Overview of work
Yorkshire SEND (special educational needs and disabilities) Alliance was formed by young people who are part of a local SEND Youth Voice Groups.This group recognised that not every area provides a separate space for specific issues experienced by young people with additional needs to be acknowledged and addressed.
The young people want to create an alliance of young people from across the region, to give young people with SEND a voice, as often this is more focused on the voice of the parents. They have identified a range of topics they want to address including; employment vs training and volunteering, access to information and opportunities and how to make Education and Health Plan Assessments more inclusive for young people.
In 2022, as part of the project ‘Authoring Our Own Stories’ The SEND Alliance underwent a piece of research to explore civic identity with young people and explored how this can affect their access to services . The findings from the project and the feedback from the SEND young people who took part in year one, highlight some of the specific barriers SEND young people experience when trying to access support and careers advice, gain employment, access training opportunities, and improve their skills. Their report can be read here AOOS Year One written report-final.
YSA are working on a range of campaigns see their website to learn more https://sendyouthvoice.com/
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REMY are doing some interesting work at the moment - so say if you want me to add another case study.
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