EDCM Constituency Pledge
The Numbers:
- 846 EDCM supporters emailed their political
candidates asking them to sign the EDCM Constituency Pledge
- 441 political candidates
signed EDCM's Constituency Pledge in the lead up to the General
Election.
- 135 MPs are signed up to
EDCM's Constituency Pledge.
- 26 MPs signed EDCMs Constituency Pledge for
the devolved nations
In the weeks leading up to the 2010 General Election EDCM and
its supporters asked political candidates to commit to taking
action to benefit disabled children, young people and their
families by signing up to EDCM's Constituency
Pledge.
The Pledge is a series of five commitments that we
are asking new and re-elected MPs to carry out following the
election. These are:
- Meet with disabled children, young people and their families to
discuss key issues of concern to them
- Raise these issues of concern, and promote rights and
resources, for disabled children, young people and families from my
constituency in Parliament
- Visit local services for disabled children and their families
on a regular basis
- Support measures to transform services for disabled children
and their families, such as the Aiming High for Disabled Children
(AHDC) programme in England
- Find out how funding is being used in my constituency to
improve services for disabled children, young people and their
families
The Constituency Pledge has been supported by 40
charities and organisations that work with disabled
children and their families. You can view a list of all these organisations.
Outside England?
We have a version of the Constituency Pledge for the UK devolved
nations - find out more
here.
Want to sign up?
If you are an MP who wants to sign to
EDCM's Constituency Pledge see how you can sign up here. You can also view the
list of MPs that have already signed up.
