Digital Services Consortium

Kids is a leading charity for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and their families. Kids creates life-changing opportunities by providing a wide range of support for children and young people with SEND, and empowers them to stand up for their rights.

Sense is a leading disability charity supporting people with complex disabilities, including deafblindness, for over 70 years. The charity offers personalised, creative, and flexible support from early childhood through every stage of life. Working in homes, centres, and communities across the country, Sense focuses on what’s possible – helping children develop ways to communicate and play, supporting young people and adults to build skills and confidence, and ensuring families feel seen, supported, and valued.

Ambitious about Autism is the national charity standing with autistic children and

young people. We believe every autistic child and young person has the right to be themselves and realise their ambitions. We started as one school and have become a movement for change. We champion rights, campaign for change and create opportunities.

Contact is a UK charity providing support, advice and information for families with disabled & additional needs children and young people.

Dingley’s Promise provide education to children under 5 with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) within our specialist nurseries. With over 40 years of experience, we are continuing to expand our nursery provision across England and finding other ways to positively impact the early years sector for children with SEND.

We now deliver a training programme with a suite of courses tailored to support mainstream educators to work inclusively and effectively to identify and support emerging needs of children with SEND. We are increasingly active in lobbying work, providing guidance and recommendations to local and national government in order to build a more inclusive education system for every child.

Family Fund is a national charity supporting families on a low income raising disabled and seriously ill children. We provide essential grants for items like kitchen appliances, clothing, bedding, sensory toys, much-needed family breaks and more. We also offer wider support, including information and resources on where to go for help with money and benefits, budget planning, their children’s education, mental health and wellbeing.

We give digital devices and provide wide-ranging digital services including workshops, e-learning courses, a Discover Digital Summer Festival and a self-serve website resource.

The National Deaf Children’s Society is the leading charity for deaf children in the UK. The charity supports every deaf child, regardless of their level or type of deafness, or how they communicate. They are committed to overcoming the social and educational barriers that hold deaf children back, working towards a world without barriers for every deaf child.

Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity supports families who have a child with a life-threatening or terminal illness.

When a child has a serious illness, family life is turned upside down and time becomes more precious than ever. Rainbow Trust pairs each family with an expert Family Support Worker who enables them to make the most of time together, giving them practical and emotional support, whenever they need it, for as long as is needed.

Roald Dahl’s Marvellous Children’s Charity provides specialist nurses and support for seriously ill children.

There are currently over 200 Road Dahl Nurses caring for more than 40,000 seriously ill children across the UK, but there are many more children who do not receive this vital specialist care.

The dedication and expertise of Roald Dahl Nurses reduces A&E visits, hospital admissions and consultant appointments. Roald Dahl Nurses are a vital lifeline to the whole family, coordinating complex care and providing access to emotional and financial support.

The Children’s Trust is the UK’s leading charity for children with brain injury and neurodisability. They deliver rehabilitation, education and community services through skilled teams who work with children and young people, and their families.

WellChild is the national UK children’s charity dedicated to helping children and young people with complex medical needs thrive at home instead of in hospital, wherever possible. Through a nationwide network of WellChild Nurses, home and garden transformation projects, and family information, training, and support programmes, WellChild ensures that children with complex health needs can receive care in the comfort of their own homes.

Whizz Kidz is the UK’s leading charity for young wheelchair users.

There are over 75,000 young people in the UK who need to use a wheelchair to be mobile. Unfortunately, many cannot access the equipment that fully meets their needs through local services. We’re here for all of them.

We provide young wheelchair users with the equipment and skills they need to live life as independently as possible. To enjoy all the opportunities and activities that so many others take for granted ‐ at home, at school, at work and beyond.