Latest news and press releases

Press release: Sense comment on report on DLA reform

Monday 20 February 2012

Sense welcomes the Work & Pensions Committee’s report covering Disability Living Allowance reform which specifically highlights the problems that deafblind people can expect to face.

Successful Ditch and Switch in Birmingham

Friday 17 February 2012

Sense fundraising volunteer, Zoe Baxter organised her first 'Ditch and Switch' fashionable clothes swapping event in Birmingham city centre on Saturday 11 February.

Press release: Sense welcomes the Health Select Committee report on social care

Wednesday 8 February 2012

Sense comments on the Health Select Committee report on social care, which was published today.

Powerful story of deafblind people and families

Wednesday 8 February 2012

A new book published by Sense - Our Journey - is a powerful account of the experiences of over fifty families involved with Sense and Sense Scotland over five decades.

Press release: Coalition of charities call for pause on Welfare Reform Bill

Tuesday 17 January 2012

A coalition of charities is calling on the Government to pause the Welfare Reform bill and carefully consider its reform of Disability Living Allowance (DLA).

New report shows serious flaws in the Government's welfare reforms

Friday 13 January 2012

A letter from Sense was published in The Guardian today in response to an article about a Citizens Advice report on ESA work capability assessments.

Sense responds to new research into changes to Disability Living Allowance

Monday 9 January 2012

A new report into the changes to Disability Living Allowance (DLA) has been published by disability campaigners.

Government must make reforming the care system a top priority

Tuesday 3 January 2012

A letter from the Care and Support Alliance, of which Sense is a member, was published in the Telegraph today. It urges the Government to seize the opportunity to overhaul the social care system, in the run up to the announcement of its reform proposals.

Hardest Hit Christmas choir sings for the Government

Wednesday 14 December 2011

A choir of disabled people sang the Christmas blues outside Parliament on 13 December in protest against Government welfare reforms which will hit disabled people the hardest.

Deafblind Lincolnshire teen selected as Olympic torchbearer

Friday 9 December 2011

Deafblind Lincolnshire teen Jack Hodgson, 15, is celebrating the news that he’s set to be an Olympic torchbearer, after receiving an offer from the London 2012 Games organisers.

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