Laura and Aiden’s family Disability benefit changes, squeezed education, health and social care support for children with additional needs. Add to this a liberal sprinkling of parent blame, and it’s...
Contact has participated in a roundtable discussion on school attendance, hosted by Claire Young, the Liberal Democrat MP for Thornbury and Yate. The event took place in Westminster last month....
MPs on the Education Committee are calling for urgent reform of disabled children’s social care after an inquiry found disabled children and their parents were “treated with suspicion” and subjected...
If your disabled child or young person is getting ready to move into post-16 education or training, you may have questions about transport support from your local authority. To help...
Many parents of children with additional needs talk about the battle to get support for their child. One of the routes of complaint about this for families in England is...
Young people on Universal Credit out of employment or learning for 18 months will be offered guaranteed paid work. The new youth guarantee initiative hopes to support young people into...
At Contact, we often hear from families who want to raise issues that matter to them and their disabled child with MPs and local decision makers. But often they are...
The Government has launched the Milburn Review to investigate why so many 16–24‑year‑olds are not in education, employment or training (NEET). The review is now calling for evidence from young...
The government has announced a £200m special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) training programme will roll out to every nursery, school and college in the country. The programme will mean...
The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) has published new regulations this week that should increase the number of people who receive higher Universal Credit health element payments when rules...
The government has opened its consultation on the schools white paper and its plans to reform the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system in England. The schools white paper,“Every...
Today on Radio 4’s SEND in the Spotlight, mum Becci Tobin, a Contact Changemaker, has spoken about the importance of the health part of her son Keir’s education health and...
Attempts to address rising home-to-school transport costs with cuts to post-16 provision is putting access to education at risk for children and young people with SEND (special educational needs and...
An overview of the proposed changes, and what Contact welcomes, what we're concerned about, and where the gaps are.
A government consultation is asking unpaid carers and parents of seriously ill children what extra support you need to work. Make Work Pay seeks to find out whether carers need...
This Q&A for was families in England, but you can find advice on this topic wherever you live in the UK on our school transport webpages. Thank you to everyone...
Carer’s Allowance earnings rules prevent two thirds of parent carers from taking on more paid work, our new polling shows. 815 parent carers responded to our online poll: Carer’s Allowance...