Campaigns & researchWe influence policy and campaign so decision-makers tackle the inequalities faced by families with disabled children. There are more than one million disabled children in the UK. Sadly, most face significant discrimination and inequalities across all areas of their lives. Together with families we campaign to change this. Thank you to everyone who takes part in our campaigns “I was just talking to my parents and saying what a comfort it has been to have Contact in our corner. Noah was so boosted by seeing himself on TV and he feels like people care.” Our latest campaigns Covid vaccines for high risk childrenWe successfully campaigned to get priority access to Covid vaccines for high risk children aged 5-15 and their parent carers. Thank you to everyone who helped us achieve thisFind out more Counting the Costs 2021Join our call for a benefits system that genuinely values unpaid carers and disabled children after the devastating pandemic.find out more Carer’s AllowanceWe’re calling on the government to increase Carer’s Allowance earnings limit so carers don’t lose out when the National Living Wage (NLW) increases. Find out more Universal CreditWe are campaigning to stop the cut to lower child disability payments and to make it easier for disabled students to claim Universal CreditFind out more Disabled Children’s PartnershipWith more than 90 charities and thousands of parents, we are campaigning to make disabled children a priority for government.Find out more School transportSchool transport is a top concern parents call our helpline about. We are campaigning to close the loophole into the law that means disabled youngsters are often refused or charged for school transportFind out more Also in this section: We're also campaigning on… Illegal exclusions, access to childcare and more. Find out more Past campaigns & successes Stop the DLA Takeaway and tax credits cuts Find out more Research We conduct research to understand the scale of some of the issues faced by families Find out more Join our parent champion programme More than 10,000 parents have taken action so far this year. Join them by signing up to join our parent champion programme today. Membership is free and we offer events such as media training. There are lots of ways to get involved with our campaigns – signing a petition, writing to your MP, speaking out in the media. It up to use what you want to do. Join today by send an email to una.summerson@contact.org.uk “I really enjoyed speaking to MPs with the other parent champions. We felt we were being heard about what we all are facing. I actually really loved getting to hear from like-minded parents and felt that together we would be a fantastic team“ Our supporters We would like to thank all the families who have campaigned tirelessly with us to achieve change this year. Together with you and our funders the John Ellerman Foundation, the Pears Foundations, the Evan Cornish Foundation and individual donors we have made a difference to almost 500,000 parent carers and disabled children. “We are in awe at the effectiveness of your campaign. It seemed the best thing for us to do to help families during this very difficult time. A very well done to all the team who helped with the campaign!” ShareCopy URLCopied!Share via EmailShare via FacebookShare via TwitterShare via WhatsAppShare via LinkedIn
Our latest campaigns Covid vaccines for high risk childrenWe successfully campaigned to get priority access to Covid vaccines for high risk children aged 5-15 and their parent carers. Thank you to everyone who helped us achieve thisFind out more Counting the Costs 2021Join our call for a benefits system that genuinely values unpaid carers and disabled children after the devastating pandemic.find out more Carer’s AllowanceWe’re calling on the government to increase Carer’s Allowance earnings limit so carers don’t lose out when the National Living Wage (NLW) increases. Find out more Universal CreditWe are campaigning to stop the cut to lower child disability payments and to make it easier for disabled students to claim Universal CreditFind out more Disabled Children’s PartnershipWith more than 90 charities and thousands of parents, we are campaigning to make disabled children a priority for government.Find out more School transportSchool transport is a top concern parents call our helpline about. We are campaigning to close the loophole into the law that means disabled youngsters are often refused or charged for school transportFind out more
Covid vaccines for high risk childrenWe successfully campaigned to get priority access to Covid vaccines for high risk children aged 5-15 and their parent carers. Thank you to everyone who helped us achieve thisFind out more
Counting the Costs 2021Join our call for a benefits system that genuinely values unpaid carers and disabled children after the devastating pandemic.find out more
Carer’s AllowanceWe’re calling on the government to increase Carer’s Allowance earnings limit so carers don’t lose out when the National Living Wage (NLW) increases. Find out more
Universal CreditWe are campaigning to stop the cut to lower child disability payments and to make it easier for disabled students to claim Universal CreditFind out more
Disabled Children’s PartnershipWith more than 90 charities and thousands of parents, we are campaigning to make disabled children a priority for government.Find out more
School transportSchool transport is a top concern parents call our helpline about. We are campaigning to close the loophole into the law that means disabled youngsters are often refused or charged for school transportFind out more
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