The Children and Families Bill is due to have its second reading in the House of Commons on 25 February. The Bill is seeking to introduce more integrated assessment and provision for children with Special Educational Needs (SEN).   Sense's Public Policy team has produced a briefing for...

As members of the Care and Support Alliance, we support the partial welcome for the announcement on funding social care. It is a very partial acknowledgement because the proposed new system will do nothing for disabled people, who do not have a large income or own their own house. Further, while...

In response to the publication of the Children and Families Bill today Sir Paul Ennals, Interim Director of Strategy at Sense said: 'We welcome the publication of the Children and Families Bill which aims to reform the current system of support for children with Special Educational Needs (SEN). "...

On Thursday 31 January, the Government committed to make changes to the draft regulations that set out who will be able to get Personal Independence Payment (PIP), and how they will be assessed. The changes, which will be made by passing an amendment to the original regulations (see footnote for...

The Social Services & Well-being Bill (Wales), introduced in the Welsh Assembly on Tuesday, is welcome but needs further clarity to ensure deafblind people continue to receive specialist assessment of their needs, according to Sense Cymru. “Sense Cymru is pleased that the Bill will give the...

Sense welcomes the Education Committee's report on the draft Children and Families Bill published today. In particular we welcome the recommendation that regulations must make clear the necessary skills for individuals undertaking assessments. In a survey carried out by Sense, 87% of responses...

Commenting on the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessment criteria and rates released by the Government today to replace Disability Living Allowance (DLA), Sue Brown, Head of Public Policy at the deafblind charity Sense, says: "Now that the criteria for PIP have been published, Sense calls...

Rebecca Front joins national charity call for vital support for deafblind children Read about and watch videos of our intervenors parliamentary event With deafblind children and their parents, Rebecca Front joined Sense for a parliamentary event with Minister Edward Timpson from the Department of...

Nine out of 10 deafblind children left without hope of professional support New research by Sense shows that only 10 per cent of deafblind children have been identified by local authorities and only three out of the 10 per cent are getting the intervenor support they vitally need.  Read about and...

Sense has recently published its 2011 - 2012 survey of local authority services for deafblind/multi-sensory impaired children and young people. The survey is focused on social care provision and the implementation of the children’s Deafblind Guidance. This research has been approved by the...