Useful links and contacts.

Here are some links that you might find useful. We cannot take any responsibility for the content of these websites. If you find any don’t work, please let us know.

If you have used a site that you have found useful and think other families might like to see it, please share it with us and we’ll add a link here.

Local

  • Worcester Parent Carer Forum. Worcestershire Parent Carer Forum is a collective of parent carers of children with a wide range of special educational needs and disabilities. Our aim is to make sure that parents’ voices are heard when it comes to planning and decision making about services for our SEND children and young people in Worcestershire.
  • SENDIASS The SENDIASS service is free, accessible and confidential, providing impartial information, advice and support on all matters relating to children and young people with SEND

National

Autism

Autism Awareness Centre

Research Autism

National Autistic Society

Neurodivergent Insights

The Autism Advocate

Thoughty-auti The Autism Podcast

Mental Health

Centre for Mental Health

Depression Alliance

Mental Health Foundation

MIND

RETHINK

SANE

Young Minds

Parents and carers advice

BBC PARENTING

National Family and Parenting Institute

Parenting Programmes’ Alliance

Other Useful Links

Action for Sick Children

Association of Child Abuse Lawyers (ACAL)

Barnardos

BBC HEALTH

Beat Eating Disorders

BrainSkills (brain development information)

British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP)

British Deaf Association (BDA)

British Dyslexia Association

The Centre for Child Mental Health

Childline

Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service

Coram Children’s Legal Centre

Children’s Society

The Compassionate Friends

Counselling Directory

The Dyspraxia Foundation

Things to Try (NHS Fife)

KIDSCAPE

Macmillan Cancer Support

Mumsnet (Special Needs Talk boards)

National Children’s Bureau (NCB)

National Youth Advocacy Service

OK Rehab

PAPYRUS (Prevention of Young Suicide)

Refugee Council

RELATE

Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists

Samaritans

Women’s Aid