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How to apply for PIP: top tips for making an application
Zoe Bates runs the employment and benefits support service at Sense. In this blog, she explains how to apply for PIP, and everything you should know about the process.
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We should all be free to express ourselves through art
Tanya, our new Artistic Director for the Sense visual arts programme, discusses creative process, disability and her ambitions for our collaboration.
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Play sessions open up the world for children with complex needs
Laura is a play leader at TouchBase Pears, Sense’s centre in Birmingham. She explains why play is so important to the children we support.
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Lookahead to the Health and Disability White Paper
Sometime before the Spring Budget in mid-March, the Department for Work and Pensions will likely publish its ‘Health and Disability’ White Paper. As we await…
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Lords committee joins calls for social care reform
Barely a week passes without another report about the crisis in social care. Underfunding, workforce shortages, providers handing back contracts they can’t fulfil…. The problems…
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Report shares Sense concerns that disabled children aren’t getting the support they deserve
In recent weeks the House of Lords Children and Families Act Committee published a new crucial report scrutinising the implementation of the Children and…
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Look back at our 10 favourite blogs of 2022
As 2022 draws to a close, we’re in a reflective mood. Join us in looking back at some of the most incredible stories that were shared on the Sense blog this year.
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Getting into the spirit of Christmas with Martin
At Christmas, all the ways that Martin’s behaviour and outlook on life have changed really shine through. Here’s his key worker, Sobiah, spreading Martin’s Christmas cheer.
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Sense found a way of communicating with Thomas that’s as unique as he is
Thomas is seven and has CHARGE syndrome. His specialist support worker Alex explains how Sense has supported him since he was two.
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Skiing, sledging and smiles: a day out at Snozone for disabled people with complex needs
This autumn, some of the people we support in Rotherham got to try out skiing and other snow sports at Snozone in Castleford.
