Tag: disabled children

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Person holding a car steering wheel
Setting the record straight on Personal Travel Budgets

Tuesday 20 January 2026
Upset child sitting with head down in the school corridor as other children walk in the background.
Child Poverty Strategy welcome but no targeted measures to help disabled children

Friday 5 December 2025
Classroom doors open to empty school hallway
Children with complex health needs missing school due to disputes over care

Thursday 27 November 2025
Chancellor Rachel Reeves MP holding a red briefcase outside Downing Street
Today’s Budget: what it means for families with disabled children

Wednesday 26 November 2025
A mum hugs her son on a sofa in front of a window.
Do you have an experience to share about Continuing Care?

Tuesday 23 September 2025
Classroom doors open to empty school hallway
Solving the SEND crisis: Contact’s analysis

Thursday 18 September 2025
Children painting pottery supervised by parent
Law Commission recommends radical reform of disabled children’s social care law

Tuesday 16 September 2025
A mum hugs her son on a sofa in front of a window.
As social care reform nears crucial turning point do you have an experience to share?

Friday 5 September 2025
Stressed mum working on a laptop at the kitchen table while her children sit behind her.
Record number of complaints to Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman

Wednesday 30 July 2025
Shumi Plastow and Emma Briggs and families have set up a holiday club themselves
Holiday clubs and childcare for children with additional needs

Monday 28 July 2025
Houses of parliament in the day
Education committee demands urgent reform of disabled children’s social care

Thursday 10 July 2025
Primary school children eating their school meal
Reforms to special educational needs system in England must not be cost led

Tuesday 4 March 2025
Houses of parliament in the day
Contact gives evidence to Solving the SEND crisis in England inquiry

Tuesday 28 January 2025
School desk with workbooks and stationary
Contact responds to another report highlighting the SEND emergency

Wednesday 15 January 2025
Children sitting in a library setting - one child is in the foreground in focus, smiling off to the side; children are gathered behind in soft focus.
Contact reacts to Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

Wednesday 8 January 2025
Contact staff with parent campaigner Natalie Hay and son Matteo posing with their award at the Charity Awards 2024
Contact wins at the Charity Awards 2024

Wednesday 10 July 2024
Kids playing in a play park
Holiday time… is fast approaching or already here!

Thursday 4 July 2024
Empty top floor of London double decker bus
School transport concerns in Birmingham and beyond

Monday 1 July 2024