Glasgow Disability Alliance (GDA)
Glasgow Disability Alliance (GDA) is a disabled people-led organisation controlled by our 5500+ disabled members.
Our vision is a world where disabled people participate fully and lead our own lives with our human rights upheld, connecting with peers and opportunities; contributing to families, communities and wider society on a full and equal basis alongside non-disabled people.
Our mission is to promote equality, rights and social justice with and for disabled people and we do this through programmes which build confidence, connections and capacity of disabled people.
Our programmes support disabled people and those with long term conditions across Glasgow – you do not need to be a member to take part.
Glasgow Disability Alliance is a registered Scottish Charity (SC034247) and Private Limited Company (SC248467).
Last updated:
17/09/2025
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Services
GDA provides accessible information and signposting support for disabled people and those with long term conditions.
Our Drivers for Change network is made up of over 200 GDA members who dedicate extra time and energy to speaking out, campaigning, collaborating for change and supporting others to do the same.
GDA provides information on a range of employment, training, volunteering and work experience opportunities for disabled people.
GDA’s BAME members’ network offers a dedicated safe space which centres the voices, vital expertise and lived experience of our BAME disabled members.
GDA Connects is a digital inclusion project providing devices, connectivity and support for disabled people experiencing digital exclusion.
GDA’s disabled women’s network comes together to ensure disabled women’s voices are heard in the drive for both disability equality and gender equality.
GDA Future Visions supports disabled people to share learning and lived experience, and to influence change, through our Social Care Expert Forum.
GDA Learning is a programme of events and activities which brings disabled people together to build skills, confidence and social connections, and create pathways to other opportunities.
GDA Wellbeing service promotes mental and physical wellbeing by providing telephone support and online wellbeing activities for disabled people.
GDA is a disabled people-led organisation. Anyone who lives in Greater Glasgow and is a disabled person or has a long term health condition can become a GDA member for free.
GDA's LGBT+ Disabled People’s Space enables LGBT disabled people to create their own community space when many LGBT+ spaces lack vital accessibility.
GDA’s Purple Poncho Players use music, comedy and gritty drama to convey their real life experiences of barriers and oppression, to challenge and invoke audiences to act to build a better world.
GDA’s Rights Now team offer an accessible Welfare Rights service.
GDA is a ‘Third Party’ reporting centre. You can contact GDA to report any harassment, hate crime or hate incident you have experienced or witnessed. We can help you make a report to the police.
GDA’s Young Drivers for Change brings young disabled people (aged 14+) together to build skills, confidence and peer support to enable young disabled people’s voices to influence change.
Contact information
You can use the information below to get in touch with Glasgow Disability Alliance (GDA)