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Equality of Opportunity Committee

Service Provision for Disabled Young People (January 2004 - January 2007)

The Equality of Opportunity Committee is carrying out a policy review of Service Provision for Disabled Young People in Wales. You may wish to read the full terms of reference, and scope of the review.

The review will include examination of the issues emerging from 'Rights into Action', the first International Congress for Young Disabled People. It was organised by disabled young people and held in Swansea in 2003.

The disabled young people involved in the International Congress said that they want 'nothing about us without us’ and so the Committee is being advised and guided by a reference group of disabled young people from across Wales throughout its review.

The potential scope of the review is vast, so to make it manageable the Committee will focus on the most significant or fundamental problems and those where the Welsh Assembly Government and the National Assembly for Wales can make a difference.

Three key themes inform the review:

  • Promoting and supporting independence and autonomy of young people
  • Responsive, customer focused and joined-up service provision
  • Age appropriate support and services

Within these over-arching themes, the Committee intends to give particular regard to the following eight areas:

  • education, training and employment
  • leisure
  • housing
  • transport
  • equipment
  • transition to adulthood
  • access to information
  • poverty

The aim of the Review is to make recommendations about what the Welsh Assembly Government needs to do to improve service provision for disabled young people in Wales. Due to the large number of areas that have been identified as important, we expect the review may last about two years (until December 2006) before reporting.

Key Documents

Date

Document

Reference
8 January 2007 Final Report: Service Provision for Disabled Young People - "Why is it that disabled young people are always left until last?” (PDF 288.3KB)  
15 February 2006 Draft interim report (PDF, 215kb) EOC(2) 02-06(p2)
18 January 2006 Meetings with young people's reference group EOC(2) 01-06(p5)
22 September 2005 Self-employment for disabled young people EOC(2) 07-05(p4)
  Disability Equality in Action - Implementing the social model of disability EOC(2) 07-05(p5)
  Disability Equality Duty EOC(2) 07-05(p6)
  Report of Visit to the Shaw Trust EOC(2) 07-05(p7)
26 May 2005 Arfon Access Group consultation response EOC(2) 05-05(p3)
17 March 2005 NUT Cymru consultation response EOC(2) 03-05(p5)
  Careers Wales consultation response EOC(2) 03-05(p6)
  Skill - consultation response EOC(2) 03-05(p7)
10 February 2005 ELWa consultation response EOC(2) 02-05(p02)
  Estyn consultation response EOC(2) 02-05(p03)
  Barnardo's Cymru - Participation and the reference group EOC(2) 02-05(p05)
13 January 2005 Letter from Scope EOC(2) 01-05(p06)
25 November 2004 Response to consultation and next steps for the review EOC(2) 09-04(p5)
  Education EOC(2) 09-04(p5)
  Good Practice EOC(2) 09-04(p5)
  Housing EOC(2) 09-04(p5)
  Transition EOC(2) 09-04(p5)
  Transport EOC(2) 09-04(p5)
  Equipment EOC(2) 09-04(p5)
  Information EOC(2) 09-04(p5)
  Joint working EOC(2) 09-04(p5)
  Leisure EOC(2) 09-04(p5)
  Other comments EOC(2) 09-04(p5)
23 September 2004 Policy Review Situation Paper EOC(2) 07-04(p6)
  National Service Framework for Children, Young People and Maternity Services EOC(2) 07-04(p6 - annex A)
15 July 2004 Written Consultation Exercise EOC(2) 06-04(p9)
  Facilitation of a Reference Group of Disabled Young People EOC(2) 06-04(p10)
  Meeting minutes EOC(2) 06-04(mins)
17 June 2004 Terms of Reference and Outline Work Programme EOC(2) 05-04(p3)
  Meeting Minutes EOC(2) 05-04(mins)
1 April 2004 Review of service provision for young disabled people EOC(2)03-04(p8)
  Meeting Minutes EOC(2) 03-04(mins)
2 October 2003 Rights Into Action International Congress EOC(2) 03-03(p1)
  Meeting Minutes EOC(2) 03-03(mins)