Learning Disability Week Bed Push Went really well

We met up outside the BBC Radio Station in Coventry to do our bed push in aid of people with learning disabilities having the rights to stay up/out late. We all wore Stay Up Late T-shirts which were sent to us by Heavy Load who started the campaign for Stay Up Late. The media coverage was Central vision, The BBC, Telegraph and Michelle Tennison who is a freelance photographer. We pushed the bed up through the City Centre and along the way we were getting people to sign our petition and giving out leaflets and badges we stopped by Lady Godiva statue and went round speaking to the public to get their support. We then made our way to the Coventry City Council House to meet up with councillors to hand in the report and the petitions we also gave them T-shirts. The report had 10 case studies of people with learning disabilities not being able stay up/out late. Dave Musson has put a story about heavy Load & us on the daily dust. http://bit.ly/WlU1N
Below is a link to our radio interview with Annie Othan BBC Coventry & Warwickshire

daily dust good news stories

We have a young journalist working with us and Mencap for learning disability week. So far he has got 2 stories on the online newspage please follow the links:
davemussonhttp://bit.ly/gwZZq

davemussonhttp://bit.ly/10gUYu

Disability week and welsh visitors

Just an update on what the media team is doing on Thursday and on learning disability week, we are having some visitors from Wales on the 18th of June. During learning disabilty week which is next Monday the 22nd of June, we are doing a bed push on the 25th of June which we are pushing a bed from the BBC then walking to the council house and then back to Grapevine. Along the way giving leaflets out and talking to people about it too. The reason why we are doing this campaign is because people with learning disabilities have to go back home because of staff change over and the campaign is called staying up late which is run by a punk band called Heavy Load who are a band with people with learning disabilities and 2 volunteers. On the 26th of June we 're having a six aside football match against ex Coventry City players at a place called the Alan Higgs Centre and there are cheerleaders too. Please make sure you show your support and vote on this site.