Helen Wheatley, Assistant Director, Council for Disabled Children (CDC)
Helen works on a range of projects that support the development and dissemination of good practice across several policy areas affecting the lives of disabled children, young people and their families. This currently includes her work leading the National Transition Support Team (based at CDC), which is coordinating the delivery of the government’s Transition Support Programme. The Transition Support Programme (part of the Aiming High for Disabled Children agenda) aims to raise the standards of transition support and provision for disabled young people and their families, and achieve greater consistency in all local areas in England.