I.Lead Conference 2025

The I.Lead Conference is a platform for disabled youth (18 – 30 years old) from across New Zealand.

The aim is to come together to find solutions to prevalent issues and barriers they face as disabled youth living in New Zealand.

It is also a space of collaboration and innovation, being a platform from which we can identify solutions to these issues, as well as giving the opportunity to have them presented to high level policy and decision makers.

If you are interested in attending the I.Lead conference 2025, please fill the expression of interest form below. Please note expressions of interest close 31st March 2025.

If you’re keen to join, register your interest

History about the Conference

The first conference, back in September 2019, focused on identifying a broad range of issues in 7 key topics: Housing, Sport and Recreation, Healthcare, Employment, Education, Transport and Media. From these 7 topics came 27 recommendations of which formed the basis of I.Lead’s work with central government for the past 2 years.

Their second conference in 2022 was completely virtual – the FIRST virtual conference for disabled youth. This year, we focused on 6 topics – Education, Transition, Transport, Employment, Sport & Recreation and Housing. We then delivered 16 recommendations to government officials!

To sign up and be hear more about our next conference, visit their website.

And for more information on all things I.Lead, follow them on Facebook and Instagram, or contact ilead@yesdisability.org.nz

What is I.Lead?

I.Lead is a disabled youth movement led by youth, for youth. We aim to amplify the voices of disabled youth on any platform, at any table.

I.Lead started as the FIRST EVER Disabled Youth Conference in 2019, held in the Parliamentary Building in Wellington. Since then, it has evolved into a full-blown social change movement dedicated to amplifying the voices of youth with disabilities, while also upskilling them both personally and professionally to allow them to do the same for their peers.

Contact details

Email: ilead@yesdisability.org.nz
Phone: (09) 414 5360

Venue

New Zealand Parliament

1 Molesworth Street, Pipitea, Wellington 6011, New Zealand