At the state opening of Parliament last month, the Queen set out the new government’s plan for their first year in office. The following proposed Bills may have a potential impact on the lives of disabled children. The Childcare Bill The Childcare Offer will extend free childcare...
As you may be aware Sarah Thomas has been appointed as Health Manager with Contact a Family. This has meant that she has had to step down as Co-Chair of the NNPCF. Following an election at a meeting on 25th June the Steering Group are pleased to...
The Department for Education's 0-25 Special Education Needs and Disability Unit has published its June Newsletter. The newsletter is for civil servants and looks at the Implementation of the SEND system and goes into detail on transition planning, the Local Offer and co-production. Also discussed in...
Our Healthier South East London have published an Issues Paper that sets out a range of issues faced by the NHS in south east London. We are developing plans to tackle these issues over the next five years. Some of the improvements can be made locally...
Action for Children, CDC, Contact a Family and KIDS are working together to increase participation of parents, carers and young people in working alongside commissioners and providers to increase innovation in delivery of short breaks and to build on user led approaches and personalised provision....
The Council or Disabled Children together with National Delivery Partners have produced some excellent resources which are available to download from their websites. A new toolkit which explores how person-centred approaches can help effectively transfer Statements and Learning Difficultly Assessments to Education and Health Care Plans http://preparingforadulthood.org.uk/resources/pfa-resources/the-preparing-for-adulthood-review Sets...
