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About Sense

We believe everyone should be able to take part in life, no matter their disability.

Our work helps thousands of people who are deafblind or who have complex disabilities to communicate, experience the world and fulfil their potential.

Find out what makes us different.

On a big inflatable play area, a girl with braided hair, wearing an orange top and dungarees plays with a colourful toy.

A lot of social workers or teachers haven’t understood U’nite’s needs, because she’s multi-sensory impaired.

But Sense understand. They have been brilliant. They’re so passionate in what they do, and they’ve shown so much concern.
Althea, whose daughter U’nite is supported by Sense

Latest blog posts

Orla tasting a marshmallow while sitting with a Sense Holidays volunteer in the woods.

Sense Holidays give every child the chance to feel the excitement of their first trip away from home

Claudine is one of our brilliant volunteers, who makes Sense Holidays possible. She tells us how she supported Orla, 11, on her very first holiday.

Friends Orla and Bethany wearing their raincoats and sitting on a log in the forest.

A Sense Holiday helped social butterfly Orla to stretch her wings

Orla, 11, came on her very first Sense Holiday last year, and had an amazing time. Her mum Anna tells us all about it.

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We need to flip the narrative on disability benefits

As Chief Executive of Sense, I think it is critical for leaders to engage with policy debates but to be constructive and offer solutions. Charities must be true to their beliefs and opinions but be…

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