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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Sally Weale Education correspondent

More than half of English parents struggle to find accessible holiday clubs for disabled children

The Mould family, including parents Melissa and Andrew and their three children
Melissa and Andrew Mould were among the parents who face difficulties finding holiday childcare for a disabled child. Photograph: Sense

More than half of parents struggle to find accessible holiday clubs for their disabled children, hitting family finances and forcing many to quit work altogether, according to a survey by a leading charity.

A “stark postcode lottery” dictates who is able to secure a place for their child, according to the national disability charity Sense, which found an estimated 60,000 disabled children are living in areas of England with no holiday club provision for them.

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