EDCM Charters

Find out about EDCM's Local Authority and PCT Charters on these pages!

EDCM wants to see every local authority and Primary Care Trust (PCT) make a clear commitment to improve services for disabled children and their families.

Local authorities are responsible for local care, support and education services for disabled children and PCTs are responsible for local health services for disabled children.

It is therefore important for disabled children, young people and their parents to be able to hold these local bodies to account on the services they provide.

To help local authorities and PCTs make this commitment EDCM has developed campaign Charters.

The Charters are a set of commitments that local authorities and PCTs can choose to sign up to to show that disabled children are a priority in their area. They are signed by the Lead Member for Childrens’ Services for local authorities and the Chair for PCTs – because these people set strategy and have a responsibility to engage with children and families in their area.

Find out if your area has signed up to the Local Authority Charter or the Primary Care Trust Charter.

Charters for 2010

EDCM has produced a number of updated Charters for 2010. This includes updated Primary Care Trust and Local Authority Charters which maintain the same commitments for local areas but now enable areas to commit to implementing all the chater commitments "within one year of signing".

EDCM has also produced a Joint PCT and Local Authority Charter. This reflects the increasing number of areas that want to bring their charters together to reflect a more joined up approach to disability in the local area. For more information go to the 'Joint Charters' section of the website.

Get Involved

Depending on whether or not your local authority or PCT has signed the Charter, you can either lobby them to sign up, or if they have signed, you can lobby them to deliver on the Charter commitments!

Email your local authority now!

Email your PCT now!

Please note: The Local Authority and Primary Care Trust Charters are limited to England only due to devolution. Devolution is the process of powers that have previously sat with central Government being given to regional bodies. For example decisions on health used to be taken by the Westminster Government but are now taken by the Welsh Assembly Government for Wales and the Scottish Parliament for Scotland.