We sometimes get asked questions by parents and carers, who have children with special needs, like autism and ADHD.Jeannie Gordon, the Principal and Executive Director from the Ministry of Parenting kindly agreed to answer the questions for you. As a psychiatric nurse with both residential and community experience, she is Read more
Twenty one children with special needs (SEND) connected with Dream The Change, CIC have received computers, thanks to the children’s charity, Little Lives UK. We’ve had some excellent feedback from parents from diverse families whose children were each given an electronic device after our trustees identified a need. “Dream The Read more
Dream The Change, CIC trustees are delighted that we’ve won an award in recognition of the work we do supporting families/carers from BAME backgrounds, who care for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Directors and Co-founders, Jemal, Zak and Rachel and team members Souzan and, Agnieszka, all attended Read more
Congratulations to all four young people who entered our competition to design a tee-shirt to show us what Dream The Change means to them. We are delighted to announce the prize winners were: Keon, Mary, Sarah, and David (some of whom were supported by their families). We organised the competition Read more
Families associated with Dream The Change, CIC (DTC) are very happy with the services we provide, according to our recent survey. Our trustees decided to conduct a survey among the beneficiaries of our Community Interest Company and were thrilled to discover that 91per cent of the families from diverse backgrounds Read more
We’re delighted to be celebrating the second birthday of Dream The Change, CIC. Join in the celebrations with us by sending us your testimonials about how we have helped you! We think we’ve achieved a lot since we were founded to act as an empowered hub for families who have Read more
Well done to everyone who helped to greet people at Dream The Change’s stand at the Colchester Community Fair held at Firstsite Colchester at the beginning of November. Hundreds of people attended and many of them learnt for the first time about our community interest company that works with families Read more
Summer 2021 bore the fruits of some fun-filled outings, sports activities, social events and individual achievements for those connected with Dream The Change, CIC. After enduring months indoors due to the UK lockdowns and the schools being closed, our trustees were determined to make a difference for families from diverse Read more
We’re delighted to announce that Dream The Change’s Co-Founder has been accepted onto a national programme to grow our Community Interest Company further. Jemal Allabayeva will be joining the Lloyds Bank and Bank of Scotland Social Entrepreneurs Trade Up Programme at the School of Social Entrepreneurs (SSE) after getting through Read more
One of our volunteers, who developed a serious condition when she was 12, says she wishes Dream The Change, CIC had been around when she was younger. Sevim Soybir had a happy childhood until she started to have difficulty walking. She was diagnosed as having Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia and had Read more