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04 Sep 2019
Announcement on Further Education Funding
We were pleased to see a recent announcement that the Department for Education will be providing £400 million funding…
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02 Sep 2019
Government announces funding pledge for schools
The Prime Minister announced last Friday that a package of £14 billion will be invested in primary and secondary educ…
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21 Aug 2019
CDC Summer Digest 2019
Welcome to a very special edition of the CDC Summer Digest. This issue contains all the news and updates from the…
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SEND Reforms
6 Sep 2019 10:00 — 16:00
Funding for SEND and those who need AP: DfE consultation event
The Department for Education and the Council for Disabled Children invite you to an event to gather additional feedbac…
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Social Care
16 Jun 2020 10:30 — 19 Jun 10:30
2020 International Respite (Short Break) Conference
Deadline extension: You now have until the 16th of October to submit an astract The conference The Internationa…
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10 Jul 2019
It takes leaders to break down siloes: CDC's new report on integrating services
It takes leaders to break down siloes: Intergrating services for disabled children Children and young people with s…
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03 Jul 2019
NCB's trip to Parliament: Raising awareness of the gap in services for young people
On the 30th of April, the National Children's Bureau left their East London office for Parliament, to raise awareness…
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03 Jul 2019
Postcard From Stockholm - Philippa Stobbs
There’s an anxiety associated with stumbling around an airport when you’ve just landed and you’re trying to find…
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02 Jul 2019
SEND Data Bulletins
Designed to share learning and encourage greater progress on improving data on disabled children and young people to i…
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01 Jul 2019
Government announces group for improving support for students with disabilities in higher education
The Universities Minister announced that a new group will be created to improve support for students with disabilities…
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27 Jun 2019
The Government publishes guidance on supporting children and young people who are at risk of restrictive intervention
The Government published today non-statutory guidance on how to support children and young people with learning disabi…
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26 Jun 2019
New government drive to tackle barriers faced by disabled people omits children and young people
The Prime Minister launched yesterday new measures that aim to tackle the barriers faced by disabled people, in the wo…
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07 Mar 2019
FLARE Social Media Week: Rights Session Plan
The Council for Disabled Children ran a social media week on 8th April 2019. They wanted to encourage young people to…
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05 Feb 2019
CDC Winter Digest 2019
Welcome to your CDC winter Digest. A snapshot of this quarter's digest: CDC's conference on getting relatio…
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10 Dec 2018
Factsheet #7: Monitoring and Evaluation
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26 Mar 2021
A blog from Dame Christine Lenehan
On the Roundtable with Minister Ford - A Covid Recovery Plan and the SEND Review As part of our DFE Strategic R…
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11 Feb 2021
Over £42 Million support extended for children with SEND.
Projects worth over £42 million to help raise educational standards, improve services and provide practical support t…
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14 Jan 2021
Looking forward for SEND: The Review, the challenges, the culture change
This morning Minister Ford gave a speech at the TES SEN virtual show, a catch up on all of the key issues in SEND and…
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