Going places!
During summer 2008 we asked disabled children and
young people all over the country this question: 'What
would better places to go and things to do look like for
you?'
The top three things
disabled children and young people said would make better play and
leisure opportunities are:
1. Better attitudes from staff, adults and other young
people
“I don’t want to feel like a nuisance or somebody different. I just
want to do everything that everybody else does”
2. Better access to places, so that they can join in
“I can’t just say to my mum, ‘I’m going out now’ like a normal
teenager. I have to say ‘I’m going out on Saturday’ so she can help
me sort things out.”
3. Better transport to get to places
“It doesn’t matter how good things are, if you can’t get there in
the first place, what’s the point?”
Lots of children and young people said:
“You can find out what’s best for us by involving us”
We have produced several booklets from the
responses, including a local campaign tool, which can
be downloaded. Or
contact us and we will
send you copies.
We fed the responses into a Government consultation on play
provision in England. You can find out more about the outcome of the
consultation.
Take action!
Email your Councillor to ask what
they are doing to make places to go better where you
live
Watch our Going Places! DVD
We made a DVD with the help of KIDS Hayward Adventure
Playground and the Out & About group
from Ipswich:
To order copies of the DVD please email info@edcm.org.uk
