PLEASE PASS THIS MESSAGE TO AS MANY FAMILIES WITH DISABLED CHILDREN AS POSSIBLE

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Dear all



PLEASE PASS THIS MESSAGE TO AS MANY FAMILIES WITH DISABLED CHILDREN AS POSSIBLE



On Friday 10 July, the new government launched a website http://spendingchallenge.hm-treasury.gov.uk/ to let the public have their say about public spending under the its spending review. Government will be looking at the responses over the summer, so that they can publish their decisions in October. The discussions and decisions the government takes over the summer will determine how public money will be spent for the next four years.



I realize that this work is taking place at a time when it can be hard for parents to engage with things. However I cannot stress enough how important it is that as many families with disabled children as possible speak up. This is a critical time, and the decisions taken now will affect families with disabled children for the next few years. There is a real opportunity to make our views heard about the importance of investing in and protecting services for disabled children and their families.



The more people that speak up the better. Other groups will be mobilizing their supporters too, so it is critical that we do the same. Please pass this message on to as many families as you can, so that they can go onto the website http://spendingchallenge.hm-treasury.gov.uk/  and hopefully encourage their friends and relatives to do the same.  



Contact a Family will be raising the following issues:



The importance of investing in services to support disabled children and their parents
The importance of easing the financial pressures on families by making the right benefits available and also taking steps to help parents take up jobs if appropriate (affordable childcare, flexible working etc)
The importance of investing in parent participation so that families can drive the development of services locally



Please click onto the link http://spendingchallenge.hm-treasury.gov.uk/ and have your say.  The amount of time we have to influence is very limited. Please help us to make the most of that time.



Kind regards



Srabani



Srabani Sen
Chief Executive
Contact a Family
Tel: 020 7608 8704
Address: 209-211 City Road, London EC1V 1JN
Web: www.cafamily.org.uk

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