The Communication Trust

There are over 35 voluntary and community groups who contribute to the work of the Trust. In addition the Trust is consulting with a number of representatives of the children’s workforce, who form our Advisory Panel.

The purpose of the Trust is to raise awareness of the importance of speech, language and communication across the children’s workforce and enable practitioners to access the best training and expertise to support all children’s communication needs.

London

1. All children and young people will benefit from support to further develop their speech, language and communication skills.
2. As many as 50%1 of reception children find speech, language and communication skills difficult.
3. 5-7%2 of children have a specific language impairment.
4. Most children with special educational needs (SEN) will have speech, language and communication needs.
5. If left unmet speech, language and communication needs can lead to challenges in behaviour, a lack of attainment and isolation.
6. All of the children's workforce need to understand what typical speech, language and communication development looks like for the age group that they are working with, to recognise the signs of potential difficulties and to know where to go for more information and support.

Hello Campaign

Hello to the national year of communication The Hello campaign will make communication for all children and young people a priority in homes and schools across the country in 2011, so that they can live life to the full