Could you?.....Would you?.....Just Ask!

There is a core group of part time disabled volunteers aged sixteen to twenty five, who have looked

into accessibility issues as a whole for disabled young people. They have developed a ‘good

practice’ guide, along with a DVD of their experiences of what can make volunteering accessible

both for a young person with disabilities as well as a tool for employers to learn from and they want

to take the message forward!

The group are called Just Ask! Now they are keen to recruit new members to their team. Young

people will be fully supported, both through a peer mentor co-ordinator, as well as a volunteer

co-ordinator. This project will have a variety of roles to bringing out skills that they may not have

been aware they had, develop new skills they are interested in, as well as link with like minded

people who want to improve their volunteering opportunities. Alongside this, existing volunteers

want to encourage organisations to become more proactive in finding out how they can benefit

from their involvement in the project and possible volunteer opportunities.

Help with travel can be offered to support any barriers to inclusion; however, independent travel is

encouraged as much as possible.

If you know of any young disabled people aged sixteen to twenty five within your organisation, or are

an organisation yourself that live/work within the Birmingham and Solihull area and could benefit

from volunteering opportunities, then feel free to contact:

Vicky Frazer-Morris 07841 603 958 Vicky@bayc.org

Jacky Stewart 07703 321 695 Jacky@bayc.org

bayc Hilda Simister House, 581 Pershore Road, Selly Park, Birmingham B29 7EL

Tel: 0845 241 0923 Fax: 0845 241 0924 Email: info@bayc.org