SEN Opportunities
supporting innovation and access to quality provision
Does your organisation have innovative ideas that would benefit from funding and support?
Do you provide for a specific need that improves outcomes for young people with special needs?
Could your organisation benefit from support for vocational provision and outreach services?
Is your school looking to secure more pupil placements and could it benefit from:
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receiving training and support to improve success in the tribunal process?
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building relationships with local authorities to secure pupil placements to create benefit for all?
Supporting organisations
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we tend to support
PROJECTS
These are some of the projects SEN Opportunities has recently supported:
Research to support access to provision
SEN Opportunities is currently supporting a research project on social return on investment and value for money of non-maintained special schools.
Many pupils struggle to secure appropriate placement due to the high fees at specialist non-maintained schools and colleges, particularly where residential provision is involved. The aim of the project is to provide a template report that can be used by schools to evidence the potential value for money of their school when looking at the longer term and broader impact their provision offers.
We will keep you posted on developments!
A national stammering charity
SEN Opportunities has provided financial support to further the impact of the specialist service Action for Stammering Children provides. The charity supports the 150,000 children and young people (and their families and schools) in the UK who stammer.
The charity's vision is a society where children and young people who stammer have the same opportunities and quality of life as their peers.
The residential unit of a special school
SEN Opportunities has provided financial support to the residential provision of an independent primary school with a focus on speech and language specialism.
The school has a residential house that enables children who live further away to benefit from the speech and language expertise that is not available in most schools. Local children also benefit from overnight enrichment opportunities.
Employment opportunities for learning disability individuals
SEN Opportunities has provided financial support to two cafes providing paid employment to young adults with learning disability.
With fewer than 6% of adults with learning disability in paid employment, there is considerable need fo not-for -profit sustainable business models offering opportunities to gain skills and confidence with appropriate support.