Champion for Disabled Children and Young People

This page is known as: www.birmingham.gov.uk/champ

The Young Champions have been working on creating another online survey to gather further messages from disabled children and young people around being healthy, being safe and using transport. To take part in the survey go to the Young Champions page.

The Disabled Children's Champion makes sure that disabled children and young people across the city are included, involved and take part in activities in the city; that they:

• are listened to and included;
• are confident to express themselves;
• have choice and control over matters that affect their lives;
• have increased social skills - ie: they make and sustain friendships;
• have positive self-identity and esteem.

Organisations are required to show how disabled children and young people are:

• involved in decision-making;
• involved in the review, design and planning of services;
• involved in consultation exercises;
• provided with relevant support to achieve independence with access to advocates and peer support;
• fully informed about the range of services available and have access to mainstream services; eg: leisure and recreation facilities, youth clubs and forums.

To get an overview of the work completed you can download the Annual Report below.

The Champion for Disabled Children and Young People is jointly funded by:
Birmingham City Council and the Children's Society charity.

Tony Phillips-Jones
Champion for disabled children and young people

Telephone: 0121 420 2757 Fax: 0121 464 1714

Email: champ@birmingham.gov.uk

150 Church Lane, Handsworth, Birmingham, B20 2RT

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