Deadline approaches to make sure tax credits payments for your 16-19 year old don’t stop
If you have a 16-19 year old who’ll be staying in school or college after the summer holidays, remember to let the Tax Credit Office know by 31 August or...
If you have a 16-19 year old who’ll be staying in school or college after the summer holidays, remember to let the Tax Credit Office know by 31 August or...
As all children grow up there are times when they show difficult or inappropriate behaviour. Challenging behaviour is a term that is used to describe particularly “difficult” or “problematic” behaviour,...
Missed our recent Facebook Live on Child Trust Funds, Junior ISAs and mental capacity? Not to worry – you can still view the recording on Facebook or watch it on...
This story applies to England only. Last week, parent carers attended our Facebook Q&A on Social Care, Rights & Processes to get expert, live advice from our parent advisers. And...
We recently hosted a special Facebook Q&A session where parent carers could get our team’s advice about grants, home adaptations and other sources of financial support available to families with...
The new Labour government has pledged to enact new education policies in today’s King’s Speech. King Charles III set out the government’s legislative agenda, including plans for a children’s wellbeing...
In a huge win for disabled children and the free school meal disability inclusion campaign, the government has published its updated guidance on free school meals in England. The guidance now...
Contact is supporting parent campaigners, Child Trust Fund providers and law firms in campaigning for disabled young people to have fair access to their savings. Tens of thousands of disabled...
The Disabled Children’s Partnership (DCP), chaired by Contact CEO Anna Bird, is proud to launch its Manifesto 2024. A Manifesto for Disabled Children and their families sets out what the...
Also known as: Kabuki Make-up syndrome; Niikawa-Kuroki syndrome Kabuki syndrome is a genetic condition that results in a typical pattern of physical and developmental problems. The facial features of the...
Last week, we shared news that nearly there are an estimated 1 million teens missing out on savings locked away in their Child Trust Funds. So we were delighted to...
We’re happy to be supporting a parent-led campaign calling for food vouchers for eligible disabled children unable to access free meals at school. About the campaign Natalie Hay, a parent...
Last week, our family finance advisers ran a special Facebook Q&A on claiming Universal Credit (UC) for a disabled young person in education – and it’s safe to say it...
Also known as: Exomphalos-macroglossia-gigantism syndrome; Neonatal Hypoglycaemia; Wiedemann-Beckwith syndrome Background Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS) is a congenital (present at birth) overgrowth syndrome. This means that children with the condition are usually...
Through Your Voice, we provide parents with a platform to respond to current hot topics from their own lived experience. Together, we can make sure parent’s concerns are front and centre...
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...
Background A crucial diagnostic element of selective mutism (SM) is that the child has the ability to both comprehend spoken language and to speak, but yet fails to do so...
This news story applies in England only. Have you been turned down for social care support because your child has the “wrong kind of disability”? Or did your child loose...