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Wheel Ambition Support and services for
transition - Whizz-Kidz
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• One man runs a marathon to raise money for one
  chair in 1989..
• Since then, over 18,000 disabled children and
  young people across the UK have taken the
  Whizz-Kidz Journey, embracing the opportunity
  to achieve their full potential.
• Our aim is to ensure that every disabled child
  has an opportunity to be something speciala kid.
• Our vision is that all disabled childrens lives
  are full of fun, friendship and the potential
  for independence.
• There are currently around 70,000 disabled
  children in the UK waiting for a wheelchairthat
  fits their needs and their potential.
• As the UKs leading childrens mobility charity
  we provide
• transformational mobility equipment,
• bespoke life skills services, and
• help and support

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• Children with life-limiting conditions are living
  longer and thus require better transition support
  into adulthood.
• What are the issues and opportunities for young
  people with life limiting conditions and for
  their families/carers in managing their own best
  transition to becoming young adults
• How can we better tackle these challenges
  together?

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What are the issues? ? Poor experience
of transition? Aspiration for a normal
life? Concern about their parents? Keen
to engage with others? Innovative work
happening e.g. in group-based social,
sports and creative activities? Young
person-centred ethos
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Potential opportunities (for free)

• To help increase your capacity to continue
  to deliver quality support to young
  wheelchair users with life- limiting conditions
  in palliative care settings and to help us to
  extend our reach to more young people, families
  and other partners
• Whizz-Kidz are very keen to provide free Work
  Placement and Work Skills support to these
  partners and the young wheelchair users that
  they serve
• To explore delivering Wheelchair Skills
  Training/sports sessions for young wheelchair
  users at these settings potentially taster
  sessions, Beginners, Intermediate and Advanced

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• Examples of partners from the West Midlands
• Donna Louise Hospice
• - Acorns Hospice (Birmingham)
• - PDSS Service Birmingham
• - Hope House Hospice

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Living life to the full ..developing our
services and promoting opportunities
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• What can young people access - free of cost
• through our services?
• Support from HCAs, from volunteers and from
  experienced trainers
• Support with travel
• Safe, accessible and supportive environments,
  venues and settings
• Valuable partnerships e.g. with employers,
  sports partners, etc
• Interesting and challenging menu of activities
  and events
• Visits and trips to build confidence, self
  esteem
• e.g. Wheelchair dance, martial
  arts, learning to drive
• Involvement with friends, siblings and families
• Signposting to other Whizz-Kidz journey
  services
• Campaigning and local/regional/national
  community involvement

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How can we work with you?

• Whizz-Kidz has a diverse range of supporters in
  the heath sector who praise our success in
  wheelchair provision and our life journey
  services.
• In the last 5 years our work
• has been awarded
• recognition for
• innovation,
• strong leadership,
• NHS partnerships
• and our holistic approach.

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Please help usto extend our reach

• and enable us to support
• more young people
• and their families

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Thank you!!
Registered Charity No. 802872
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