Other Organisations and Voluntary Groups
Below are some other sources of help who may be able to help you
Local Organisations
Advice and Guidance for Families (AGF) - Free, Impartial and Confidential advice/information for families.
Carers Gloucestershire - Offers the information and support you need to make life easier for you and the person you care for.
Cheltenham and District Contact a Family (CADCAF) - For families with children who have disabilities.
Choice Advice Service - Choice Advice is an impartial guidance, support and information service for parents and carers who are applying for a secondary school place for their child, who lives in Gloucestershire.
Family Information Service - Provides information and signposting for all issues affecting children, families and young people from childcare, education and activities to family support including money, housing and health.
Gloucestershire Families Service Directory (Glosfamilies) - Online guide to services, organisations and activities for children, young people and their families. It is also aimed at people who provide information, advice and support for families.
Gloucestershire Deaf Children's Society - We are a small group of parents of deaf children, who meet regularly each month to discuss our experiences of bringing up a deaf child in Gloucestershire.
Gloucestershire Deaf Association - serving the needs of the Deaf and hard-of-hearing in Gloucestershire.
Gloucestershire Parent Carers Council - Gloucestershire Parent Carers Council is made up of parent carers who have a child or young person aged 0 - 19 years with a disability.
GUiDE Health and Social Care database - The health, social care and disability information service for Gloucestershire.
Mencap - Understanding Learning Disability.
Playgroup and Toddler Association (PATA) - PATA is the largest voluntary sector provider of support to early years childcare and education in Gloucestershire.
Special Needs and Parents (SNAP) - held at Parliament Children's Centre, Stroud. Weekly support group (term time only) for parents and carers of children up to nineteen years old with special needs. They offer chat, speakers, visits, activities and courses.
The KEY - A special information service for families with a disabled child.
National Organisations
Advisory Centre for Education (ACE) - (ACE) is an independent national advice centre for parents.
Afasic - Afasic seeks to raise awareness and to create better services and provision for children and young people with speech and language impairments.
Association for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus (ASBAH) - ASBAH is the leading UK registered charity providing information and advice about spina bifida and hydrocephalus to individuals, families and carers.
British Association of Teachers for the Deaf (BATOD)
The Sign Community - We at the BDA hope it will answer any questions you may have.
British Dyslexia Association [Opens in New Window] - The voice of dyslexic people.
Gloucestershire Dyslexia Association [Opens in New Window]
The Children's Legal Centre - A unique, independent national charity concerned with law and policy affecting children and young people.
Disability Living Allowance (DLA) - A tax-free benefit for children and adults who need help.
The Down's Syndrome Association
The Down's Heart Group - charity offering support and information relating to heart conditions associated with Down's Syndrome. Provides one to one support, telephone helpline and newsletters.
Dyslexia Action - Dyslexia Action is a national charity and the UK's leading provider of services and support for people with dyslexia and literacy difficulties.
Dyspraxia Foundation - A UK charity which exists to help people to understand and cope with dyspraxia.
I CAN - the children's communication charity that works to develop speech, language and communications skills for all children.
Independent Panel for Special Education Advice - Independent Panel for Special Educational Advice - IPSEA's trained volunteers give free, independent advice and support in England and Wales. Our helplines can be busy. You may find what you need by looking at common problems.
National Autistic Society - Exists to champion the rights and interests of all people with autism and to ensure that they and their families receive quality services appropriate to their needs.
National Deaf Children's Society - An organisation of families, parents and carers.
National Educational Advocacy Partnership - This organisation exists to ensure that children and young people with visual impairment receive the education they need and deserve.
netmums.com - Netmums is a unique local network for Mums (or Dads), offering a wealth of information on both a national and local level. Once you have registered on your local site you can access details for all kinds of local resources, from child-friendly cafes to childminders, places to go and much, much more. In just a few clicks you chat with local mums in our coffee house, read other mums local recommendations and check out information on pre-schools or schools in your area - it’s all here, under one roof.
Network 81 - Network 81 is a national network of parents working towards properly resourced inclusive education for children with special educational needs.
Parents for Inclusion - Parents helping parents so that disabled children can learn, make friends and have a voice in ordinary school and throughout life. We are a national charity based in London.
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Parent Link - Set up by a group of TEACHERS to give parents practical tips on helping with children's school work.
Rathbone - We give young people who are experiencing significant disadvantages the right opportunities to learn and to achieve.
Royal National Institute of the Blind (RNIB) - Helping you live with sight loss.
Scope - For disabled people achieving equality.
Sense - Sense is the UK's largest organisation for children and adults who are deaf or blind or have associated disabilities.
Turn2us - is a website with details of all benefits available but also has a searchable database of grants that parents of disabled children may be able to apply for.