Are you going to the Supporting Families Conference on 26th April, Dundee? Find out more on our events page.
Stakeholder consultation on Best Start Grant
The Best Start Grant, a new expanded grant that will replace the existing Sure Start Maternity Grant. Find out more and ensure your views are heard at the Consultation event taking place on the morning of Thursday 3rd May in central Edinburgh. For more details, visit our events page.
Information, contact with other parents and transparency from professionals are the biggest stress busters as school leaving age approaches.
That’s the message from parents across Scotland who have attended the first series of workshops as part of Contacts’ Going forward – Preparing parents for transition project. From Inverness to the Borders, we brought together nearly 100 parents of young people aged 12 upwards to help them prepare for the journey to adulthood and to […]
Contact’s School Transport Campaign
School run crisis: Scottish disabled children endure stressful, unsafe journeys while mums forced to abandon careers so kids can attend school Shrinking school transport budgets and confused policies are pushing many families with disabled children in Scotland to the brink, new research from disability charity Contact reveals. As part of an inquiry into school transport […]
New transitions workshops from Contact, the charity for families with disabled children
Booking is now open for the first parent workshops confirmed as part of Going Forward – Preparing Parents for Transition, the new 2-year project led by Contact and funded by the Scottish Government. All the workshops are aimed at parents and carers of young people with learning difficulties and/or disabilities who are looking for more […]