Support us
Families join free. Everyone else makes that possible.
The people we exist for cannot be asked to fund us — so we never ask them. Our work is carried by supporters, professionals, organisations, and funders who believe a disabled child should be asked before they're decided about.
IMPACTWhat your support does
£30 pays for one hour of casework — about what it takes to draft an appeal letter that actually gets answered.
We’re not going to tell you a donation changes everything. It won’t. But it means one more family gets a caseworker instead of a form template, and one more appeal is written by someone who has done it four hundred times before. It goes to casework hours, not consultants.
GIVEGive now
Fund a casework hour.
A one-off gift or a monthly one — whatever you can carry. Families never pay for our help; you make that possible.
Why it matters, in numbers
The need is not in doubt.
99%
of parental appeals against EHCP decisions succeed at tribunal — because the plans are wrong.
~88%
of children's SEND complaints to the Ombudsman are upheld — among the highest rates in the public sector.
“unsustainable”
the National Audit Office's own word for England's SEND finances. Wrong decisions cost more than right ones.
YEAR ONEWhat a founding year buys
A £125,000 first year.
Four programmes, one alliance. Both founders are funding the first quarter themselves to prove it works — a starter grant unlocks the rest.
Family Advocacy Alliance
£20,000
500 family members
Casework Support Service
£45,000
100 families supported to resolution
Practitioners' Programme
part self-funding
100 practitioners trained
The Right to Be Asked
£10,000–£25,000
the campaign heard where it counts
WAYSWays to support
However you can carry it.
Give as an individual
Regular or one-off giving, from £3 a month. The most direct way to fund a casework hour.
Bring your organisation
Schools, trusts, clinics, and firms can join as organisational members and commit to the principles.
Fund as a grant-maker
We're seeking founding grants of £25,000–£50,000. A full funder pack is available — get in touch.
Your money, kept clean and shown.
FADA is a project of Making It Happen Now CIC while it becomes an independent charity. Everything raised for FADA sits in a ring-fenced restricted fund, reconciled quarterly and reviewed by an independent examiner. Our accounts, our register of interests, and our impact — including what we don’t achieve — are published.