GDA’s Young Drivers for Change brings young disabled people (aged 14+) together to build skills, confidence and peer support and enable young disabled people’s voices to influence change.
We offer free and accessible sessions for young disabled people to come together to build skills, confidence, make friends and have fun.
GDA’s Young Drivers for Change develop their talents and ideas through:
- Media skills
- Creative Activism
- Telling your Story
- Our Human Rights
- Goal setting
- Leadership
- Facilitation skills
- Online campaigning
- Peer research
Our Young DFC’s have contributed their time and expertise to speaking out about the barriers young disabled people face and what matters most to them, including through:
- Scottish Youth Parliament Manifesto workshops
- Scottish Government’s Disabled Children and Young People Advisory Group
- ‘Cost of the School Day’ and child poverty planning in Glasgow
- Workshops and Action planning for embedding rights in Scotland, including the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
If you are interest in getting involved or hearing more about our Young Drivers for Change programme, get in touch at [email protected]
You can find out more about our Easter Holiday Programme (2023) below:
Watch!: Young GDA members share their stories or listen to their podcast:
