Top Tips for Participation - Disabled Children and Young People's Right To Participate
Release Date: 12.03.2008
Disabled children from Generate UK and 1 Voice have teamed up with the Council for Disabled Children (CDC) and Participation Works to produce a poster as part of the ‘Making Ourselves Heard’ project. The poster, Top Tips for Participation, shows the key areas that young disabled people feel could be changed to make a positive impact on their lives.
The poster carries the strong message that disabled children and young people, like all children, would like to be empowered and included in decisions that affect them as is shown by the young person who said “You can find out what’s best for us by including us”.
The ‘Making Ourselves Heard’ project promotes the voices of young disabled people, to ensure that they have the option to participate in all decisions that directly affect them on a national scale, within local communities and in their own lives.
Kate Martin, CDC’s senior development officer, said: ‘Many disabled children and young people, despite having much to contribute to society, are still not being involved in decision making processes and are denied opportunities to share their views and participate in decisions which affect them. This poster shows, in young people’s own words, what we can all do to ensure that disabled young people are able to realise their citizenship rights to participate in all decisions and issues that affect them.’
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Notes for editors:
1. The poster can be found in Children & Young People Now Magazine, alternatively a copy can be obtained from http://www.ncb.org.uk/cdc/moh_toptips_poster.pdf
2. NCB promotes the voices, interests and well-being of all children and young people across every aspect of their lives. As a membership and infrastructure support agency for the children’s sector in England and Northern Ireland, NCB provides essential information on policy, research and best practice for our members and the members of our wide range of partnership bodies, which operate under our charitable status and are based in our London headquarters. For further information visit www.ncb.org.uk
3. The Council for Disabled Children (CDC) provides a national forum for the discussion and development of policy and practice issues related to services and support for disabled children and young people and those with special educational needs. CDC is based at the NCB. For further information on CDC’s work, please visit www.ncb.org.uk/cdc.
4. Participation Works provides a comprehensive range or services for organisations and individuals who work with children and young people up to the age of 25. To find out more visit the Gateway at www.participationworks.org.uk or call our dedicated enquiry service on 0845 603 6725 or via email at enquiries@participationworks.org.uk. Participation Works is a consortium programme hosted by NCB.
For further information on this release contact: Anna Tombs, Clare Quarrell, or Clare Lilley - NCB Media Office Tel: 020 7833 6808/ 020 7843 6044/6047 Media Mobile: 07721 097 033 Email: media@ncb.org.uk