Is your child aged between 10 and 18? There is a new network of youth clubs for children and young people known as the Ambassador Clubs. Read More...

A reduction in funding from the Northern Ireland Assembly for the year 2011/12, and a significant increase in family applications, means that all Family Fund grant funding has been used. Read More...

An extra £20 million has been pledged for the fund which helps elderly people and those with disabilities, including families with children with disabilities, to carry on living independently in their own homes. Read More...

The government will launch a new Disability Living Allowance (DLA) claim form for children across the UK. Read More...

'Preparing for Adulthood's' vision is that young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) have equal life chances as they move into adulthood. For example, paid employment, independent living, choice and control, community inclusion, friends and relationships. Read More...

The Training and Development Agency (TDA) for schools’ deadline is looming. You must register with training providers for a National Award for Special Education Needs Co-ordination plus Postgraduate Certificate in SEN award by 31 January 2012. Read More...

The long-standing Time to Change campaign has received extended, and new funding, to continue its work in tackling mental health stigma and discrimination. The new funding for the campaign comes from the Department for Health, and will fund new work to tackle stigma and discrimination regarding mental health issues amongst children and young people. Read More...

Care Services Minister, Paul Burstow, has announced that the government is investing £32 million in psychological therapies, including talking therapies, for children and teenagers with mental health problems. One in ten children aged 5-16 years has a clinically diagnosable mental health problem and mental illness in childhood and adolescence which can impact on their future life chances. The investment is allowing psychological therapies to be specifically adapted from successful models for adults to fit children and teenager’s needs. Read More...

This new tool, produced in collaboration with a panel of parents, gives parents and carers the opportunity to give their views on their child's school, and to rank 12 key aspects such as quality of teaching, behaviour, level of homework, bullying and ultimately whether or not parents would recommend the school to other parents. Read More...

Children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) have made progress in attainment, behaviour and attendance under a government-funded pilot, according to a new report. Read More...