Together, we can do more

I CAN's three year business plan

When it comes to spoken language for children, we’re the UK’s leading communication charity. But we want to do more. Much more.

1.4 million children in the UK have long-term speech, language and communication needs (SLCN) . Being able to communicate is a fundamental part of a child’s development. Which is why we want to reach more children across the UK, support them and help them for the future.

Our five strategic objectives:

Supporting vulnerable children

Find new partners to help reach more children
Give children with mental health issues the support they need
Develop targeted approaches to help vulnerable children at high risk of SLCN

Developing our schools as centres of excellence

Increase pupil numbers
Work with Ofsted to produce a model for language and communication
Develop a thorough and effective school improvement cycle for both school

Championing the needs of children

Hit the headlines to increase the profile of SLCN
Work with Ofsted to produce a model for language and communication
Reach new audiences via the Communication Consortium

Delivering new services & programmes

Create a Young Persons’ Ambassador programme to ensure their voice is heard
Develop a research centre
Create targeted school based programmes to support children with DLD

Be the best we can be

Build one organisation, one culture, one mission
Go digital and incorporate it into our strategy
Increase our impact with a new brand refresh and business development strategy

We know that there are still thousands of children whose speech, language and communication needs remain unidentified, mislabelled, and under-supported.

But we also know that by coming together, we can achieve far more for children with speech, language, and communication needs.

If you would like to find out how you can help us to make a difference to children's lives, then get in touch by emailing info@ican.org.uk