Care Act stocktake
The Programme Management Office undertook three Care Act stocktakes in advance of the introduction of the changes in April 2015. Click here to read more....
The Programme Management Office undertook three Care Act stocktakes in advance of the introduction of the changes in April 2015. Click here to read more....
Sent on behalf of the NNPCF: Dear Parent Carer, Some of you will have heard about the Wheelchair Leadership Alliance and the new Wheelchair Charter that was launched on 20th July. Here is a link to our news item on the NNPCF website with more details: http://www.nnpcf.org.uk/the-national-wheelchair-alliance-launches-charter-and-national-campaign/ There have been...
Click here to read the House of Commons BRIEFING PAPER, 9 July 2015 Special Educational Needs: support in England....
Edward Timpson MP Minister of State for Children and Families Read the Minsters Letter here re: Transfers from Statements and Learning Difficulty Assessments to Education, Health and Care plans ...
Latest newsletter from the Department for Education, click here to read. Also includes some headlines from the most recent Parent Carer Forum survey and the local authority surveys. You can also see the headline findings of the PCF survey findings by clicking here ...
The Isos partnership has today published a report into the high needs funding system, which is available here. The research was commissioned to investigate the way that funding for children and young people with SEN is spent, the reasons for differences between spending patterns in...
The Mathieson family have made history as the decision on their landmark case means this is the first time ever that the Supreme Court has found for a claimant in a social security case. Click here to read more from Contact a Family and here for...
The Short Breaks Partnership is a consortium made up of Contact a Family, the Council for Disabled Children, Action for Children and KIDS. As part of the National Prospectus Grants programme, they have received funding from the Department for Education to develop guidance on the...
The Department for Education’s has published its latest statistics on new statements of SEN and Education, Health and Care plans. It covers the period January 2014 to January 2015. This data includes the number of statements and plans issued, and the outcomes from the transfer...
As part of their transition and implementation arrangements the Government awarded a number of contracts and grants to the voluntary and community sector to provide information, advice and support to those effected by the reforms. Strategic Reform Partner will provide expert advice to government and through...