 For the past 2 and half years Pam has worked for Glasgow Centre for Inclusive Living, with disabled people in Glasgow, who receive community care services. The people she works with are mainly direct payment users. Pam support them to access direct payments, use their payments effectively, understand employment law where necessary and help them work towards independent living. She actively campaign for a system of community care that promotes independent living, and delivers choice, control and flexibility for those who use it.
Before working in Glasgow Pam completed a Masters degree in Health Psychology. Her research project looked at factors contributing to the perception of discrimination in disabled people. Pam’s first degree was an honours degree in psychology where in her final year she studied the body image and affect of disabled people and compared that of people with seen and unseen impairments. She completed both degrees at Stirling University. During her time at university Pam worked for the National Union of Students as the Disabled Students Officer in Scotland and campaigned for the rights of disabled people.
Pam’s interest in community care is personal, as a community care user, professional and political. She believes firmly that community care is a basic human right and should be free at the point of delivery.
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