Only 6% of disabled children in England will receive any holiday club support this summer, research shared with ITV News reveals. The findings, from disability charity Sense, show that one in 10 councils commission no holiday clubs for disabled children at all, leaving more than 61,000 children in areas with no provision whatsoever.
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