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Supreme Court ruling is “a major blow to the rights of disabled people”
3 June 2026 - The Supreme Court has ruled that disabled people aged 16 and over who lack capacity can be treated as consenting to their care arrangements. Here is Sense's response.
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Sense responds to Alan Milburn’s first report: ‘Workplaces are not designed with disabled people in mind’
28 May 2026 - Today, Alan Milburn published his first report exploring why there are almost a million young people who are Not in Employment, Education and Training. Here’s our response to it.
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Decathlon Names Sense as its 2026 UK Charity Partner of the Year
12 May 2026 - Decathlon UK has announced Sense as its incoming Charity of the Year for 2026
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Deafblind children growing up with no specialist support new FOI research reveals
12 May 2026 – More than half of England’s local authorities do not employ a single specialist teacher to support deafblind children to learn and communicate, new research from the national disability charity Sense has revealed – and the situation has worsened in the past five years.
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Sense launches three-year transformation plan
15 April 2026 – The charity’s new strategy is based on input from 3,000 people connected to Sense
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Sense says any targeted support for energy bills must put disabled people ‘front and centre’
24 March 2026 – Today Rachel Reeves has said that there could be targeted support for energy bills for those who need it the most.
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Five-year-old deafblind boy makes acting debut on EastEnders
19 March 2026 – A five-year-old deafblind boy from Clitheroe, Lancashire, has made his acting debut on BBC One’s EastEnders
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Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister meets disabled children and adults at landmark disability hub
27 February 2026 – Emma Little-Pengelly MLA, the Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland, visited Sense Hub Belfast
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Sense responds to government’s proposed reforms to the SEND system
23 February 2026 – National disability charity Sense will support families to make sure their voices are heard during the consultation process
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Families forced to pay thousands as broken SEND system leaves disabled children without adequate support
20 February 2026 – Parents of disabled children with complex needs are being forced to spend an average of more than £8,500 a year
