Every Disabled Child Matters needs you to get involved in our campaigns!
The top 10 ways for you to get involved: 1. Sign up as a supporterSign up to receive EDCM news updates and to hear about new ways you can help us campaign 2. EDCM Constituency Pledge- Email your local political candidates and ask them to sign up to our Constituency Pledge- Email your local paper to tell them about EDCM’s Constituency Pledge and call on local political party candidates to sign up! 3. Campaigning for political party manifesto commitmentsEmail your MP asking them what commitments their political party will be making for disabled children and their families ahead of the next election. 4. PCT statements on disabled children Email your PCT and ask them for a copy of their statement on health services for disabled children 5. Disabled children's manifesto for changeEmail your MP and ask them to read our Disabled children's manifesto for change and respond to the questions asked by young people.
6. New duty to provide short breaks for disabled children under Children and Young Persons Act 2008 Email your local authority to ask how they are planning their short break services now and beyond 2011. 7. Disabled children - Going Places!Email your council to ask how they will make sure disabled children and young people have good things to do and places to go 8. Help make disabled children a local priority- Get your local authority signed up to our LA Charter - Get your PCT signed up to our PCT Charter 9. Tell us your storyHelp put pressure on government to make change happen and support us with our media work
10. Become a fan of EDCM on FacebookJoin EDCM's Facebook fan page for updates and to get involved in discussions.
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