Oxfordshire's Disability Forum
OYE! makes sure the views of children and young people with disabilities are heard.
OYE! stands for Oxfordshire Youth Enablers. It is Oxfordshire's disability forum for children and young people, making sure your views are heard. We work with young people to establish networks of disabled children and young people to influence local and national government.
OYE! started in October 2008 because disabled children and young people wanted to have their own group. OYE! has exciting opportunities for you to get involved. It has been hearing your views on things like activities, short breaks, money matters and transition (growing up and being an adult). OYE! also listens to your views on free bus passes, transport, speech and language therapy, physio and occupational therapy.
One of our big successes has been 'Changing Places': the first five fully accessible toilets in Oxfordshire, making it easier for disabled children and young people to get out and about 24/7. These toilets were made after feedback from a PMLD (People with Profound and Multiple Disabilities) Conference. The first to open was in the Westgate Centre in Oxford.
OYE! has set up Listening Posts in special needs schools and projects:
- Frank Wise School
- John Watson School
- Bardwell School
- Guidepost Trust
- Parasol Project
- Wolvercote Aspergers Group
- Woodeaton Manor School
- John Watson School
We are providing accredited training for OYE! members to learn how to go out and meet other disabled children and young people, collect their views, and pass them on to the decision makers in the Council. We will be having regular meetings, sending out regular communications, and are always happy for new people to get involved.
Contact details
Contact Zoe Elford, Children and Young People's Disability Forum Coordinator, by emailing zoe.elford@oxfordshire.gov.uk
To find out more
Read some of the reports from recent meetings between OYE members:
Looking at Therapy Serivces in Oxfordshire 2011 (PDF 501.6 kb)
What would make a good new school 2011 (PDF 150 kb)
The United Convention on the Rights of Disabled People
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