trailblazers and the fight against discrimination
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Trailblazer Hannah-Lou Blackall talks about her involvement in the fight against discrimination at the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign National Conference 2011.TRANSCRIPT
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Working togetherNational conference15 October 2011
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Trailblazers
Young Campaigners Network
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Our campaigns
Access to:• Public transport• Higher education• Leisure facilities• Employment• Tourism• Cinemas• Disability harassment• Housing
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2011 Update
• All Party Parliamentary Group
• Lights Camera, Access cinema campaign
• Work experience and employment scheme
• Regional group meetings
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All Party Parliamentary Group for Young Disabled People
• Launched in February by the Speaker John Bercow MP
• Young people with muscular dystrophy having their voices heard in Westminster
• Working together to find solutions
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Cinema campaign
• Investigation into cinemas
• The Big Picture report
• Trailblazers film Lights, Camera, Access
• Petition and charter of best practice
• E-campaign victory
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Work experience
• 50 Trailblazers have carried out over 350 working days in three years
• 5 MPs to take a Trailblazer on a work experience placement
• New skills and opportunities
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Other activities
• Disability harassment campaign
• 36 regional group meetings
• Consultancy work for train companies, TV companies, government departments
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Thank you
• Join our campaigns for better access
• Come to our campaigning workshop
• www.muscular-dystrophy.org/trailblazers