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Whizz-Kidz gets answers at The Conservative Party Conference

Just as we did at last week’s Labour Party Conference, this week Whizz-Kidz has taken Audioboo to turn interviewer at the Conservative Party Conference.

Our citizen journalist this time around is 17 year old Ambassador Max Sampson. You can listen to all of Max’s interviews on our audioboo channel.

As well as finding out Health Secretary, and supporter of Whizz-Kidz, Andrew Lansley would take a ‘Mad Men’ box set to his desert island, we also scooped an interview with Andrew Marr. Andrew laments that upon searching for himself online, he always finds bad news!…

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Whizz-Kidz gets answers from Labour MPs

We were at Labour Conference this week, speaking to opposition MPs about Whizz-Kidz and the importance of the right wheelchairs for young people – and we took the opportunity to turn the questions on them with some quick fire audioboo interviews.

Our budding reporter was Jamie Green, 17 year old Ambassador and former chair of the …

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Whizz-Kidz’ Rebecca advises on access

The role of a Whizz-Kidz Ambassador can lead to lots exciting opportunities, such as local campaigning, meeting with a local MP, and consulting on access to towns and services.

Kidz Board Vice Chair, Rebecca, was asked by her local Debenhams shopping centre in Newcastle to consult on their access for wheelchair-users last month, and here’s what she found.

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Whizz-Kidz consult on accessibility in Exhibition Road project

Four Whizz-Kidz ambassadors – Fatima, Alec, Henrique and Arunima – star in a new short-film, produced by The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC), highlighting the challenges and dangers experienced by wheelchair users visiting London’s Exhibition Road.

The Council invited four Whizz-Kidz ambassadors to spend a day auditing and assessing the current design of Exhibition Road – home to institutions including the V&A, Science Museum and …

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Whizz-Kidz statement on the Lamb Report on SEN – 16 December 2009

Disabled children’s charity Whizz-Kidz welcomes the Lamb report on the current SEN system, and Rt Hon Ed Balls’ response. In particular we are pleased to see the DCSF promise further investment in an upcoming project to tackle SEN and disability related bullying, and the move to include schools in the DDA duty to provide auxiliary aids and services to young disabled people.

Whizz-Kidz is currently carrying …

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