How children and young people can get involved with SEND services

Article 12 gamers is a group for young people with special educational needs and disabilities.

Group sessions run across 3 age groups:

• 6-11 years old once a half term
• 12-16 years old once a half term
• 17-25 years old in term time approximately every 6 weeks 

The group provides young people with an opportunity to make new friends, talk about what's important to them, and have some fun gaming.

Sessions are based at the Albion Games Cafe in Norwich and run for two hours. The sessions are split into two parts with half the session being centred around the young people giving their views and the rest of the session is spent making use of the gaming consoles in the cafe.

Previous participation activities have included:

• creating drawings on the theme 'this is me'
• discussing the best way to give feedback on services
• producing a list of top tips for inclusive providers to be used by the Short Breaks team

If you know a young person that would like to get involved or if you are a service that would like to speak to young people with expertise on SEND email [email protected]. Read our privacy notice to find out how we use your personal information.