Advocacy at AFK
Long term AFK supporter and Ambassador Michael Atwal-Brice receives prestigious British Citizens Award
To celebrate Learning Disability Week, we’re at I AM Festival – a yearly celebration empowering D/deaf, disabled, and neurodivergent young people to explore their creativity.
Disability advocate Mik Scarlet discusses the importance of the Social Model of Disability (first published in Unite Magazine in March 2018).
A guest blog from Esi Hardy of Celebrating Disability, shared with permission from her series Disability Inclusion Bites.
We have joined a national campaign aiming to raise awareness of the lack of accessibility across the country for young disabled children in public spaces.
Today, The Education Committee published its First Report of Session 2019-20, on Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND report)
Highlights from our first Working With Disability Week and our Urban Residential, which took place 15-19 July 2019.
Two my AFK trainees presented evidence to the Education Committee’s SEND Inquiry about their experience of support for SEND learners leaving school.
Feedback Friday is all about empowering young people to have their say about our services. This is how our young people reimagined the Urban Residential.
Co-production is a way of working together so that professionals and people share power and make decisions on an equal basis.
Meet Pernell, 20, who is the new chair of my AFK’s Youth Council.
Advocacy helps empower young people with special educational needs and disabilities to speak up for themselves and take control of their lives.
Feedback Friday is all about empowering young people to have their say and to help AFK understand what each individual really wants from their short break
This month, Jimmy, a business analyst at Lloyds Bank, gave a motivational speech to our students about getting a job you love.