The Powerful Voices Network is a 3 year Lottery funded project which is based at Beaumont College in Lancaster, and covers the whole of the North West.

We aim to empower young disabled people to campaign for rights and equality.

Below is a short video “Powerful Voices - What Stops Us?” featuring young disabled people sharing their experiences of the barriers they face. This DVD complements our Campaign report which you can download on the Campaigns page.

http://www.thepowerfulvoicesnetwork.com/whatweliketodo.flv

Read the latest news over on the forum.

Our Goals for the project

To bring together young disabled people across the North West

To give young people a voice

To ensure participation in local regional and national decision making forums

To influence service providers

To campaign for equal rights

We will achieve this by:

Steering Group made up of young disabled people
Listening to and taking on board young peoples views and issues
Promotional materials, website and newsletters designed by young people
Holding events throughout the North West
Providing rights based training

Providing social and networking opportunities to young people

Promoting partnership working between service providers and young people

Signup!

If you are 13 – 25, live in the North West and think that it’s time to get equal, we want you to join The Powerful Voices Network. We will support you to know your rights, socialise and have fun. We want you to tell us what issues really affect you, tell us what this network should do, tell service providers what YOU want, and tell us how the website should look and what information it should provide.