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Rare Disease Day is happening on 29 February this year. Rare Disease UK is calling on people to use this event to contact your local member of Parliament (MP). The government have promised to launch a public consultation on a rare disease plan for the UK, but so far they have delayed this. Read More...
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Disability campaigners including Sue Marsh (who has a serious medical condition) of the ‘Diary of a Benefit Scrounger’ blog and Kaliya Franklin, have released a major report on the government’s Welfare Reform Bill. Read More...
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A new consultation is open and available for parents to respond to as well as organisations. It seeks to gather views on proposals to set eligibility criteria for entitlement to free early education for two year olds. It also seeks to gather views on the guidance that should be given to Local Authorities on the delivery of free early education and securing childcare. Read More...
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Following a review the Government has today announced this week that disabled people living in residential care homes and colleges will continue to have their additional mobility needs met. This will be through the Disability Living Allowance (DLA) and the Personal Independence Payment (PIP). Read More...
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Every Disabled Child Matters (EDCM) and The Children's Trust, Tadworth have written a letter that you can send to your local MP, asking them to call on the Health Secretary Andrew Lansley and Earl Howe to make child health and the needs of disabled children a priority in the Health and Social Care Bill. Read More...
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Take Action! Ask your local authority to send you the ‘short breaks statement’ for your local area. Read More...
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Think tank Demos has looked at the impact of local authority spending cuts on people with disabilities. The research, funded by charity Scope, has been used to put together a map showing how councils in England and Wales are managing social care budgets. Read More...
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Could you write to the NHS to help Whizz-Kids reform children's wheelchair services? Read More...
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Contact a Family has signed up to a petition launched by the Children’s Society, calling for a reversal of the proposed policy in the Welfare Reform Bill. Read More...
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Whizz-Kidz, the national youth mobility charity, has launched a new campaign calling on government to Fast Forward wheelchair provision for disabled children and young people. Read More...
Contact a Family Northern Ireland joins alliance giving voice to disabled children and their families.
Contact a Family Northern Ireland is part of the Children with Disabilities Alliance (CDSA) together with ‘Disability Action’ and ‘Children in Northern Ireland’. Since 2009 the Alliance has worked to influence policy-making in the Northern Ireland Assembly, informing and influencing government to make sure that help and support for disabled children and their families are a priority for the government’s programme.
The CDSA’s aims are to:
- promote the rights and best interests of children and young people with a disability;
- raise awareness of exclusion experienced by children and young people with disabilities in their daily lives; and
- recommend actions that will help address the barriers they encounter.
Frances Murphy Manager of Contact a Family’s Northern Ireland Office said: “The CDSA is an important part of our work in fighting for justice and the rights of disabled children and their families.”
Read more about the campaign and read more here about the Alliance
To find out more about the work we do at Contact a Family Northern Ireland, please call Catherine Flannigan on 028 9262 7552 or email catherine.flannigan@cafamily.org.uk.
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