The future of AAC services in England – a framework for equitable and effective commissioning

The DfE provided funding for a one year project to develop proposals for a model of AAC service provision for the future. These AAC grants were intended to support organisations’ transition to new commissioning arrangements, and to help move provision incrementally towards the model of regional hubs and specialist expertise as envisaged in the SEN and Disability Green Paper, ‘Support and aspiration: a new approach to special educational needs and disability’. Four regions – North, London, Midlands and East, and South – collaborated on eight key objectives, to enable commissioners and commissioned service providers to start working quickly and effectively to reduce inequity and improve service delivery across the country from April 2013.