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Ambassador Network

Are you a young disabled person? Want to get really involved in improving the lives of other young disabled people while having fun and making new friends? If the answers are yes, you could be a Whizz-Kidz Ambassador.

  • Make new friends and have fun at your local Ambassador Club
  • Get the skills you need to become more confident and independent
  • Represent your club at cool events by taking part in things like TV and radio interviews
  • Start your very own campaign
  • Join the Kidz Board (members help Whizz-Kidz make important decisions)

We currently have over 500 Ambassadors with local clubs in:

  • Aberdeen
  • Belfast
  • Birmingham
  • Cardiff
  • Exeter
  • Glasgow
  • Guildford
  • Manchester
  • Newcastle
  • Norwich
  • Nottingham
  • Sheffield
  • Tower Hamlets

And over the next two years we are setting up many more clubs – so watch this space!

Learn new skills

When a young person joins our Ambassador Network they can take part in our exciting life skills training programme.

Photo: Amabassadors participate in training

The programme includes sessions based on the top ten attributes a young person needs to grow and develop (as defined by UNICEF). Other training focuses on communications skills, media training, public speaking, preparing a CV etc.

UNICEF’s top ten attributes for young people are:

  • Problem solving
  • Critical thinking
  • Effective communication skills
  • Decision-making
  • Creative thinking
  • Interpersonal relationship skills
  • Self awareness
  • Building skills

Work placements

As a key part of our life skills programme we offer our young beneficiaries the opportunity to undertake a work placement. Working in partnership with companies all around the country we provide young disabled people with the chance to gain invaluable new skills and their first insight into the work place.

For young disabled people aged 14 yrs old or over we facilitate tailored work placements, liaising closely with the young person, their parents, school or college and the personnel manager and staff of the companies who take part.

There are work placement opportunities available throughout the year.

Here’s one young Ambassador’s work placement story:

21 year-old Ambassador Ruth, who is studying journalism, did her work experience at Whizz-Kidz HQ office and at BBC Ouch. She found it to be a very positive and rewarding experience:

“I absolutely loved every minute of my work experience at Whizz-Kidz and at the BBC. As a wheelchair user I found barriers to getting work experience and the placements I have been offered didn’t fit to what I’m interested in at all. I now feel more confident about my transition into the workplace”