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We are the umbrella body for the disabled children's sector in England, UK. Welcome to our page!

03/11/2026

The Early Years SEND (EYSEND) Partnership is a national programme supporting professionals and parents with training, resources, and an approach to sharing learning, with the aim to increase access and inclusion in early years for children with SEN and Disabilities.

Find out more about the partnership and the resources and training available: https://buff.ly/Yfim0nK

02/11/2026

What is an Information, Advice and Support Service?

Check out this this easy to follow video to learn more about what Information, Advice and Support Services are and what they offer: https://buff.ly/9YIw0nH

30/10/2026

The Council for Disabled Children (CDC) has developed a suite of online training for CDC members, affiliated organisations and services, and parent carers. The courses have been developed to improve knowledge, understanding and practical skills and support in range of key areas that impact children and young people, particularly those who are disabled or with special educational needs.

- Information, Advice and Support
- Expert Parent Programme
- SEND Basic Awareness
- Social Care and SEND
- Ordinarily Available Provision: Thresholds and Expectations
- Quality Education, Health & Care Plans and Annual Reviews
- Decisions, capacity and an introduction to Liberty Protection Safeguards

Visit our website for more information: https://buff.ly/1Cf2JW3

29/10/2026

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28/10/2026

The RISE (Research and Improvement for SEND Excellence) Partnership, led by CDC, was launched in 2022 to support SEND improvement in local areas.

Find out more about the partnership, training and e-learning: https://buff.ly/hmaaUYl

27/10/2026

The Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Information Organisations Group (SENDIOG) is a network of like-minded organisations who provide free and impartial advice to children, young people and their families.

SENDIOG aims to:

- Share information on SEND trends, policy and practice
- Feed back to the Department for Education and other relevant bodies on significant trends or concerns identified by group members
- Identify training needs and opportunities
- Develop positive working relationships and mutual support
- Work in partnership to ensure parents and children and young people have access to relevant information and advice services
- Support the complementary and separate roles of each partner in order to improve efficiency and reduce duplication

Find out more about the organisations that currently make up SENDIOG https://buff.ly/bXlXYWy

26/10/2026

The Council for Disabled Children has tried-and-tested expertise in health, social care, education and lived and learned experience of working with children, young people and families. Work with us to build stronger, more inclusive SEND systems.

We offer independent reviews, system design and implementation support, workforce development, evaluation support and more.

Find out more here: https://buff.ly/rzELrHd

23/10/2026

At CDC, young people inform the way that we work and are an intrinsic part of everything we do. We support organisations to enable young people to have their voices heard. Read about how we involve young people in our work including:

- Making Participation Work
- Youth Voice including FLARE and podcasts from young people
- Key resources including fact sheets

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22/10/2026

At CDC we know that we are stronger and have a bigger voice if we are together. The CDC membership is a collection of over 400 voluntary or community organisations that represent the various facets of the SEND and Alternative Provision sector.

If you are a registered charity or CIC with a special interest in disabled children and young people and those with SEN and/or a provider of alternative provision based in England and committed to the CDC values and our policy on inclusion we want to hear from you,

We are always looking for new members and are particularly keen to welcome organisations representing underrepresented and diverse communities across the SEND sector to join our membership. Membership is free and offers opportunities to connect with peers, share expertise, access exclusive resources, and influence policy and practice at a national level.

If you are not already one of our valued members, find about more about the memebership and apply here: https://buff.ly/YWjpXOp and do share the opportunity with your networks.

Address

National Children's Bureau, 23 Mentmore Terrace, Hackney
London
E83PN

Telephone

+442078431900

Website

http://www.councilfordisabledchildren.org.uk/

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