In addition to working with children and young people, RNIB works strategically with key organisations and consortia within the special educational needs and disability and vision impairment field.
Key partners
Partnership working is vital and allows us to provide a co-ordinated and holistic approach to delivering effective services and support to blind and partially sighted children and young people, their parents and the professionals who work with them on a national level.
Partnership Organisations include:
New report on Personal Independence Payments (PIP) and Young People
The report, Disabled Young People and Personal Independence Payments, cautions that not enough consultation has been done with disabled young people to ensure that Personal Independence Payments (PIP), which will replace DLA from October 2013, meet their needs. Every Disabled Child Matters (EDCM) and RNIB are urging Government to work more closely with disabled young people and to monitor the impact PIP has on them when it is introduced.
The report sets out four principles identified by disabled young people to help the benefit system support them effectively. Read the full report on the EDCM website.
You can also download the EDCM press release about this new report below:
Launch of the 2013 NatSIP Outcomes Benchmarking Exercise
The 3rd annual NatSIP Outcomes Benchmarking exercise is now underway with local authority Sensory Support Services having until the end of March 2013 to submit data from the 2011 - 2012 academic year relating to 14 performance indicators.
For full details of what is involved, plus access to the 2012 Outcomes Benchmarking summary report, visit the NatSIP website or contact Bob Denman: bob.denman@natsip.org.uk