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Scope is carrying out a survey about young disabled people’s experiences of using social care services to do the things they want to do in their lives. We want to speak to people who:

* Are aged 17 to 30

* Are currently using publicly-funded social care

* Have experiences with social care they are happy to talk about.

Everyone who takes part in the survey will be entered into our prize draw where one lucky winner will receive £100 in Amazon vouchers.

Click here to go to the survey <https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/yourlifeyourway> .

If you have any other questions then please do let me know and thanks again for your help.

The Department for Education has recently launched a "call for evidence"

This is because they want to ask children and young people what they think about peer support and peer mentoring for mental health and emotional wellbeing. 

Peer support can be a variety of things - from helping a friend to discuss their problems, through buddying and befriending schemes, to one to one and group support sessions. It can happen face to face or be online.

It’s about promoting the idea of good emotional wellbeing as much as supporting those young people experiencing problems.

The responses from the call for evidence will be used to help improve ways that young people can support eachother.

They want as many children and young people as possible to take part in the call for evidence. You can take part by filling in this survey http://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/83F20/. 

The Department for education are also putting flash polls on their Twitter page @educationgovuk every week for four weeks.

The call for evidence closes on 24 March.

The email address for any questions about the call for evidence is: 

YPEG are the Young People's Engagement Group, based in Fareham.

On the 24th of March they are holding an information day run by young people for young people.

The event is aimed at young people aged 14-25 living in Hampshire but anyone is welcome.