Challenges and opportunities for inclusive, equitable and accessible school holiday clubs for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND)
Our findings highlight issues in access and experience of holiday clubs for children with SEND and provide potential avenues for promoting inclusivity, including how adaptations to the Toolkit could specifically improve HAF. There are considerable challenges to achieving inclusive holiday clubs (financial or otherwise) but if we are to reduce inequities, addressing these should be a public health priority.
Authors
- Hannah Jayne Robinson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2209-600X)
- Miranda Pallan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2868-4892)
- Carolyn Summerbell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1910-9383)
- Laura Mazzoli Smith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9391-6613)
- Russell Jago (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3394-0176)
- Lorna Hatch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0386-4926)
- Marie Murphy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3482-3323)
- Laura Tinner
- Sophie Clohessy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2945-157X)
- Margaret Anne Defeyter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2808-523X)
- Jessica Tanner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1290-9700)
- Cecilia Khofi-Szeremley
- Florence Darling
Institutions
- Durham University (GB)
- At Bristol (GB)
- Northumbria University (GB)
- University of Bristol (GB)
- United Kingdom Clinical Research Collaboration (GB)
- University of Birmingham (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal for Equity in Health
- Published
- 2025-09-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-025-02607-y
- Primary Topic
- Family and Disability Support Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- Department of Health and Social Care
- School for Public Health Research
- National Institute for Health Research Applied Research Collaboration West