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...
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Challenging Behaviour
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,...
Rewatch our Child Trust Funds and Mental Capacity Live Q&A
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...
Your top questions answered in our social care Q&A
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...
Grants, home adaptations and financial help for parent carers: your top questions answered
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...
Government pledges education bill in King’s Speech
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...
Updated guidance on free school meals published
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...
Disabled youngsters unfairly locked out of savings – help us campaign
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...
DCP launches Manifesto 2024
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...
Kabuki syndrome
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...
Good News on Child Trust Funds
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...
Contact calls for free school meals voucher scheme for disabled children
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...
Universal Credit for disabled students: your top 5 questions answered
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...
Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome
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...
‘Your voice’ ahead of summer social care report
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...
The ‘Health’ part of an education health and care plan
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...
Selective Mutism
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...
How would national eligibility criteria for disabled children’s social care help families?
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...