Disabled Children's Partnership
@dcpcampaign.bsky.social
The DCP is a coalition of organisations campaigning to improve support for disabled children, young people & families. https://disabledchildrenspartnership.org.uk/
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We've had a go at one of those starter pack things! The DCP has more than 120 members - here are thoseon Bluesky (DCP members - please let us know if we've missed you out!)
go.bsky.app/4QNiZEF And if your organisation is interested in joining them: email disabledchildrens.partnership@mencap.org.uk
go.bsky.app/4QNiZEF And if your organisation is interested in joining them: email disabledchildrens.partnership@mencap.org.uk
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Yesterday, we hosted an event at the Labour Party Conference to speak up for the two million children struggling to talk and understand words!
Thank you to our panel for joining this session.
Thank you to our panel for joining this session.
October 1, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Yesterday, we hosted an event at the Labour Party Conference to speak up for the two million children struggling to talk and understand words!
Thank you to our panel for joining this session.
Thank you to our panel for joining this session.
"I wish the council would do better and that they would see all children, not just able-bodied children first, because implementing a ramp, for example, it doesn't take away from able-bodied children; it just opens things up to more children." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Disabled daughter excluded from playground in Bromsgrove - family
A family say upgrade plans to a playground in Bromsgrove mean their disabled daughter cannot use it.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 1, 2025 at 7:51 AM
"I wish the council would do better and that they would see all children, not just able-bodied children first, because implementing a ramp, for example, it doesn't take away from able-bodied children; it just opens things up to more children." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Thank you to everyone who joined the #FightForOrdinary rally last week.
As the Labour Party Conference begins tomorrow, we’re hopeful that the voices of families, young people and professionals will be heard.
Together, we can build a system that works for every child.
As the Labour Party Conference begins tomorrow, we’re hopeful that the voices of families, young people and professionals will be heard.
Together, we can build a system that works for every child.
September 27, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Thank you to everyone who joined the #FightForOrdinary rally last week.
As the Labour Party Conference begins tomorrow, we’re hopeful that the voices of families, young people and professionals will be heard.
Together, we can build a system that works for every child.
As the Labour Party Conference begins tomorrow, we’re hopeful that the voices of families, young people and professionals will be heard.
Together, we can build a system that works for every child.
The Government’s upcoming Schools White Paper could change everything for children with speech & language challenges.
We must get SEND reform right. Join us and @speechandlanguk.bsky.social and email your MP today: speechandlanguage.eaction.org.uk/transforming...
We must get SEND reform right. Join us and @speechandlanguk.bsky.social and email your MP today: speechandlanguage.eaction.org.uk/transforming...
September 24, 2025 at 8:01 AM
The Government’s upcoming Schools White Paper could change everything for children with speech & language challenges.
We must get SEND reform right. Join us and @speechandlanguk.bsky.social and email your MP today: speechandlanguage.eaction.org.uk/transforming...
We must get SEND reform right. Join us and @speechandlanguk.bsky.social and email your MP today: speechandlanguage.eaction.org.uk/transforming...
Babies, children and young people make up around 25% of the population, yet they only account for 11% of NHS spending. The #ChildHealthWorkforceAlliance is here to make sure government addresses this in its new NHS workforce plan. Find out more: buff.ly/gF261o1 #ChildHealth #10YearPlan
September 23, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Babies, children and young people make up around 25% of the population, yet they only account for 11% of NHS spending. The #ChildHealthWorkforceAlliance is here to make sure government addresses this in its new NHS workforce plan. Find out more: buff.ly/gF261o1 #ChildHealth #10YearPlan
Ms Turner said trying to get an education for her daughter had "turned our life upside down".
"The education system has just failed her completely." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"The education system has just failed her completely." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Getting SEN support is 'like fighting a war'
The mother of an autistic teenager says it is a
www.bbc.co.uk
September 22, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Ms Turner said trying to get an education for her daughter had "turned our life upside down".
"The education system has just failed her completely." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"The education system has just failed her completely." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The DCP response following the publication of ‘Solving the SEND Crisis’ by the Education Select Committee
September 18, 2025 at 8:24 AM
The DCP response following the publication of ‘Solving the SEND Crisis’ by the Education Select Committee
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The SEND system is broken and needs serious reform.
I support @dcpcampaign.bsky.social in calling for no child to be left behind.
This can't just be about councils trying to cut costs.
We must end the battles too many families are fighting for their children and improve outcomes for all.
I support @dcpcampaign.bsky.social in calling for no child to be left behind.
This can't just be about councils trying to cut costs.
We must end the battles too many families are fighting for their children and improve outcomes for all.
September 17, 2025 at 3:44 PM
The SEND system is broken and needs serious reform.
I support @dcpcampaign.bsky.social in calling for no child to be left behind.
This can't just be about councils trying to cut costs.
We must end the battles too many families are fighting for their children and improve outcomes for all.
I support @dcpcampaign.bsky.social in calling for no child to be left behind.
This can't just be about councils trying to cut costs.
We must end the battles too many families are fighting for their children and improve outcomes for all.
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🎧 In episode 9 of Talking Inclusion... with Geoff Barton, Stephen Kingdom from @dcpcampaign.bsky.social joins @mmulholland.bsky.social, arguing we’re asking the wrong question on SEND: it’s not about “fixing SEND” but the whole education system.
“Fixing SEND by fixing education” with Stephen Kingdom
Talking Inclusion… With Geoff Barton · Episode
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September 16, 2025 at 4:15 PM
🎧 In episode 9 of Talking Inclusion... with Geoff Barton, Stephen Kingdom from @dcpcampaign.bsky.social joins @mmulholland.bsky.social, arguing we’re asking the wrong question on SEND: it’s not about “fixing SEND” but the whole education system.
We welcome the publication of the Law Commission’s final report and recommendations following its review of disabled children’s social care. (1/4)
September 16, 2025 at 12:52 PM
We welcome the publication of the Law Commission’s final report and recommendations following its review of disabled children’s social care. (1/4)
Wow! Thank you to everyone who joined us at Parliament for the #FightForOrdinary rally and MP drop-in. Your voices were powerful, passionate, and impossible to ignore. 💬📢 (1/4)
September 16, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Wow! Thank you to everyone who joined us at Parliament for the #FightForOrdinary rally and MP drop-in. Your voices were powerful, passionate, and impossible to ignore. 💬📢 (1/4)
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@janeharrislondon.bsky.social was on Sky News this morning representing @dcpcampaign.bsky.social ahead of the SEND rally today!
Reform is desperately needed so that children with SEND and their families don’t have to fight for the ordinary things in life.
Reform is desperately needed so that children with SEND and their families don’t have to fight for the ordinary things in life.
September 15, 2025 at 9:23 AM
@janeharrislondon.bsky.social was on Sky News this morning representing @dcpcampaign.bsky.social ahead of the SEND rally today!
Reform is desperately needed so that children with SEND and their families don’t have to fight for the ordinary things in life.
Reform is desperately needed so that children with SEND and their families don’t have to fight for the ordinary things in life.
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Great to hear @janeharrislondon.bsky.social from
@speechandlanguk.bsky.social & @dcpcampaign.bsky.social highlighting a clear need for more training & greater understanding in schools - reminding us that the system is still stacked against those with additional needs.
@speechandlanguk.bsky.social & @dcpcampaign.bsky.social highlighting a clear need for more training & greater understanding in schools - reminding us that the system is still stacked against those with additional needs.
September 15, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Great to hear @janeharrislondon.bsky.social from
@speechandlanguk.bsky.social & @dcpcampaign.bsky.social highlighting a clear need for more training & greater understanding in schools - reminding us that the system is still stacked against those with additional needs.
@speechandlanguk.bsky.social & @dcpcampaign.bsky.social highlighting a clear need for more training & greater understanding in schools - reminding us that the system is still stacked against those with additional needs.
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MPs drop in today was packed with young people, parents and politicians keen to share stories and solutions. Great to see new minister @georgiagould.bsky.social eager to listen to families’ experiences. These must be front and centre of the reforms. @dcpcampaign.bsky.social @kidscharity.bsky.social
September 15, 2025 at 9:50 PM
MPs drop in today was packed with young people, parents and politicians keen to share stories and solutions. Great to see new minister @georgiagould.bsky.social eager to listen to families’ experiences. These must be front and centre of the reforms. @dcpcampaign.bsky.social @kidscharity.bsky.social
It’s time to fix the SEND system. Because there’s nothing ‘special’ about an education that works for all of us.
Today parents are taking the #FightForOrdinary to Parliament.
Today parents are taking the #FightForOrdinary to Parliament.
September 15, 2025 at 8:11 AM
It’s time to fix the SEND system. Because there’s nothing ‘special’ about an education that works for all of us.
Today parents are taking the #FightForOrdinary to Parliament.
Today parents are taking the #FightForOrdinary to Parliament.
The DCP and @letuslearntoo.bsky.social event in Parliament takes place on Monday.
This is your last chance to invite your MP.
Have your voice heard.
bit.ly/FFOSEPTMP #FightForOrdinary
This is your last chance to invite your MP.
Have your voice heard.
bit.ly/FFOSEPTMP #FightForOrdinary
September 12, 2025 at 8:16 AM
The DCP and @letuslearntoo.bsky.social event in Parliament takes place on Monday.
This is your last chance to invite your MP.
Have your voice heard.
bit.ly/FFOSEPTMP #FightForOrdinary
This is your last chance to invite your MP.
Have your voice heard.
bit.ly/FFOSEPTMP #FightForOrdinary
Families like Kimberly’s deserve better.
There’s nothing ‘special’ about getting the support you’re entitled to.
#FightForOrdinary bit.ly/FightforOrdi...
There’s nothing ‘special’ about getting the support you’re entitled to.
#FightForOrdinary bit.ly/FightforOrdi...
September 5, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Families like Kimberly’s deserve better.
There’s nothing ‘special’ about getting the support you’re entitled to.
#FightForOrdinary bit.ly/FightforOrdi...
There’s nothing ‘special’ about getting the support you’re entitled to.
#FightForOrdinary bit.ly/FightforOrdi...
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Let’s fight for a system that works.
Invite your MP to the @dcpcampaign.bsky.social and Let Us Learn Too event in Parliament: support.disabledchildrenspartnership.org.uk/en-gb/invite...
#FightForOrdinary
Invite your MP to the @dcpcampaign.bsky.social and Let Us Learn Too event in Parliament: support.disabledchildrenspartnership.org.uk/en-gb/invite...
#FightForOrdinary
September 3, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Let’s fight for a system that works.
Invite your MP to the @dcpcampaign.bsky.social and Let Us Learn Too event in Parliament: support.disabledchildrenspartnership.org.uk/en-gb/invite...
#FightForOrdinary
Invite your MP to the @dcpcampaign.bsky.social and Let Us Learn Too event in Parliament: support.disabledchildrenspartnership.org.uk/en-gb/invite...
#FightForOrdinary
Stella Creasy talks sense about SEND children and their families. Parents of disabled young people and those with additional needs just want the ordinary: for their children to learn, and for mums and dads to work. No one should be criticised for that. #FightForOrdinary
Reform are now attacking SEND families -claiming they are abusing the system to get free transport as if an ECHP is just an uber account.
This just shows how little they care for the truth and the damage their prejudices do to the people they target.
This just shows how little they care for the truth and the damage their prejudices do to the people they target.
September 4, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Stella Creasy talks sense about SEND children and their families. Parents of disabled young people and those with additional needs just want the ordinary: for their children to learn, and for mums and dads to work. No one should be criticised for that. #FightForOrdinary
We are unaware of any evidence at all that backs up Richard Tice’s random assertion. Nor are we aware of Reform having a policy on special educational needs and disabilities.
September 1, 2025 at 7:50 PM
We are unaware of any evidence at all that backs up Richard Tice’s random assertion. Nor are we aware of Reform having a policy on special educational needs and disabilities.
"Support, in whatever form it may come, is an investment. As a society, we need to support students even further to let them thrive – and remember that we benefit from their thriving." www.independent.co.uk/voices/send-...
I’m a secondary school teacher: We need more Send provision, not less
Jeremy Hunt’s eye on the special needs budget is short-term when schooling prepares children for their working future, writes teacher Charlotte Harrison. We need to support students even further to le...
www.independent.co.uk
September 1, 2025 at 8:30 AM
"Support, in whatever form it may come, is an investment. As a society, we need to support students even further to let them thrive – and remember that we benefit from their thriving." www.independent.co.uk/voices/send-...
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Concerned about the review of #SEND? Invite your MP to the @dcpcampaign.bsky.social and @letuslearntoo.bsky.social event
#FightForOrdinary is about legally-guaranteed support for children with additional needs. That really should not be too much to ask for
secure.mencap.org.uk/en-gb/invite...
#FightForOrdinary is about legally-guaranteed support for children with additional needs. That really should not be too much to ask for
secure.mencap.org.uk/en-gb/invite...
Invite your MP to the Fight For Ordinary September drop-in!
The Disabled Children's Partnership and Let Us Learn Too will be hosting an event in Parliament on Monday 15th September 2025. As part of the Fight For Ordinary campaign, we will be bringing MPs toget...
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August 29, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Concerned about the review of #SEND? Invite your MP to the @dcpcampaign.bsky.social and @letuslearntoo.bsky.social event
#FightForOrdinary is about legally-guaranteed support for children with additional needs. That really should not be too much to ask for
secure.mencap.org.uk/en-gb/invite...
#FightForOrdinary is about legally-guaranteed support for children with additional needs. That really should not be too much to ask for
secure.mencap.org.uk/en-gb/invite...
Parents like Etta want a SEND system that works.
There’s nothing ‘special’ about a SEND system that doesn’t feel like a battle to navigate.
#FightForOrdinary bit.ly/FightforOrdi...
There’s nothing ‘special’ about a SEND system that doesn’t feel like a battle to navigate.
#FightForOrdinary bit.ly/FightforOrdi...
August 29, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Parents like Etta want a SEND system that works.
There’s nothing ‘special’ about a SEND system that doesn’t feel like a battle to navigate.
#FightForOrdinary bit.ly/FightforOrdi...
There’s nothing ‘special’ about a SEND system that doesn’t feel like a battle to navigate.
#FightForOrdinary bit.ly/FightforOrdi...
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It’s time to fix the SEND system. A whole generation of disabled children and those with additional needs are being let down by a broken education system
Invite your MP to the @dcpcampaign.bsky.social and @letuslearntoo.bsky.social event in Parliament
bit.ly/FFOSEPTMP #FightForOrdinary
Invite your MP to the @dcpcampaign.bsky.social and @letuslearntoo.bsky.social event in Parliament
bit.ly/FFOSEPTMP #FightForOrdinary
August 28, 2025 at 8:22 AM
It’s time to fix the SEND system. A whole generation of disabled children and those with additional needs are being let down by a broken education system
Invite your MP to the @dcpcampaign.bsky.social and @letuslearntoo.bsky.social event in Parliament
bit.ly/FFOSEPTMP #FightForOrdinary
Invite your MP to the @dcpcampaign.bsky.social and @letuslearntoo.bsky.social event in Parliament
bit.ly/FFOSEPTMP #FightForOrdinary
It’s time to fix the SEND system. A whole generation of disabled children and those with additional needs are being let down by a broken education system.
Invite your MP to the DCP and @letuslearntoo event in Parliament.
bit.ly/FFOSEPTMP #FightForOrdinary
Invite your MP to the DCP and @letuslearntoo event in Parliament.
bit.ly/FFOSEPTMP #FightForOrdinary
August 26, 2025 at 8:07 AM
It’s time to fix the SEND system. A whole generation of disabled children and those with additional needs are being let down by a broken education system.
Invite your MP to the DCP and @letuslearntoo event in Parliament.
bit.ly/FFOSEPTMP #FightForOrdinary
Invite your MP to the DCP and @letuslearntoo event in Parliament.
bit.ly/FFOSEPTMP #FightForOrdinary