The History of Newham as a place for inclusion – Ellen Goodey Campbell

Ellen Goodey-Campbell’s inclusive life in Newham

Ellen Goodey-Campbell is a 41 year old woman with Down’s syndrome from Newham. Her birth was a catalyst for change in this borough, because it made her parents want to fight for inclusive education for her and other disabled people in Newham.

We are Act Up! Newham. We have been researching how Newham became known for inclusive education and we interviewed Ellen Goodey-Campbell as part of this project.

Ellen told us about her inclusive life in Newham.

Because of her family’s efforts to change the education policy in Newham so that disabled people could go to mainstream school, Ellen has been included all her life.

Here is a film of Ellen talking about being included in mainstream school in Newham and in her life now.

Ellen says that she was included in pretty much everything. Act Up! have decided to use her phrase as the title of our show for Newham Heritage month!

Ellen wrote a song for Act Up!’s Newham Heritage Month project. Here is a recording of her song. It is called ‘The World of Inclusion’.