experienced in relation to employability by people who are disabled and/or living with long-term conditions; understands that these people are far more likely to be living in poverty, experiencing debt and be unemployed or in low-paid, less secure employment; is concerned that this group is currently experiencing the combined impact of welfare reforms, the rising cost of living, reductions to support and services and an increasingly competitive labour market; considers that, if action is not taken now, there will be a legacy of inequality and complex social problems that will be very difficult to reverse; welcomes the Long Term Conditions Alliance Scotland's My Skills, My Strengths, My Right to Work programme, supported by a three-year grant from the Scottish Government Equalities Unit and focused on working with employers and people living with long-term conditions to develop an understanding of, and capacity for, self-management as an approach to increasing equality of access to employability, and further welcomes the My Skills, My Strengths, My Right to Work reception, which took place in the Garden Lobby on 23 May 2012.

Supporters (34)