Contact a Family, in conjunction with Hampden Way Children’s Centre, are running a series of workshops in Barnet, London. The workshops will offer Children’s Centre staff the opportunity to learn more about supporting parents with disabled children, coping with challenging behaviour, (available for staff and parents who have a disabled child under 5 years), as well as disability awareness in everyday working practice. The dates are as follows. Read More...

We will be launching a new website in this summer and so need your views. Whether you are a new visitor to the site, or use it on a regular basis - we need your input to help make our website the one-stop-shop for families with disabled children. Read More...

Contact a Family’s Family Life project is here to help support families with disabled children around relationship issues. Part of the project focuses on parents helping other parents, by sharing their stories and experiences about family life and couple relationships. Read More...

On Tuesday 17 January, Samantha Cameron hosted a reception for Contact a Family at 10 Downing Street to raise awareness of our fundraising campaign Stronger families. Happier lives. Read More...

Times are changing and we’re changing with them. We are trying to find out views from you - the parents and families of disabled children - as to where Contact a Family should be focusing its work over the next five years. Read More...

Contact a Family is urging the House of Commons to honour last night's vote by Peers to reject plans to halve disability additions under the Universal Credit for all but the most severely disabled children. Read More...

The Secretary of State, Andrew Lansley has announced that a new focus on improving care for children and young people will be unveiled later this year. Read More...

Contact a Family is a partner in a new scheme aiming to encourage public and private organisations to become more family friendly. The Family Friendly project encourages organisations to sign up to review and improve their approach to employment and their services to families. When organisations achieve a suitable family friendly standard they will be able to display a specific logo illustrating this. Read More...

Contact a Family is urging families with disabled children to call our freephone helpline to check their benefits with an expert - not only to make sure they are claiming all they are entitled to, but to prepare for the new benefits regulations happening in April. Read More...

If you are a grandparent of a child with a disability you can sometimes find yourself in a difficult position; your child may need emotional and practical support but at the same time you may be just coming to terms with your grandchild’s disability. Many grandparents provide a considerable amount of care for their disabled grandchild and through this, experience a unique range of issues. Read More...