Cerebral Palsy affects 130,000 adults in the UK. It presents in childhood, and at that stage, is rightly given coordinated care. Then at 18, you are no longer under paediatric services, and the support structure disappears. Cerebral Palsy is a lifelong condition, yet the way healthcare is provided to adults with CP is as if the condition has miraculously disappeared.

Raise awareness

• among adults with Cerebral Palsy, and their families, about the options they have, and what we all need to do to get the support we need to live our best lives.
• among politicians and policy-makers about the injustices that people with Cerebral Palsy face, and what they can do about it.
• among the general public, about what life is like for people with Cerebral Palsy, and how they can help.

Educate the medical profession so they can give informed advice, and also be aware of where they can draw on additional resources of information.

Build community so that we adults with Cerebral Palsy can support each other, learn from each other, gain hope from each other, and add strength to each other so that our voices are heard.

Campaign to bring real force to the arguments we make, and to insist on change. We are no longer going to take no for an answer.