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Together for disabled children

Contact a Family, working in partnership with Serco, has been contracted to form a new national support body, Together for Disabled Children.

Together for Disabled Children (TDC).

TDC has been supporting the short breaks and parent participation strands of the Aiming High for Disabled Children programme. This has included supporting the development of parent participation across all local authorities and Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) in England. This support has been provided through a grants programme and support by parent participation advisers in each area.

Aiming High for Disabled Children.

Aiming High for Disabled Children came as a result of the cross party parliamentary review for disabled children which recognised that disabled children and their families have been missing out for too long on services, and focused on seeing a transformation of those services. The report was backed by £430 million of additional money to be spent on disabled children’s services over three years. The programme is in its final year.

The majority of money promised in the 'Aiming High for Disabled Children' report was allocated for spending on short break provisions. It also committed £35 million to pilot accessible childcare and £19 million for a transition support programme to help young disabled people make the transition to adulthood. £5 million was also allocated to help parents get involved in shaping services at a local level.

Parents and children and young people have been very involved across all of the Aiming High strands in influencing the services developed. You can read examples of innovative practice parent participation and involving children and young people on the Together for Disabled Children website. With the programme in its final year and expected cuts in the public sector it is more important than ever that parents continue to get involved in talking to their local services providers and getting their voices heard. Working collectively increases the influence parents can have, and will help to ensure service decisions are focused on local needs.

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