Include Me TOO

11/12/2025

Meet the fantastic youth advocates, young leaders, Commonwealth Children & Youth Disability Network - CCYDN youth representatives whom during Conference of State Parties CRPD in New York at the United Nations. delivered powerful presentations and key important messages with clear directions on the structural and systematic change shift needed to achieve children and youth with disabilities meaningful participation, inclusion and their human rights.

Their advocacy throughout 2025 for their meaningful participation, to have their voices heard and be taken seriously, influence decision making which impact their everyday lives and their futures resonates with the themes of the following International Days:

♿ 20th November 2025 - World Children Day the theme ‘My Day, My Rights’, focusing on listening to children's daily experiences and amplifying their voices to advocate for their fundamental rights

♿ 3rd December 2025 - International Day of Persons with Disabilities theme ‘Fostering disability inclusive societies for advancing social progress’ highlighting the importance of the inclusion and real involvement of people with disabilities in decision-making processes that affect their lives. This means all aspects of social, economic, cultural, and political life to ensure a just, equitable, and sustainable future.

♿ 10th December 2025 - Human Rights Day theme ‘Human Rights, Our Everyday Essentials’, this resonates with the rights in the UNCRC and UNCRPD rights to life survival and development, health, wellbeing, education, family, home, work, nutrition, dignity, safety and live free from discrimination. Children and young people with disabilities views and contributions on the things that matter to them affecting them daily are given due weight to influence decisions affecting their lives and their voices are heard.


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24/10/2025

Job Opportunities Alert:: Extension to Apply for an exciting new role and join our charity’s team 😃

Partnership and Business Development Coordinator.

We are looking for a passionate, creative and self-motivated and hardworking individual to join our team and drive fundraising and income generation targets for existing and new projects.
The Partnership and Business Development Manager role will be responsible for building a strong and sustainable supporter base by working with a range of funders including trusts, foundations and corporate sponsors, building and maintaining relationships that last. Sharing the impact of Include Me TOO’s work, campaigns and various projects increasing fundraising efforts to support our reach and goals for disability rights, inclusion and equality of the diverse communities we support and work with.

If you are passionate about improving the lives and better futures of disabled children, young people and their families and want to be part of a team whom are determined to make positive difference in achieving disability rights and inclusive future for all, do get in touch with us and apply for this exciting new role!.

We would be grateful if you can share this opportunity 🙂

For an application pack email Mina Patel im2@includemetoo.org.uk

CLOSING DATE: Wednesday 5th November 2025
Interview date: Wednesday 12th November 2025

04/09/2025

We are hiring! 📢

We are looking for candidates who are passionate about disability rights and inclusion, children and young people’s rights and social equity.

We have 3 exciting positions:

➡️ The Social Media and Communications Coordinator

➡️ Partnership and Business Development Coordinator

➡️. Youth Transition Family Support Worker:

For an application pack email Mina Patel im2@includemetoo.org.uk

CLOSING DATE: Friday 12th September 2025

Join our team if you want to make a real difference and positive impact on the lives and futures of disabled children, young people and their families 🫶🏽♿️😊

https://includemetoo.org.uk/jobs

27/06/2025

Summer is here! 😃

Our team have put together activities and days out which have been favourites for many disabled children, young people and families for our Summer TIMEOUT programme! ☀️

We have organised the following fun packed sessions.

♿️ 🏄🏼‍♀️🏄🏾🏄🏻‍♂️Inclusive Surfability (Swansea)

♿️ Ironbridge Blits Hill Victorian Town

♿️ 🎳 Inclusive Bowling Fun

♿️ 🐟🐬🐠🐙⚓️ Sealife Centre

♿️ Legoland

♿️ ⛵️Sailability

♿️ 🐇🦡🐍🦎🦉Animal Man & Arts & Crafts

♿️ African Drumming 🪘 🎶

♿️ 🐎 Horse Riding

♿️ Challenge Academy

♿️🐴 🪴Rupert the Therapy Horse / Plant Potting

♿️ 🛶 🧗🏽‍♂️Woodlands Adventure - zipwiring, absailing, canoeing

♿️ 🐒🐘🦍🦁 🏰 Dudley Zoo and Castlle

♿️ 🪂 Ifly (Indoor Sky Diving) - Age limit 10 years plus

We are taking bookings till 16th July 2025. To receive booking forms to book a places email im2@includemetoo.org.uk or contact our team on 01902 399888 / 07940367753. Do provide a contact number.

Let the summer fun begin with reconnecting with friends, making new friends, sharing new experiences and adventures 🤗🌞 💙

http://www.includemetoo.org.uk

27/06/2025

We support this important statement and stand with our diverse disabled community in solidarity.

🚨 Joint statement: Unacceptable “concessions” on the disability cuts will permanently divide the Disabled community and MUST be rejected.

It is not a concession for future generations to receive even less support than Disabled people today.

We have signed this statement alongside Just Treatment, Mad Youth Organise, NSUN, Crips Against Cuts, DPAC and Taking the PIP.

Read it in full on our website👇 https://www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/unacceptable-concessions-disability-cuts-will-permanently-divide-disabled-community

17/06/2025

Message from Disabled Children’s Partnership

➡️ Rumours about SEND reforms

There have been a number of stories in the press in recent weeks about the shape of proposed reforms to the special educational needs and disability system. These have included suggestions that the government is intending to limit access to Education Health and Care Plans or to abolish them altogether – with similar rumours about the Tribunal.
We recognise that these stories will be extremely worrying to many parents and young people. We have put out strong responses setting out our opposition to such changes.
However, it is important to recognise that these are – for the time being at least – just rumours and there have been no official announcements. Moreover, if these changes were to be pursued, they could not happen overnight and would require changes to the law which would take time. We hope this offers some reassurance, at least in the short term.

➡️ What we do know
The government has now confirmed that it will set out its plans for SEND reform as part of a wider schools “White Paper” in the autumn.
The government has set aside funding from its “Transformation Fund” for two years from next April to fund reforms.
The government has said that a key part of its reforms will be to make mainstream provision more inclusive, and it has committed £740million of capital funding for more specialist places in mainstream schools

➡️ What now?
We are pressing government to engage widely and meaningfully with families and young people – and experts in the sector – as it develops its plans.
We will continue to speak up against suggestions that would remove or weaken rights and protections.

Disabled Children’s Partnership
June 2025

06/06/2025

Hybrid Event at the United Nations 18th session of the Conference of State Parties to the CRPD.

TITLE: Advancing Children and Youth with Disabilities Meaningful Political Participation,
informing Policy and Programme Development

DATE 🗓️ : Wednesday 11th June 2025 online via Zoom Webinar

TIME ⏰ 1.15pm to 2.30pm (New York)
6:15pm to 7:30pm (London)
10:45pm to 12:00am (Delhi)
8:15pm to 9:30pm (Nairobi)

The roundtable side event is a call to a commitment to establish inclusive accessible spaces for children and youth with disabilities to have meaningful political participation so that their voices can be heard on matters impacting them in decision making processes and informing policy and programme development.

This side event is youth with disabilities led and is organized by Include Me TOO and the Commonwealth Children and Youth Disability Network (CCYDN) in partnership with the Global Network of Youth with Disabilities and the Commonwealth Secretariat.

You can register by linking to QR code or this link
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_uimqmexnTQ-jLJdeTmONKw #/registration

If you wish to get in touch you can contact our team on ccydn@includemetoo.org.uk

20/05/2025

The impact on international aids cuts are impacting the life chances of the most marginalised and vulnerable children and their futures across the globe.

There is a risk of decades of work being unravelled due to cuts being made at a time where there are global challenges of extreme poverty, increased inequalities, conflicts, displacement of communities, families impacting negatively the lives of children whilst their human rights are being denied. Amongst them disabled children are increasingly more vulnerable and the impact of cutting aid will be devastating, putting their lives and futures futher ar risk

Both Include Me TOO and the Commonwealth Children & Youth Disability Network - CCYDN are proud to support UNICEF UK open letter as we believe the most vulnerable children’s rights across the world should be protected.

Childrens rights should be upholded and there is a real urgency as 2024 was one of the worst years on records for children in conflict with high mortality rates and many subjected to life changing injuries and yet within the Convention on the Rights of the Child main pillars children have the right to survival and the right to protection, the right to development through access to education and health care. UK Aid has and can continue to support these principles it is a critical lifeline to so many children.

Supporting statement by
Parmi Dheensa
Include Me TOO Founder and Executive Director

Protect children's futures

13/05/2025

🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨

Disability and Migration Network respond to Government plans to axe the care worker visa - a dangerous distraction from decades of decaying social care at the hands of government policies.

Read our full statement here👇 https://www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/disability-and-migration-network-response-care-worker-visa-announcement

09/05/2025

Hi Everyone, hope you are all enjoying the sunshine and enjoyed the Easter break and celebrations of Vaisakhi last month and Eid in March 😃

The Easter Bunny was still doing his rounds with our team end of last month! 😂🐰

We have been busy supporting families with advocacy, advice and information on Education Health Care Plans, Annual Reviews, Grants, Tribunals, Transitions 🙈

We are planning Summer Timeout sessions as well as having new exciting roles in our team and will share the job opportunities here soon.

Hope you all are well 🤗

13/01/2025

Do share this opportunity to take part in a study – Transition from Child to Adult Health and Social Care Services in England

This event is being delivered in partnership with the open University for Parent/Carers of young people with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD) aged between 18- 25 years.

Join this online event to learn more about this study and the importance of this work.

The session will cover:

➡️ How you can get involved

➡️ Share your valuable experiences

➡️ What works and what needs to change

➡️ Your aspirations for better transition from Child to Adult Health and Social Care Services in England.

Taking place in:

📆 Monday 27th January 2025

⏰ 10:00am to 11:00am. You can register here
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/sExdXA-9SceXy3usN-7rYw #/registration

We look forward to having parents and carers join us and share their views and experiences regarding the transition of their son/daughter with profound and multiple learning disabilities.

09/01/2025

Wishing all our families, young advocates, allies and supporters A Happy New Year!

Hope this year will be kind to all and look forward to what we can achieve together for disability rights, inclusion, advocacy to live good lives 💙