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80,000 young people who lack the mental capacity to manage their own finances are locked out of their Child Trust Fund. Thanks to @bimafolomi for agreeing to meet to discuss this further. I hope his offer is extended to campaigners.

Please share far & wide! Guide for parents on the use of Advocates/Representatives in #SEND cases. Download free here: chatterpack.net Hayley Mason-Seager Barney Angliss Samantha hale

Please read and share our #GeneralElection roadmap with your local parliamentary candidates and ask them to pledge their support to disabled children if elected, here: ow.ly/HuTt50RSN56 You can also download our Roadmap for the next Government here: ow.ly/RXqp50RSN57

I was expecting neglect, rage, blame, justice and of course buses but also found love, recovery, friendship and the power of grief. Thank you Laughing Boy. Prof Ryan Stephen Unwin Jermyn Street Theatre

Our #GeneralElection roadmap calls on the next Government to take action, and pledge their support to disabled children. Please share with your parliamentary candidates and ask them to support our plan. Read more here: tinyurl.com/5fsntcr3 #disabledchildren

Will the manifestos this week mention SEND? Parents of SEND kids we’ve spoken to say high transport costs is denying their children access to education. Contact tell us govt loopholes on Post-16 transport need to close. Report w/ Ayshah Tull youtu.be/aeywj2XYVBs?si…

Education hasn’t featured much at all in this General Election But some of the most vulnerable young people are finding that their transport to school could be cut with parents of #SEND children struggling to cope Filmed/ Produced Toby Bakare m.youtube.com/watch?si=UlFMj…

We are thrilled to launch our new parent-led, school transport project. Made possible thanks to a grant from the Motability Foundation Foundation. Read more: ow.ly/nnX050SfhRW

We're proud to be providing Contact with a grant to research the challenges faced by disabled children and their families when accessing transport to and from school. Great to see this coverage from Channel 4 highlighting the challenges. bit.ly/4eCbpR5

For campaigning for disabled children who are missing out on their free school meal entitlement, the Disability #CharityAwards goes to Contact – congrats!

Thank you so much! We are so proud of our team for their incredible hard work on this campaign alongside parent carer Natalie 👏🏻💙

Natalie Hay's free school meal campaign won the The Charity Awards on behalf of the 164K disabled children that WERE missing out on a school lunch...woo hoo parent carer power

Win for Rook Irwin Sweeney and lan Byrne MP and the amazing Natalie H

The 2024 Overall Award for Excellence, sponsored by CCLA, goes to LandWorks! 👏👏👏 #CharityAwards

I really hope families feel seen today. There are some powerful messages in today’s coverage of failures of SEND support about the colossal waste of children’s talent and potential. Good and right that Bridget Phillipson response leads with the need to build trust and listen.

ITV News is placing the spotlight on Special Educational Needs and disability (SEND) today, 25 July. It reveals the impact of a failing education system for disabled children across its news channels. Read more here: contact.org.uk/about-contact/…

Our policy officer, Imogen Steele has given give her assessment of the ISOS Partnership report published today. Read it here: contact.org.uk/about-contact/… #SENDreport

Contact’s Rachel Dixon with Jen Craft, Ben Coleman and Daniel Francis MP after the Westminster Hall Debate on post-16 school transport for disabled children. There were a total of 33 speeches, and Rachel had the opportunity to mention Contact’s stats on school transport from

On @bbcbreakfast at 08.14am today.👉 A mum faces a 57 week court battle to help her disabled son access £952 in his Child Trust Fund. Another family goes to the finance firm and gets access in 5 days. Please, it’s time for common sense and one process that’s accessible to all