Wokingham BC and partners supports 'Every Disabled Child Matters' campaign
A charter for disabled children, ‘Every Disabled Child Matters’, has been adopted by Wokingham Borough Council and its partners to show their commitment to disabled children in the borough.
The national campaign is led by four leading organisations working with disabled children and their families—Contact a Family, Council for Disabled Children, Mencap and the Special Educational Needs Consortium.
Wokingham Borough Council is working with local groups who represent disabled children and young people in the borough, including Wokingham Autism Spectrum Partnership (WASP) parents group and Peapods, the support group for families with a child with a physical disability, to support the charter. Partners under children’s trust arrangements in the Wokingham borough fully support this charter.
By 2008, Wokingham borough council has pledged to identify disabled children in the local area and to plan services for them, have a lead professional service in place to provide support to families, provide parents and carers with information on services, make all services, including extended schools and children’s centres, available to disabled children and involve disabled children and their families in the planning, commissioning and monitoring of services.
All staff will receive disability equality training and the Wokingham council will ensure that staff will have the appropriate skills to work with disabled children. Disabled children will be involved in drawing up the council’s disability equality scheme and monitoring its effectiveness.
Jane Holmes of Peapods said: “We at Peapods gladly welcome Wokingham's commitment to this highly important charter and look forward to continuing to work closely with the authority to ensure its successful implementation.”
Cathy from WASPs said: "'Wokingham Autism Support for Parents' are pleased that Wokingham Borough Council supports the 'Every Disabled Child Matters' Campaign, and hope that this will assist parents in accessing services, from education to social care, in accordance with their children's needs."
Cllr Frank Browne, executive member for Wokingham children’s services, said: “The borough council and its partners, under children’s trust arrangements, have shown their commitment to disabled children by signing up to this national charter. We are all committed to making disabled children a key priority and ensure they have access to the right services and support.
“It is vitally important that we meet the needs of disabled children in the borough. Every child does matter in the Wokingham area and the council and its partners will do all it can to ensure that disabled children have the same opportunities to succeed.”
The national campaign is led by four leading organisations working with disabled children and their families—Contact a Family, Council for Disabled Children, Mencap and the Special Educational Needs Consortium.
Wokingham Borough Council is working with local groups who represent disabled children and young people in the borough, including Wokingham Autism Spectrum Partnership (WASP) parents group and Peapods, the support group for families with a child with a physical disability, to support the charter. Partners under children’s trust arrangements in the Wokingham borough fully support this charter.
By 2008, Wokingham borough council has pledged to identify disabled children in the local area and to plan services for them, have a lead professional service in place to provide support to families, provide parents and carers with information on services, make all services, including extended schools and children’s centres, available to disabled children and involve disabled children and their families in the planning, commissioning and monitoring of services.
All staff will receive disability equality training and the Wokingham council will ensure that staff will have the appropriate skills to work with disabled children. Disabled children will be involved in drawing up the council’s disability equality scheme and monitoring its effectiveness.
Jane Holmes of Peapods said: “We at Peapods gladly welcome Wokingham's commitment to this highly important charter and look forward to continuing to work closely with the authority to ensure its successful implementation.”
Cathy from WASPs said: "'Wokingham Autism Support for Parents' are pleased that Wokingham Borough Council supports the 'Every Disabled Child Matters' Campaign, and hope that this will assist parents in accessing services, from education to social care, in accordance with their children's needs."
Cllr Frank Browne, executive member for Wokingham children’s services, said: “The borough council and its partners, under children’s trust arrangements, have shown their commitment to disabled children by signing up to this national charter. We are all committed to making disabled children a key priority and ensure they have access to the right services and support.
“It is vitally important that we meet the needs of disabled children in the borough. Every child does matter in the Wokingham area and the council and its partners will do all it can to ensure that disabled children have the same opportunities to succeed.”
Wokingham Borough Council
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