Working togetherNational conference15 October 2011
Trailblazers
Young Campaigners Network
Our campaigns
Access to:• Public transport• Higher education• Leisure facilities• Employment• Tourism• Cinemas• Disability harassment• Housing
2011 Update
• All Party Parliamentary Group
• Lights Camera, Access cinema campaign
• Work experience and employment scheme
• Regional group meetings
All Party Parliamentary Group for Young Disabled People
• Launched in February by the Speaker John Bercow MP
• Young people with muscular dystrophy having their voices heard in Westminster
• Working together to find solutions
Cinema campaign
• Investigation into cinemas
• The Big Picture report
• Trailblazers film Lights, Camera, Access
• Petition and charter of best practice
• E-campaign victory
Work experience
• 50 Trailblazers have carried out over 350 working days in three years
• 5 MPs to take a Trailblazer on a work experience placement
• New skills and opportunities
Other activities
• Disability harassment campaign
• 36 regional group meetings
• Consultancy work for train companies, TV companies, government departments
Thank you
• Join our campaigns for better access
• Come to our campaigning workshop
• www.muscular-dystrophy.org/trailblazers