By Lisa Chauhan, Co-Founder of SEND Protect. Raising a child with additional needs comes with daily responsibilities — but one of the most important long-term actions a parent or carer can take is putting the right financial protection in place. A trust is one of the most powerful tools available to safeguard your child’s future, while ensuring their eligibility for vital means-tested benefits is not compromised. In this blog, we explain why a trust — not just a will — is essential for...

By Lisa Chauhan, Co-founder of SEND Protect Raising a child with special educational needs or disabilities (SEND) comes with unique challenges — and unique responsibilities. Among the most important (yet often overlooked) is future planning . What will happen to your child if you’re no longer around or able to care for them? How can you ensure their needs — financial, legal, and emotional — are met in the long term? At SEND Protect , we guide families through the vital legal steps that...

By Cara Roughani, Founder of SEND Protect. Why I Started SEND Protect: A Personal Journey to Empower SEND Families As a mum to a wonderful boy with autism, I understand how overwhelming life can feel when you’re navigating the world of additional needs. The therapies, the appointments, the endless paperwork — and perhaps most of all — the uncertainty about the future. Drawing on over 20 years of experience in finance and wealth management, I’d spent my career helping families plan, protect,...