Contact provides online information and advice to families caring for children and young people with disabilities or additional needs from diagnosis, entitlement to services and benefits, to childcare and support when your child is at school or college. Their website has a number of tools to help you find the advice you’re looking for quickly and easily. Their Freephone helpline can offer support and advice for parents on a whole range of issues. The helpline is for parents and carers in any part of the UK with a disabled child aged from birth to 25. They have parent advisers who can give guidance on education issues such as EHC plans or school support; give you information about benefit entitlements and grants; or help you navigate your way through support systems. What they do:They support families with disabled children, no matter what their condition or disability. Their service is free and open to any parent/carer or family member. They also support practitioners working with families.They offer: Free information workshops for groups of parent carers (support, challenging behaviours, benefit info), local information on local services, and information guides on everyday living (financial help, leisure activities, education, healthcare, sleep support).They also offer ways to meet other local parents through support groups and events, free information sessions for professionals working with families with disabled children, resources for professionals, and our helpline where we provide advice and support.The type of service is an information, advice and support service and promoting linking for parents to other parents, support groups and parent carer forums. Their service is confidential, independent and impartial.Sleep Support from Contact, webpage https://contact.org.uk/help-for-families/information-advice-services/health-medical-information/common-concerns/helping-you-and-your-child-sleep/Turn2us benefits calculator https://contact.org.uk/advice-and-support/benefits-financial-help/benefits-and-tax-credits/benefits-calculator/ Free to use.Service/Activity is FreeReferral Required? NoAvailability information Monday-Friday 9.30am – 5pm We're sorry but <%= htmlWebpackPlugin.options.title %> doesn't work properly without JavaScript enabled. Please enable it to continue.
