advocacy

International Women’s Day 2021
Celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8th with my AFK
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AFK and The Openwork Foundation
Celebrating our achievements during our latest partnership with The Openwork Foundation from 2017-2020.
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Disabled People or People With Disabilities?
A guest blog from Esi Hardy of Celebrating Disability, shared with permission from her series Disability Inclusion Bites.
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my AFK welcomes the House of Commons Education Committee’s new SEND report, released today.
Today, The Education Committee published its First Report of Session 2019-20, on Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND report)
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my AFK ambassador listed ‘100 most influential disabled people’ for a second year.
my AFK ambassador, Dr Pops has been nominated in the Shaw Trust ‘Power 100’ for the second year in a row.
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Advocacy and mobility: Sam’s story
Our Mobility Services Team helped 22-year-old Sam obtain the funds he needed for a new powerchair, by advocating on his behalf as well as providing funding.
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my AFK trainees give evidence on SEND at the House of Commons
Two my AFK trainees presented evidence to the Education Committee’s SEND Inquiry about their experience of support for SEND learners leaving school.
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Feedback Friday – Urban AFK Residential
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.
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