Scottish Advisory Group on Deafblindness (SAGOD)

Next SAGOD meeting:

Time:           10am

Date:           Wednesday 30th May 2007

Location:   Edinburgh - exact details tbc

The Scottish Advisory Group on Deafblindness (SAGOD) meets quarterly in different towns and cities throughout Scotland. It was established to make formal meetings fully accessible to our members and gives local people the chance to contribute to the governance of the organisation. Each to improve the lives of deafblind people within Scotland by seeking to influence policy at every level – government, local authority, service providers, society in general:

• to assist deafblind people to gain the information, training and experience to enable them to achieve the above aim for themselves
• to inform policy within Deafblind Scotland
• to provide an opportunity for local authority representatives, MSPs & professionals to meet deafblind people

The skills, confidence and experience gained by members taking part in SAGOD meetings has equipped many to go on to serve on our Board of Directors.