CITIZENSHIP IN PRACTICE CITIZENSHIP IN PRACTICE
BACKGROUND & AIMS WHAT MATTERS ? NOW & THE FUTURE
What Matters To You ? "There's an age when it's you, not your parents they should talk to, and it's your decision"
Giving Young People With Disabilities More Say in Decisions And Policy Making


This project was possbile through:
Children In Scotland
Diana, Princes of Wales Memorial Fund


WHAT MATTERS
What Matters to Me
The first year of Citizenship in Practice focused on finding out about young people's interests and concerns.

We asked: What Matters to You?
Forty-six young people with a range of learning and physical disabilities from around Scotland gave us their answers. The young people were 11-19 years of age and they worked as eight separate groups.

The groups took part in a variety of activities including:
· voting on statements
· mind maps (a visual picture or 'map' of young people's thoughts and ideas)
· recording a CD rap

So What matters to Young People ? Here's some of what they said:

"My family", "more friends my age", "when people speak to my mum instead of me", "school", "My sister gets a letter and opens it herself. I get a letter and I don't get to open it.", "I like to go out and I can't because there's not enough access."

The What Matters to Me report gives young people's views in more detail. It talks about the methods used; how they were made accessible to young people with a wide range of abilities; and the young people's evaluation of different methods.
- Download the What Matter's To Me Report PDF version (313kB)
- Download the What Matter's To Me Report HTML version (for the visually impaired, courtesy of Adobe)


The 'What Matters' rap is a 5 minute rap song using recordings of the young people talking about things that are important to them.
- Download the What Matter's Rap (Audio file: 2.9mB)

If you would like more information about any of the work described here, or you would like to become involved in the project contact Shelley Gray by email or phone: 0131 222 2435


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