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Contact is among 50 charities writing to the Prime Minister urging him to fix disabled children’s social care

Friday 11 September 2026

Contact and more than 50 charities in the Disabled Children’s Partnership, have written to the Prime Minister outlining the catastrophic failures in...

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Contact responds to Government’s £4 billion SEND investment

Monday 23 February 2026

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Government announces end to runaway independent special school fees

Friday 20 February 2026

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Disabled Children’s Partnership respond to white paper leak

Thursday 19 February 2026

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Contact responds to County Councils Network report about rising cost of school transport

Thursday 19 February 2026

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Contact’s ARFID podcast episode tells one mum’s powerful story

Wednesday 18 February 2026

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Invite your MP to help unlock savings for disabled young people

Tuesday 17 February 2026

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It’s Payroll Giving month!

Monday 16 February 2026

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Mum wins first £1k Contact Lottery jackpot of 2026 – as all new players get FREE gift

Monday 16 February 2026

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Further changes to Universal Credit health element rules from April

Friday 13 February 2026

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National Conference for parent carer forums

Thursday 12 February 2026

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Inclusion bases for English secondary schools announced

Wednesday 11 February 2026

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Universal Credit and young people in education: Your questions answered

Monday 9 February 2026

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Legal aid and guardianship in Scotland: What parent carers need to know

Wednesday 4 February 2026

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Moving on to the next stage of education, for children with EHC plans

Tuesday 3 February 2026

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What to expect when SEND reforms are published

Monday 2 February 2026

Disabled teenager in wheelchair reading a book between library shelves, with a non-disabled peer looking over their shoulder.

Q&A now open: Universal Credit for disabled young people in education

Friday 30 January 2026

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Disabled children hardest hit by record health service waits

Tuesday 27 January 2026

Infographic: Dangerous damp and mould in social housing? gov.uk/socialhousing-law

Awaab’s Law: Rules to protect social housing tenants in England from damp and unsafe homes

Friday 23 January 2026