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 benefitfrom 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 benefitfrom volunteering opportunities, then feel free to contact: Vicky Frazer-Morris 07841 603 958 Vicky@bayc.org Jacky Stewart 07703 321 695 Jacky@bayc.org Melissa Tumulty 07841 603 961 melissa@bayc.org
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