Beth Morrison

Beth is the founder and CEO of Positive and Active Behaviour Support Scotland (PABSS). Beth’s son Calum has a learning disability and complex additional support needs including epilepsy. In 2010, Calum was seriously injured due to a restraint in school. Realising there was no government guidance on the use of physical intervention in Scotland’s schools, Beth became a passionate campaigner, inspiring Enable’s ‘In Safe Hands?’ campaign. In 2018 Beth was honoured to be named an ‘Outstanding Women of Scotland’ by the Saltire Society. In 2019 she was a Times Education Supplement ‘Person of the Year’ and in 2020 was awarded an Amnesty International Award. Beth is also a member of Enable’s Scottish Council and in 2017 was awarded its Outstanding Achievement Award for her contribution to Enable’s ‘Included in the Main’ campaign. Her campaigning is now UK wide and she co-ordinates with many interested parties including charities, professionals in the field of learning disability, and each of the Children’s Commissioner’s for Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland in ensuring the rights of the most vulnerable children in society are respected and upheld. Beth also serves as Board representative on our member-led Scottish Council.