National Impact

Dingley’s Promise has grown from a small charity in recent years and has an ambitious growth strategy which aims to:

Grow our centre support to meet the needs of children and families

Provide tailored intervention to accelerate the development of children with SEND

Support effective transitions of children with SEND into mainstream nursery or school settings

Expand our training to ensure that all those working with children with SEND have the knowledge and skills to identify and meet needs effectively

Develop our range of practical training courses to ensure that we provide information and strategies across a broad range of practical topics

Offer more resources to support parents and families to aid the development and wellbeing of children with SEND

Lobby to bring about wider change, making sure that the voices of children with SEND are heard and acted upon

Provide tangible and impactful recommendations for change to support local authorities, settings and children in relation to funding, systems and quality

Raise the early years and SEND in all discussions to ensure that they are central to policy change and not an afterthought

We are committed to building a more inclusive early years in which all children have the opportunity to develop and thrive.

Research

We’re committed to understanding the reasons behind the issues faced by families and their children with SEND. Our research gives us a fuller picture and helps shape the future of our support and strategies to improve the early years for every child.

 

We are currently working with sector partners and research bodies to develop research which explores the growing sufficiency and access issues for children with SEND in the early years.

Our fight for policy change and wider inclusion

We are committed to ensuring that early years SEND is at the heart of government decision making and to providing practical solutions to build a fairer, more accessible and effective early years sector in England.

Influencing

Dingley’s Promise has worked hard to raise awareness of our model externally, and to raise important issues for children with SEND and their families.

Consultancy

We work with a number of key organisations on panels and steering groups to ensure that the voices of children in the early years with SEND and their families are heard, and to bring about positive change, including:

  • Department for Education
  • Local authorities
  • Disabled Children’s Partnership
  • Early Years Education Coalition
  • Specialist Education Consortium

Speaking Engagements

  • Labour Party Civil Society Summit Presentations – Joining charity representatives to highlight the issues and successes in the current education system
  • EY SEND Conference – EY SEND Transition Training
  • Coram – National Changes and Early Years Inclusion: The impact of recent government announcements on children with SEND
  • TVEYSPH – Building Early Years Inclusion: Training to support settings to work inclusively with children with SEND
  • Montessori Conference – Panel Discussion: Current landscape for SEND inclusion
  • NCFE Students – SEND in the Early Years – Using training to build an inclusive workforce
  • APPG – Meaningful Inclusion in the Early Years: Breaking down barriers for children with SEND
  • FSF 20 year celebration keynote – Challenges and Opportunities: Inclusion of children with SEND in mainstream early years settings
  • NW Presentation – Curriculum Development: Ensuring your curriculum supports the best start for every child
  • Liberal Democrats Conference – Early Education and Childcare Coalition Lib Dems Fringe Event
  • TES SEND Show – Effective Inclusion

To discuss how you can work with us or whether we can support you to build inclusion in the early years, pleased contact Head of Communications Jo Evans [email protected]

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