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KJB International Aid helps individuals and families challenge housing, benefits, employment and public authority decisions.

We support complex cases, appeals, complaints and crisis situations with practical, professional advocacy. KJB International Aid is a UK-based community advocacy organisation dedicated to empowering migrants, refugees, and vulnerable families. We fight for dignity, equality, and justice — helping people overcome barriers in housing, benefits, employment, and social inclusion. Through advocacy, education, and compassion, we give every person a fair chance to rebuild their life with confidence and hope.

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28/10/2026

REAL CHANGE. REAL IMPACT.

What happens when a child's EHCP clearly identifies the specialist support they need, but that support never arrives?

For some families, the struggle does not end when an EHCP is issued.

It simply changes.

Parents may find themselves repeatedly asking why speech and language therapy has not started, why occupational therapy recommendations have not been implemented or why specialist teaching arrangements are missing.

The crucial distinction is between provision being written into a plan and provision actually being delivered.

Under Section 42 of the Children and Families Act 2014, the local authority has a duty to secure the special educational provision specified in an EHCP.

That responsibility is not automatically discharged simply because a school or service is experiencing staffing difficulties.

At KJB International Aid, our approach is to examine the actual wording of the EHCP, compare it with professional recommendations and establish what support has or has not been provided.

We look at the evidence, identify unresolved responsibilities and help families understand appropriate routes for raising concerns.

Because the real measure of an EHCP is not how professionally it is written.

It is whether the child receives the provision they are legally entitled to.

Real Change. Real Impact.

KJB International Aid Ltd

27/10/2026

SEND SCHOOL TRANSPORT: WHEN GETTING TO SCHOOL BECOMES ANOTHER BARRIER.

For many families, securing the right school placement is only part of the challenge.

What happens when the child cannot safely or reasonably make the journey?

Some children experience significant sensory difficulties, mobility restrictions, medical needs or disability-related barriers that make ordinary travel arrangements unsuitable.

Yet families may receive transport refusals without fully understanding how their child's individual circumstances were assessed.

The Department for Education updated its home-to-school travel guidance in May 2026, making this an important area for families to understand.

For children of compulsory school age, eligibility is not determined solely by distance. SEND, disability and mobility difficulties can also be relevant.

If transport is refused, parents should request the reasons, examine the assessment of their child's needs and check the local authority's review and appeal arrangements.

At KJB International Aid, we recognise that educational access is about more than obtaining a school place.

Transport difficulties can affect attendance, wellbeing, family stability and a child's ability to access the education intended for them.

A school placement has limited practical value if an eligible child cannot get there through suitable arrangements.

Have you experienced difficulties obtaining appropriate SEND school transport?

26/10/2026

A reduced school timetable should never become an easy way to manage unmet SEND needs.

Across England, some families are dealing with children attending school for only a few hours a day because their educational setting is struggling to meet their needs.

For some children, a carefully planned temporary reduction may form part of a supportive reintegration strategy.

But there is a significant difference between a properly agreed, time-limited arrangement and a situation where a child gradually loses access to education without a clear plan.

If your child has an EHCP and their school hours have been reduced, ask for the reasons in writing.

Find out what support is being introduced, when the arrangement will be reviewed and how the school intends to restore appropriate access to education.

Most importantly, check whether the special educational provision in Section F is still being secured.

At KJB International Aid, our focus is not simply on how many hours a child spends in school. We examine the reasons behind the arrangement, the child's assessed needs, the decisions taken and whether the relevant responsibilities are being fulfilled.

A shorter school day should not become a permanent answer to a problem that has never been properly addressed.

Has your child's school suggested a reduced timetable? What explanation were you given?

09/10/2026

**KNOW YOUR RIGHTS FRIDAY**

When an EHCP disagreement starts, many families don't realise how quickly the paperwork can build.

Emails. Assessments. School reports. Annual review documents. Different versions of the EHCP. Professional recommendations. Local authority correspondence.

Months later, the family may have hundreds of pages but still struggle to answer the most important question:

**What exactly went wrong, and where is the evidence that proves it?**

With SEND Tribunal demand now at record levels, preparing and organising evidence early matters more than ever.

If your child has an EHCP, don't wait until you are considering an appeal to start keeping proper records.

Keep copies of professional assessments and recommendations. Save important emails with the school and local authority. Keep every version of the EHCP so changes can be compared. Record when agreed provision is missing or inconsistent. Keep annual review paperwork together. And create a simple chronology of significant decisions, meetings and events.

At KJB International Aid, we see how easily the real issue can become buried underneath years of paperwork.

Our approach is to bring the case back to the questions that actually matter:

**What does the child need?**

**What was identified or agreed?**

**What was supposed to happen?**

**What actually happened?**

**What evidence demonstrates the difference?**

Because a large bundle of documents is not automatically a strong case.

**The strength comes from being able to connect the evidence to the issue you are challenging.**

Start organising the evidence before you need it.

07/10/2026

Complex SEND cases rarely fit neatly into one box.

A child's education may be affected by disability, social-care needs, housing circumstances, safeguarding concerns, health provision and decisions made by several different organisations.

That is exactly why simply reading the latest EHCP or decision letter may not explain what has actually happened.

At KJB, our approach is to reconstruct the evidence.

We examine the chronology.

We compare what professionals recommended against what happened.

We identify unanswered correspondence.

We look for gaps between assessments, decisions and provision.

And we consider how those failures affected the child and family.

Because one missed action can lead to another.

And another.

Until months later, a family is dealing with what appears to be one enormous problem.

Sometimes real change starts with something much simpler:

putting the evidence back into the correct order and asking the right questions.

What was known?

When was it known?

Who was responsible for acting?

What actually happened?

And what remains unresolved?

That is the difference between simply having a file and understanding the case.

Real Change. Real Impact.

KJB International Aid Ltd

06/10/2026

EHCPs. Individual Support Plans. Specialist Provision Packages. National Inclusion Standards.

Parents are going to hear these terms increasingly often as England's SEND reforms develop.

And understandably, that creates uncertainty.

But families need to distinguish between the future system being designed and the system operating today.

The Government's published transition proposals state that existing EHCPs and their protections will remain during the transition, with no changes to support received through EHCPs before at least September 2030.

Until new legislation comes into force, the current system—including existing duties and rights—continues.

That means a future reform programme should not become a reason to ignore a present problem.

If provision isn't being delivered, document it.

If needs have changed, obtain evidence.

If the EHCP does not accurately describe what is required, identify the problem.

If a decision has been made, understand the current route available to challenge it.

At KJB International Aid, we are watching the reform programme carefully—but our starting point in every case remains the same:

What applies now, what does the evidence show, and what remains unresolved?

05/10/2026

The Government has just launched new national SEND training materials for mainstream schools, backed by a wider £200 million investment in workforce training.

The materials include practical approaches such as breaking instructions into manageable steps, pre-teaching specialist vocabulary, visual timetables and adapting environments where noise creates barriers.

This is an important development.

But better inclusive teaching does not remove the need to identify and respond to a child's individual needs.

At KJB, we repeatedly see cases where a child technically has a school place, but the real question is whether that child can meaningfully access the education being provided.

Attendance alone does not prove inclusion.

Being inside the classroom does not prove needs are being met.

And describing a school as “inclusive” does not tell us what support an individual child is actually receiving.

As SEND reform develops, families should continue asking the most important question:

What does my child need—and is that actually happening?

02/10/2026

🚨 BIG CHANGE FOR FAMILIES FLYING FROM THE UK - AND THIS ONE COULD ACTUALLY SAVE PARENTS MONEY. ✈️

Imagine booking a family holiday… paying for the flights… paying for the bags… and then being told you need to PAY EXTRA just to sit next to your own child.

That practice is now in the Government’s sights.

The UK Government has announced plans requiring airlines operating in the UK to seat children under 14 with a parent or accompanying adult WITHOUT charging an additional fee.

And that’s not the only change.

Under the announced reforms:

👨‍👩‍👧 Children under 14 must be seated with a parent or accompanying adult without an extra seating charge.

💷 The Government says a parent and child can currently face up to £104 in additional charges on a return journey simply to sit together.

✍️ Passengers are also set to get greater flexibility to correct simple name mistakes on flight bookings for free, rather than being hit with charges that can currently reach around £40.

But there is one VERY important detail people need to know:

⚠️ This does not mean every airline must stop charging you today.

The Government announcement says the changes are to be delivered following Royal Assent of the Civil Aviation Bill. The GOV.UK page was also updated this morning, 2 October 2026, to remove an implementation date that had previously been published in error.

So if you're booking flights now, check the airline's current rules before assuming the charge has already disappeared.

This is exactly why consumer information matters.

A headline can say “charges scrapped” - but knowing when a new protection actually becomes enforceable can make all the difference.

At KJB International Aid, we believe people should understand the rules that affect their everyday lives - not discover them only after something has gone wrong.

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💬 And tell us: Should parents ever have been charged extra just to sit next to their child in the first place?

02/10/2026

**86,000 PIP Mandatory Reconsiderations were registered in just three months.**

Behind that number are thousands of people who looked at a PIP decision and said:

**This does not accurately reflect my circumstances.**

Challenging a decision, however, needs more than disagreement.

A strong Mandatory Reconsideration should identify exactly what is disputed.

What did the decision get wrong?

Which activity or descriptor is affected?

Was important evidence overlooked?

Was something said during the assessment misunderstood?

Were your difficulties completing activities safely, repeatedly, to an acceptable standard or within a reasonable time properly considered?

What evidence or real-life examples support your position?

The objective is not to produce the longest or angriest letter.

It is to make your disagreement **specific, evidenced and difficult to misunderstand.**

If you've received a PIP decision you disagree with, don't put the letter away simply because it says you scored zero points or received a lower award than expected.

Read the reasoning.

Understand what they concluded.

Then understand what you can challenge.

**Know your decision. Know your evidence. Know your rights.**

01/10/2026

**Why is PIP being reviewed? These 6 issues help explain why.**

Repeated reassessments. Fluctuating conditions. Problems with evidence. Reasonable adjustments. Decisions being challenged. People struggling to navigate the process without appropriate support.

For claimants, these are not theoretical problems.

They can affect whether the reality of someone's disability is properly understood.

The current Timms Review of PIP is examining several of these areas and considering how the assessment and decision-making process could work differently.

We've broken down **6 important issues currently under the spotlight** in today's carousel.

Swipe through each slide and save it for reference.

**Important:** the emerging Timms Review recommendations are proposals under consideration. They should not be confused with changes that have already been made to PIP entitlement rules.

At KJB International Aid, we see the practical consequences when evidence, functional difficulties or individual circumstances are misunderstood.

That is why understanding the process matters just as much as understanding the benefit.

Which of these issues has caused the biggest difficulty for you?

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