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

• trailblazers@muscular-dystrophy.org