Independent Care (Education) and Treatment Reviews: CBF statement
CQC have published their learning from the 2024-25 IC(E)TR programme: read our response
News
The CBF writes topical articles regularly and produces two newsletters a year, providing opinion and resources for families and professionals.
Report Launch – Building a Bridge: How to end the cliff edge of transition between children’s and adult services for young people with learning disabilities in England
Today (2nd July), The CBF are pleased to launch our new report on transition to adulthood
Challenge Newsletter Summer 2026: Understanding Pica
Read the Summer 2026 edition of our newsletter Challenge
Muckamore Abbey Hospital Inquiry publishes report: CBF statement
Following abuse at Muckamore Abbey Hospital in Northern Ireland, the Inquiry has published a report making recommendations
Lived Experience of Pica: a parent and sister's perspective
A family carer shares their lived experience of Pica, both as a parent to a daughter Erin, aged 6 who is non-verbal and has a severe learning disability and global developmental delay, and as a sister to David, aged 36, who has autism, a severe learning disability and is non-verbal.
Supreme Court judgment on Deprivation of Liberty: CBF statement
Following hearings last October, the UK Supreme Court has today overturned the 2014 ‘Cheshire West’ definition of deprivation of liberty.
15 years since Winterbourne View: The CBF's statement
31st May 2026 marks 15 years since the Panorama documentary Undercover Care: The Abuse Exposed revealed the abuse of people with learning disabilities at Winterbourne View Hospital and shone a light on the wider practice of detaining people with learning disabilities and autistic people in hospitals.
The CBF's statement on SEND reform
This week, the CBF submitted our response to the Government’s consultation on SEND reform in England. We are grateful to the parents who completed our survey and spoke with us, providing detailed insight into their experiences and the barriers they faced in accessing support, which has helped to inform our response.
CBF Announces Making it Matter Project
The CBF is pleased to announce Making it Matter, a new flagship UK wide project to increase direct engagement with young people with severe learning disabilities.