Press releases

Sense responds to the interim Timms Review

9 July 2026 - Harriet Edwards, Director of Influencing at the national disability charity Sense, said:

"Too many disabled people are being failed by the current benefits system, and we welcome the Timms Review's acknowledgment of this. Sense research found that nearly half of disabled people with complex needs on benefits said that the application process made their conditions worse; this is clearly a system that needs to urgently change.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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