Meagan Leggett
@meaganell.bsky.social
Work for Contact - UK-wide charity supporting families with disabled children with rights-based information and advice; reducing isolation and improving confidence. Learning and striving for a more equal world. Parent/carer
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A new name for Contact could be on the table – please pull up a chair…
Please take a few minutes to complete our short survey.
The survey is open until Friday 24 October 💚
Please take a few minutes to complete our short survey.
The survey is open until Friday 24 October 💚
A new name for Contact could be on the table - please pull up a chair...
Can you help Contact explore a new name that will help us reach more families?
f.mtr.cool
October 17, 2025 at 1:03 PM
A new name for Contact could be on the table – please pull up a chair…
Please take a few minutes to complete our short survey.
The survey is open until Friday 24 October 💚
Please take a few minutes to complete our short survey.
The survey is open until Friday 24 October 💚
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The voluntary and community sector doesn’t need or want migrants to do forced labour for us in a form of state exploitation. We do need the govt. to stop targeting the groups we serve and fund us to do the jobs the state relies on us for. And to like end poverty and the economic crisis.
*wanking motion*
September 28, 2025 at 1:18 PM
The voluntary and community sector doesn’t need or want migrants to do forced labour for us in a form of state exploitation. We do need the govt. to stop targeting the groups we serve and fund us to do the jobs the state relies on us for. And to like end poverty and the economic crisis.
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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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The SEND system is failing a generation. Every child deserves support to thrive at school.
Ask your MP to act 🔗
https://f.mtr.cool/ibglzctkhj
Ask your MP to act 🔗
https://f.mtr.cool/ibglzctkhj
July 22, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The SEND system is failing a generation. Every child deserves support to thrive at school.
Ask your MP to act 🔗
https://f.mtr.cool/ibglzctkhj
Ask your MP to act 🔗
https://f.mtr.cool/ibglzctkhj
This is great - all about the benefits of flexible working to everyone, and especially carers. And there’s lots to say, too, about the absolutely brilliant people that we are so lucky to get to work with, and the huge benefits their lived experience, commitment and skill bring to our work.
💬 Flexible working isn’t a perk – it’s essential for parent carers. Jade & Jaime from Contact share how remote, flexible roles make it possible to keep working while caring.
Read more 👉
Read more 👉
Flexible working is not a "nice to have" for carers
This Carers Week, parent carers from Contact share why flexible working is more than a perk - it’s a lifeline.
f.mtr.cool
June 13, 2025 at 8:25 PM
This is great - all about the benefits of flexible working to everyone, and especially carers. And there’s lots to say, too, about the absolutely brilliant people that we are so lucky to get to work with, and the huge benefits their lived experience, commitment and skill bring to our work.
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The government is proposing to remove access to the health element (currently called the limited capability for work and work-related activity – LCWRA element) of Universal Credit for most young adults aged 16 – 21 once they claim Universal Credit in their own right.
May 27, 2025 at 1:02 PM
The government is proposing to remove access to the health element (currently called the limited capability for work and work-related activity – LCWRA element) of Universal Credit for most young adults aged 16 – 21 once they claim Universal Credit in their own right.
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Meet Sunny, our newest colleague!
📢 NEW BLOG POST 📢
"People with a learning disability can be lights that shine in a research team”.
Sunny Sokhal reflects on why he became a researcher and the difference people with a learning disability can make to projects.
www.dappleproject.com/post/12-i-ha...
"People with a learning disability can be lights that shine in a research team”.
Sunny Sokhal reflects on why he became a researcher and the difference people with a learning disability can make to projects.
www.dappleproject.com/post/12-i-ha...
12. I have a learning disability. This is why I became a researcher.
People with a learning disability need to be involved in research. Especially when the topic is so important – The DAPPLE Project is about life and death! I became a researcher because I want people...
www.dappleproject.com
April 11, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Meet Sunny, our newest colleague!
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Do you think your child might be eligible for free school meals in England?
Make sure you check before Monday. Please share.
gov.uk/apply-free-school-meals
Make sure you check before Monday. Please share.
gov.uk/apply-free-school-meals
March 28, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Do you think your child might be eligible for free school meals in England?
Make sure you check before Monday. Please share.
gov.uk/apply-free-school-meals
Make sure you check before Monday. Please share.
gov.uk/apply-free-school-meals
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96% of the SEND complaints that the LGSCO investigated in this period (the calendar year 2024) were upheld
One in four of all complaints that the LGSCO investigated in 2024 were about local authority SEND maladministration
And this is a lagging indicator
One in four of all complaints that the LGSCO investigated in 2024 were about local authority SEND maladministration
And this is a lagging indicator
NEW: Successful complaints about councils’ special education needs (SEND) services in England have quadrupled in four years, in the latest evidence of the crisis facing the system.
By me, for the Observer www.theguardian.com/education/20...
By me, for the Observer www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Successful special educational needs complaints in England quadruple in four years
Rising demand and ballooning council deficits have left a threadbare service – and children and parents in crisis
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2025 at 6:41 PM
96% of the SEND complaints that the LGSCO investigated in this period (the calendar year 2024) were upheld
One in four of all complaints that the LGSCO investigated in 2024 were about local authority SEND maladministration
And this is a lagging indicator
One in four of all complaints that the LGSCO investigated in 2024 were about local authority SEND maladministration
And this is a lagging indicator
An utterly chilling and incomprehensible chain of events, told with grace and vulnerability, thank you @ellychapple.bsky.social and @georgejulian.bsky.social.
This makes for a difficult listen but is so important, the brilliant @ellychapple.bsky.social and myself on The Skies We're Under podcast talking about Ella's human rights claim and the impact of unlawful care proceedings on their family open.spotify.com/episode/2rRf...
Entering the Gladiator Ring with Elly Chapple and George Julian | S4 | E22
The Skies We’re Under · Episode
open.spotify.com
February 5, 2025 at 10:30 PM
An utterly chilling and incomprehensible chain of events, told with grace and vulnerability, thank you @ellychapple.bsky.social and @georgejulian.bsky.social.
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Ah loves, just noticed this weekend is #Imbolc marking the beginning of spring. Imbolc symbolizes the halfway point between the winter solstice (Yule) and the spring equinox (Ostara). Imbolc is often celebrated with fire rituals. Look out for snowdrops, miraculous light in the dark times.
February 1, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Ah loves, just noticed this weekend is #Imbolc marking the beginning of spring. Imbolc symbolizes the halfway point between the winter solstice (Yule) and the spring equinox (Ostara). Imbolc is often celebrated with fire rituals. Look out for snowdrops, miraculous light in the dark times.
Could not agree more @simonknight100.bsky.social.
January 15, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Could not agree more @simonknight100.bsky.social.
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***DEADLINE EXTENSION*** You may have had an email from us yesterday about the looming deadline (20 Jan) for the Law Commission consultation on disabled children's social care. However, we've just heard that this is being extended until 31 Jan: so a bit more time to respond!
January 14, 2025 at 9:56 AM
***DEADLINE EXTENSION*** You may have had an email from us yesterday about the looming deadline (20 Jan) for the Law Commission consultation on disabled children's social care. However, we've just heard that this is being extended until 31 Jan: so a bit more time to respond!
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My latest:
Labour's employment plan could trigger a reimagining of how the state perceives those denied full citizenship.
Starmer wants to get Britain working and cut the 'bulging benefits bill' - a problem for anyone relying on benefits to find and keep a job.
#LearningDisability #HumanRights
Labour's employment plan could trigger a reimagining of how the state perceives those denied full citizenship.
Starmer wants to get Britain working and cut the 'bulging benefits bill' - a problem for anyone relying on benefits to find and keep a job.
#LearningDisability #HumanRights
🔴 If the Government Wants to ‘Get Britain Working’, Why Is It Ignoring All the Learning Disabled People Who Want to Find Jobs?
Less than 5% of people with learning disabilities are employed, while 86% want to be. Labour must think about who it values as being worthy of work, writes @sabasalman.com
Less than 5% of people with learning disabilities are employed, while 86% want to be. Labour must think about who it values as being worthy of work, writes @sabasalman.com
If the Government Wants to 'Get Britain Working', Why Is It Ignoring All the Learning Disabled People Who Want to Find Jobs?
Less than 5% of people with learning disabilities are employed, while 86% want to be. The Government must think about which Brits it values as being worthy of work
bylinetimes.com
December 13, 2024 at 5:38 PM
My latest:
Labour's employment plan could trigger a reimagining of how the state perceives those denied full citizenship.
Starmer wants to get Britain working and cut the 'bulging benefits bill' - a problem for anyone relying on benefits to find and keep a job.
#LearningDisability #HumanRights
Labour's employment plan could trigger a reimagining of how the state perceives those denied full citizenship.
Starmer wants to get Britain working and cut the 'bulging benefits bill' - a problem for anyone relying on benefits to find and keep a job.
#LearningDisability #HumanRights
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How do special educational needs vary across areas in England?
📊 Use our new tool to compare how special educational needs prevalence, funding, and spending differ across local authorities, and changes over time: https://ifs.org.uk/calculators/how-do-special-educational-needs-vary-across-areas
📊 Use our new tool to compare how special educational needs prevalence, funding, and spending differ across local authorities, and changes over time: https://ifs.org.uk/calculators/how-do-special-educational-needs-vary-across-areas
December 10, 2024 at 10:40 AM
How do special educational needs vary across areas in England?
📊 Use our new tool to compare how special educational needs prevalence, funding, and spending differ across local authorities, and changes over time: https://ifs.org.uk/calculators/how-do-special-educational-needs-vary-across-areas
📊 Use our new tool to compare how special educational needs prevalence, funding, and spending differ across local authorities, and changes over time: https://ifs.org.uk/calculators/how-do-special-educational-needs-vary-across-areas
Families with disabled children are unable to afford basics and forced out of work. They are among the poorest in Britain.
In the words of one of our brilliant parent speakers:
poverty seeks out the vulnerable like a stealth missile
@contactfamilies.bsky.social
In the words of one of our brilliant parent speakers:
poverty seeks out the vulnerable like a stealth missile
@contactfamilies.bsky.social
Honoured to launch @contactfamilies.bsky.social report into huge additional costs of raising a disabled child and to host moving, powerful discussion with parents about improving services. Thx to Sir Stephen Timms MP for hearing how disabled children need to be at heart of Child Poverty Strategy.
December 5, 2024 at 10:00 PM
Families with disabled children are unable to afford basics and forced out of work. They are among the poorest in Britain.
In the words of one of our brilliant parent speakers:
poverty seeks out the vulnerable like a stealth missile
@contactfamilies.bsky.social
In the words of one of our brilliant parent speakers:
poverty seeks out the vulnerable like a stealth missile
@contactfamilies.bsky.social
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Honoured to launch @contactfamilies.bsky.social report into huge additional costs of raising a disabled child and to host moving, powerful discussion with parents about improving services. Thx to Sir Stephen Timms MP for hearing how disabled children need to be at heart of Child Poverty Strategy.
December 5, 2024 at 12:28 PM
Honoured to launch @contactfamilies.bsky.social report into huge additional costs of raising a disabled child and to host moving, powerful discussion with parents about improving services. Thx to Sir Stephen Timms MP for hearing how disabled children need to be at heart of Child Poverty Strategy.
Today we launch Counting the Costs, our research into family finances. Sadly, the findings show disabled children live in the poorest households in the UK.
This must change.
Read the results of our Counting the Costs research here 👉 tinyurl.com/countingthec...
This must change.
Read the results of our Counting the Costs research here 👉 tinyurl.com/countingthec...
December 5, 2024 at 8:28 PM
Brilliant article and so important. The unequal burden and sacrifices being forced on women are shameful.
I wrote about the way the SEND crisis is quietly unpicking women's lives - destroying careers, dismantling relationships, damaging physical and mental health.
And all this goes on unacknowledged.
Long read for The i Paper:
inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...
And all this goes on unacknowledged.
Long read for The i Paper:
inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...
'I quit to fight for my son': how the SEND crisis is wrecking women's careers
Four in 10 parents of children with special educational needs have stopped working, and mothers are hit the hardest
inews.co.uk
November 26, 2024 at 10:28 PM
Brilliant article and so important. The unequal burden and sacrifices being forced on women are shameful.
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Have updated starter packs today, will thread here in case of interest. Shout if you'd like added to any of them and please share so I can find others
Currently I've one on #learningdisability one on #OpenJustice and one of people writing/reporting about #health / #socialcare
go.bsky.app/J6k8Rsr
Currently I've one on #learningdisability one on #OpenJustice and one of people writing/reporting about #health / #socialcare
go.bsky.app/J6k8Rsr
November 18, 2024 at 5:40 PM
Have updated starter packs today, will thread here in case of interest. Shout if you'd like added to any of them and please share so I can find others
Currently I've one on #learningdisability one on #OpenJustice and one of people writing/reporting about #health / #socialcare
go.bsky.app/J6k8Rsr
Currently I've one on #learningdisability one on #OpenJustice and one of people writing/reporting about #health / #socialcare
go.bsky.app/J6k8Rsr
If you’re a parent/carer of a disabled child or young person who uses school/college transport services, please consider completing Contact’s survey
www.surveymonkey.com/r/TransportM...
www.surveymonkey.com/r/TransportM...
Transport Matters Survey
Take this survey and help Contact campaign for better transport for disabled children and young people
www.surveymonkey.com
November 16, 2024 at 12:22 PM
If you’re a parent/carer of a disabled child or young person who uses school/college transport services, please consider completing Contact’s survey
www.surveymonkey.com/r/TransportM...
www.surveymonkey.com/r/TransportM...