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Every Disabled Child Matters Constituency Pledge - please sign up

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GeraldineMumsnet · 26/02/2010 15:57

In response to many suggestions from posters, MNHQ has made contact with Every Disabled Child Matters, an umbrella group for some of the major special needs organisations.

The first fruit of this collaboration is that Mumsnet is supporting EDCM's Constituency Pledge campaign. The idea is for as many people as possible (not limited to parents of children with disabilities or special needs) to contact candidates who will be standing in the upcoming General Election and ask them to sign up to do the following if they're elected:

  1. Meet with disabled children, young people and their families to discuss key issues of concern to them.


  1. Raise these issues of concern, and promote rights and resources for disabled children, young people and families from their constituency in Parliament.


  1. Visit local services for disabled children and their families on a regular basis.


  1. Support measures to transform services for disabled children and their families, such as the Aiming High for Disabled Children (AHDC) programme in England.


  1. Find out how funding is being used in their constituency to improve services for disabled children, young people and their families.


You can approach your MP and other local candidates and ask him or her to sign the pledge.

thanks
MNHQ
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morningpaper · 26/02/2010 16:04

good stuff

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sarah293 · 26/02/2010 16:38

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teasle · 26/02/2010 16:45

Agree- fab

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jaquelinehyde · 26/02/2010 16:46

Oooh good call!

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lottiejenkins · 26/02/2010 18:29

Ive done it already, got a response from the prospective Tory candidate, waiting to hear from Green and LD's. Tory guy has said he will sign up YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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ilovesprouts · 26/02/2010 18:31

done, fab !!!!!

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trace2 · 26/02/2010 20:07

great done!!!

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tibni · 26/02/2010 20:25

done - thanks for the link

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ThatVikRinA22 · 26/02/2010 22:03

missed this....im in

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SparklyGothKat · 27/02/2010 00:00

yes will go and fill in whatever I have to do.. great stuff!!

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AbricotsSecs · 27/02/2010 01:29

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chickensaresafehere · 27/02/2010 08:06

Great stuff,done!!!

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EssenceOfJack · 27/02/2010 11:24

Birlliant idea, am doing (slowly with headache!)

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leavingonajetplane · 27/02/2010 18:16

Thats a fantastic idea. Thanks

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catchingzeds · 27/02/2010 19:24

Excellent, I'm in too

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bonkerz · 27/02/2010 19:35

excellent, have done it!

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Ingles2 · 27/02/2010 19:54

Fantastic!
Well done MNHQ
But come on ladies, when I filled in the form a minute ago only 413 people had completed it... it's really easy, you don't need to find your mp's details yourself. it's all done for you.

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heQet · 27/02/2010 21:04

So you fill the form in with your own details not the details of the mp?

Such a stupid question but it did not state put your own details in and we use your address to find your mp, so there was doubt in my mind!

Now I know it's MY details I fill in, I shall go and do it!

I'm such a nit

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Sukie1971 · 27/02/2010 21:05

Done, in memory of my darling brother. RIP Mush xxxxx

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Ingles2 · 27/02/2010 21:16

I'm not surprised you thought that Heqet, It took me a minute to work it out as well...
Come on everyone, the hard work is done for you... just fill in your details. They find your Mp and send the letter

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mel1981 · 27/02/2010 22:47

done

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EssenceOfJack · 28/02/2010 09:10

HeQet, why do you think I was doing it slowly
Sends it to all your local candidates automatically, very handy.

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Ingles2 · 28/02/2010 21:03

I've had a response from my Lib Dem MP already...
Don't forget if you get one you need to forward it to EDCM

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lottiejenkins · 28/02/2010 21:47

Have heard from Lib Dem as well now. Have forwarded both to ECDM,

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