Helping your disabled child make the move to secondary school
We're relaunching our podcast with something a little different to what we’ve done before. In this rebooted series of our podcast, we’ll be featuring more interviews and guest contributions, and on the whole exploring the issues we know families care about in a little more depth.Our first episode is all about helping your disabled child make the move to secondary school. We speak to Caroline Klage, brain injury solicitor and parent to three neurodiverse children, who shares her strategies and top tips for preparing for the move.We also hear from Bridie from our helpline team, who explains what national offer day is in England and Wales and what options you have when you've been offered a school place.Download a transcript of this podcast: https://contact.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Transcript-helping-your-disabled-child-move-onto-secondary-school.pdfHost: Harriet SquirrelProducers: Michele Cefai, RJ Dale, Tom Bobbin Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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A conversation with Ramou from Peterborough Family Voice
Contact Associate Laura talks to Ramou from Peterborough Family Voice parent carer forum about reaching the work they do reaching out to different communities in the area. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Tube feeding with Fledglings
Our Fledglings shop sells clothing, products and equipment to help children and adults with all kinds of disability, condition or area of difficulty. And our new tube feeding range of clothes is no different.In this episode, Contact's Head of Commerce Lisa talks to our Wales Information and Networking Coordinator, Mandy, about products to help your child.You can also watch this conversation on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/j72GXr8KLwY Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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What is Contact's Listening Ear service?
Listening Ear is our 1-1 telephone appointment service, where you can talk with one of our family support advisers for a listening ear, reassurance and practical and emotional support.But what topics can you talk about and how long for? How did the service come about, and what do parents think of it? And most importantly, how can you book an appointment?In this episode, we speak to Noreen, an adviser on the Listening Ear line, who tells us all of this and more.You can find out more about Listening Ear on our website at www.contact.org.uk/listeningear Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The Disabled Children's Partnership lockdown survey and Contact's new services
In May, over 4,000 of you shared your experience of lockdown, in response to the Disabled Children's Partnership survey. In this podcast, we talk to Contact's Campaign Manager Una Summerson about what we learnt from the survey and how the results are driving our campaign work. Una also tells us about some new services Contact is running to help families through the pandemic. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
About The helpful podcast for families with disabled children
Advice and information podcasts from Contact, the charity for families with disabled children. Covering everything from disability benefits, special education, health and diagnosis, and accessing social care. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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