Join Inclusion Scotland’s People-led Policy Panel (PLPP)
- Area of Work: Scottish Sensory Hub
- Type: News Item
- Published: 27th June 2025
Inclusion Scotland are recruiting adults with lived experience of social care support
The People-led Policy Panel (PLPP) project is funded by the Scottish Government to make sure that people with lived experience are at the heart of good decision making.
Inclusion Scotland are seeking applications from people who are 18 years or older who have received, are receiving, or have been unable to access adult social care support in Scotland. This might be people using social care services or their unpaid carers. Applications are particularly encouraged from people with additional lived experience including:
- Young people or young carers aged 18-28 who use adult social care support or have supported someone who uses adult social care support from a young age
- Deaf, Deaf Blind, deafened, hard of hearing, blind or partially sighted people who need or use adult social care support
- People with experience of Dementia either as an unpaid carer/supporter or a person with Dementia
- Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) supported people or unpaid carers who use adult social care support
- Supported people/ unpaid carers from different faith groups
- Supported people and unpaid carers who identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Non-binary or Intersex (LGBTQI+).
Applications should be sent to info@inclusionscotland.org by Wednesday 16 July 2025.
For more information or to apply, visit Inclusion Scotland’s PPLP application website here.
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