Our Project and Campaigning Partners
In Control
In Control is a national charity Its mission is to create a fairer society where everyone needing additional support has the right, responsibility and freedom to control that support.
As the pioneers of self-directed support and personalisation, In Control works alongside the government, local authorities, health and other organisations to drive the agenda forward. It also works directly with individuals and families to provide support, information and advice in relation to self-directed support and personalisation.
Over the past four years, In Control has undertaken significant work to introduce self-directed support for children, young people and families. This will be a key area of its work over the coming years.
Office of Public Management (OPM)
OPM works to improve social results by helping organisations make a greater social impact and respond to change. We offer tailored support to clients across public and voluntary services to help them achieve their goals.
Our members have wide experience in leadership and management development, organisational redesign and policy, evaluation, research, and public and stakeholder engagement.
Strong project management, consultation and use of evidence underpin all our work. As leading thinkers about public services, we publish our ideas and invest in public interest activities.
A not-for-profit organisation, OPM is fully owned by its members through an employee share ownership trust.
Radar
Radar – the Royal Association for Disability Rights - is Britain’s largest disability rights campaigning network, with a membership of 800 organisations and individual campaigners. Radar is a pan-disability organisation led by people with lived experience of disability or health conditions and works in broad partnerships to have the widest impact.
Radar campaigns for the rights and equality of the 11 million disabled people in Britain.
Radar is passionate about achieving equality and human rights for all. Radar influences change by drawing on our expertise, high quality products and powerful partnerships – helping organisations across the country and informing national and local policy.
National Association of Families Information Services (NAFIS)
NAFIS is managed by Daycare Trust and works to ensure that accessible, accurate information is available to all families by supporting local family information services throughout England and Wales.
Daycare Trust is the national childcare charity, campaigning for quality, affordable, accessible childcare for all and raising the voices of children, parents and carers. They advise parents and carers, providers, employers, trade unions and policymakers on childcare issues. Through their research, campaigning, projects, training and partnerships they aim to help parents and families move beyond disadvantage to secure access to affordable childcare.
Council for Disabled Children 
The Council for Disabled Children (CDC) is the umbrella body for the disabled children’s sector in England, with links to the other UK nations. CDC works to influence national policy that impacts upon disabled children and children with Special Educational Needs (SEN) and their families. CDC is a semi-independent council of NCB, and has a staff team reporting to its director. The CDC Council is made up of a wide range of professional, voluntary and statutory organisations, including disabled young people and parent representatives. CDC’s broad based membership and extensive networks of contacts provides a unique overview of current issues. It also enables us to promote collaborative and partnership working among organisations. CDC hosts the following networks;
- The National Parent Partnership Network
- The Special Educational Consortium
- The Transition Information Network
- The Every Disabled Child Matters Campaign
- Making Ourselves Heard
Kevin Williams (Chief Executive) and Catherine Capaldi (trustee) sit on the CDC Council. More information can be found on CDC's website or by contacting cdc@ncb.org.uk.
Every Disabled Child Matters - Getting rights and justice for every disabled child 
Every Disabled Child Matters (EDCM) is a national campaign to get rights and justice for every disabled child. It is a consortium campaign with four lead members: Contact a Family, the Council for Disabled Children, Mencap and the Special Education Consortium. They work closely with the disabled children's sector and their 34 000 supporters to lobby Government to ensure disabled children and their families have the services and support they need to lead ordinary lives. KIDS National Development Department sit on Campaign Network Meetings.
NCB 
NCB's mission is to advance the well-being of children and young people across every aspect of their lives. As the leading national charity which supports children, young people and families, and those who work with them, across England and Northern Ireland, we focus on identifying and communicating high impact, community and family-centered solutions.
NCVYS – National Council for Voluntary Youth Services: The independent voice of the voluntary youth sector. 
Established in 1936, the National Council for Voluntary Youth Services (NCVYS) is a diverse and growing network of over 180 national organisations and regional and local networks that work with and for young people. Our mission is to work with our members from voluntary and community organisations to build thriving communities and sustainable networks that help all young people achieve their potential. KIDS is one of five National Delivery Partners currently working on the Progress project. The project is being delivered on behalf of Children’s Workforce Development Council (CWDC’s) Young People’s Workforce Reform Programme Board (comprising of the Association of Directors of Children’s Services, Department for Education and CWDC) by a partnership led by the National Council for Voluntary Youth Services (NCVYS).
KIDS is proud to support Hello, a year to help all children communicate
Hello to the national year of communication
Hello is the national year of communication – a campaign to increase understanding of how important it is for children and young people to develop good communication skills. The campaign is run by The Communication Trust, a coalition of over 35 leading voluntary sector organisations, in partnership with Jean Gross, the Government’s Communication Champion.
Hello aims to make communication for all children and young people a priority in homes and schools across the UK so that they can live life to the full. The campaign is backed by the Department for Education and supported by BT.
In the UK today, over 1 million children and young people have some form of speech, language and communication need. This can affect them severely and for life. In areas of poverty, over 50% of children start school with delayed language skills. This puts them at a huge disadvantage to their peers as they struggle to learn and make friends.
There are monthly themes to help give a real focus to each month of the national year. Over the course of 2011, these themes will take you on a journey through communication and will be supported by events, resources and information.
Please visit hello for information on how you can help improve the communication skills of children and young people and to sign up for regular updates. You can also follow the campaign on Twitter and facebook.
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