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30 families enjoy Meet Up & Try It day with Hemihelp & midlands teams

Thursday 28th March 2019

Last Saturday, over 100 people descended on the Portway Lifestyle Centre, Birmingham for a Meet Up & Try It Day organised by HemiHelp, part of the Contact family, with support from the Contact Midlands team.

Contact’s Brighter Beginnings early years workshops

Thursday 28th March 2019

Contact, is running a series of welcoming and informative workshops for parents of young children with additional needs to help them with some of the unique challenges they face.

Halifax dad takes on 3 peaks challenge to help children with same condition as his daughter

Wednesday 27th March 2019

Dad of two Mark Briggs from Halifax is joining with friends to do the three peaks challenge while fundraising for children who have the same condition as his daughter.

Join us for Dinosaur Day 2019!

Monday 25th March 2019

At Contact we are gearing up for our most ROAR-some fundraising event of the year. Dinosaur Day 2019 will be held on Wednesday 19th June and we are calling on supporters to get involved.

Thanks for taking part in our school attendance Q&A

Friday 22nd March 2019

Thanks to everyone who took part in our school attendance Facebook Q&A yesterday. You can read back through the Q&A on our Facebook page.

Concerned about your child’s attendance at school? Ask our experts on Facebook this Wednesday 20th March

Monday 18th March 2019

We are running a Facebook Q&A session next Wednesday, 20th March between 2-5pm, when you can ask our education experts any questions or worries you have about your child’s attendance at school.

It's World Sleep Day Today!

Friday 15th March 2019

A child that doesn't sleep well can affect the whole family. Disabled children and those with certain medical conditions are more likely to experience problems with sleeping, making it especially important for those in the sector to know how to identify sleep patterns, which factors can affect poor sleep and what to do about it.

Contact Scotland hosts first ever national event to improve life chances for disabled young people

Wednesday 13th March 2019

Over 100 parents of disabled young people from across Scotland are gathering in Glasgow today (Wednesday 13 March) at the first ever post school transitions conference of its kind.

Do you have concerns about your child's education? Our new podcast is for you

Monday 11th March 2019

We've published a new podcast helping you understand all your options if you're not happy with your child's education.

Contact pledges support to Lancashire families fighting short breaks cuts

Wednesday 6th March 2019

Contact is lending support to Lancashire families of disabled children campaigning against proposed cuts to specialist after-school and holiday clubs.