Happy Senses Children's Therapy

07/12/2025

5 years since Mad Margot came home!
Margot is a firm favourite of many visitors to Happy Senses… just look how teenie tiny she was at 9 weeks old! She weighed only 750g and looked like a funny little bat rat! A little monster at times but so full of love!

23/11/2025

📢 Service Update – We’re Reopening!

We’re pleased to let you know that our services are now open again for new referrals and support requests.

Over the past week, our small but dedicated team has worked incredibly hard to respond to the high demand for support. In the past week, we’ve been able to support 71 families!

Thank you for your patience while we briefly paused new enquiries. This short pause allowed us to focus fully on the families already in our care and ensure they continued receiving the time, attention and high-quality support they deserved.

We’re grateful for your trust in us, and we’re here once again to offer guidance, advocacy and reassurance to those who need it.

If you need support, please feel free to get in touch.

**Please note our phone line is not always covered, please email our admin for all initial enquiries**

📧info@send-empowerment.co.uk
💻www.send-empowerment.co.uk

22/11/2025

Anyone that knows me will know I’m always harping on about the importance of repair…. Repair is such an important part of development and healing

21/11/2025

Thousands of adopted and kinship children rely on the Adoption & Special Guardianship Support Fund (ASGSF) for the therapeutic help they need to recover from early trauma.

But this year’s cuts mean:
• A 40% reduction in support
• No specialist assessment funding
• The end of match-funding for children with the highest needs

Children cannot wait.

Write to your MP today using our template letter – ask them to press the Children’s Minister and Chancellor to review the changes, release details for next year, and commit to a full review of adoption support. https://ow.ly/3Z2M50Xtvl6

16/11/2025

And we’re in the Sunday Mirror - full page exclusive…

With thanks to the wonderful Brian Cox OBE who joined our growing list of supporters including the wonderful Anna Maxwell Martin, Richard Hope, Peter Stefanovic, Michael Spicer Rachel Parris

We will never give up. Not until the government reverse the cuts, conduct an independent and robust consultation with the sector and families, and make the ASGSF a permanent, ring-fenced fund.

We love our children. And they deserve so much better from this government. The evidence is there, they do not need to wait. Government rhetoric is not the reality.

Sign our open letter here:

https://asgsfprotest.com/add-your-signature-an-open-letter-to-josh-macalister-mp-minister-for-children-and-families/

16/11/2025

Do you need FREE SEND Support? 💜

We know how confusing and overwhelming the SEND process can feel - but you don’t have to face it alone.

At SEND Empowerment Advocacy, we provide free, independent advice and advocacy for parents, carers, and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

We offer a wide range of services - here are just a few:
✔ Writing EHC needs assessment requests
✔ EHCP draft checks
✔ Support with appeals
✔ Meeting and tribunal preparation
✔ Liaising with the Local Authority

✨ Plus, join our free online parent group for ongoing guidance and peer support.

Head over to our website to find out more:
🌐 www.send-empowerment.co.uk
📧 info@send-empowerment.co.uk

16/11/2025

Empathy is so important - this is how we connect with our children so they feel seen, heard and understood.

27/10/2025

Motherland's Anna Maxwell Martin is urging the government to reverse “cruel” cuts to a vital therapy fund for adopted children.

15/10/2025