Dyspraxia Foundation

London AGM & 30th Anniversary Conference

Published June 22, 2018 | By Matt Devonshire

We are looking forward to welcoming over 150 delegates to our 30th Anniversary Conference – taking place on Saturday 23rd June at our wonderful hosts Norton Rose Fulbright in Central London.

Everyone who has booked a place will have received an e-mail and those who have chosen a digital delegate pack will be able to download their pack from our website now. Those who have requested a paper copy will receive their pack when registering at the venue. Doors open at 10.00am, the nearest mainline station is London Bridge, the entrance to the venue is on Tooley Street. ...read more

Trustee Vacancy : Education

Published May 24, 2018 | By Matt Devonshire

The Dyspraxia Foundation is looking to increase the strength and representation of the trustees in the following areas.

Education Trustee

We are looking for an individual who has strong experience in special needs education. An ideal candidate would have direct experience of working in an education institution and understand the current issues, policies and practice surrounding special needs provision and DSA support. An educational psychology qualification or SpLD practising or assessment qualifications would be ideal. ...read more

Participants Wanted: University of Surrey

Published May 16, 2018 | By Matt Devonshire

Jessica Saunders, a post-graduate student at the University of Surrey is conducting an experiment on children of ages 7-12. If you are interested please download the forms below and send them back to Jessica.

Guardian and child information sheets for emotion recognition study ...read more

30th Anniversary Celebration!

Published May 15, 2018 | By Matt Devonshire

Our 30^th Anniversary Appeal got off to a great start on 2 May with a celebration and networking hosted by one of our major supporters, Norton Rose Fulbright LLP at their offices by Tower Bridge in Central London.

Friends, old and new, were treated to delicious canapes and a wonderful anniversary cake! ...read more

Join us in celebrating our 30th Anniversary!

Published May 1, 2018 | By Matt Devonshire

2018 marks the 30^th anniversary since we started raising awareness of dyspraxia. We’re proud of our achievements but as a forward-thinking charity, we’re already focusing on the next 30 years.

To make a great start, over the next 12 months we are aiming to raise £30,000, broken down, that’s £1,000 for every year of our existence. ...read more

Join us on 15th July for the Westminster 10k!

Published April 24, 2018 | By Matt Devonshire

For the final time, you can come join #TeamDyspraxia at the Virgin Westminster 10k on Sunday 15th July 2018.

This is the last year that the Dyspraxia Foundation will be taking part in this event, you are free to enter yourself from 2019 and support the charity that way, but this will be the final year that the charity will be sending down support. Keep an eye open for information on our fully supported race – Parallel London – which will be posted once the details of this years event have been confirmed. ...read more

30th Anniversary – AGM/London Conference

Published April 23, 2018 | By Matt Devonshire

We are proud to announce our annual AGM/London Conference takes place this year on Saturday 23rd June! Taking place in London, overlooking the River Thames and the Tower of London or annual London conference brings speakers, workshops for adults and youth and the chance to speak to those directly in the field of Dyspraxia/DCD. ...read more

Transforming children and young people’s mental health provision

Published March 27, 2018 | By Matt Devonshire

The Dyspraxia Foundation welcomed the opportunity to contribute to the Green Paper consultation on mental health provision for children and young people.

To support our submission, we carried out an online survey from 2.2.18 to 25.2.18 which was promoted to our 1000 members and via our social media networks. The survey asked for
detailed feedback on questions included in the consultation. We received 227 responses to our survey from 172 parents/carers of people with dyspraxia and 55 adults with dyspraxia. ...read more