Scots girl, 4, unites politicians as she takes fight for better funding for disabled kids to Holyrood
dailyrecord.co.ukA four-year-old took her fight for better funding for disabled children to the Scottish Parliament and managed to unite opposition parties.Little Eilish Cowan from Dunfermline has a rare genetic disability shared by around just 200 children in the world.She has an abnormality in a gene called TUBA1A which means she struggles to walk and is visually impaired.
She also has a learning disability.Her dad Lawrence launched the Our Kids Won’t Wait campaign this summer calling on the Scottish Government to introduce a fairer funding deal for charities which support families with disabled children.And little Eilish worked her charm to unite Labour, Tories and Lib-Dems and get them to offer help to First Minister Humza Yousaf to tackle the problem.After meeting the politicians Eilish said: “I love the Scottish Parliament.” And that she was “proud” of what she had achieved.Almost 2,000 people have signed an online petition urging Yousaf to rethink the decision to roll forward the Children and Young People Early Intervention Fund (CYPEIF) based on a funding level set seven years ago.
Campaigners say the move is “short changing” charities like The Yard, which Eilish attends, which have needed to grow significantly to meet demand.
And today the leaders of the Scotland’s opposition parties signed a letter to Yousaf calling for “fairer funding” for disabled children.
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