Useful Websites
Please find below links to some websites you may find useful.
Contact a Family www.cafamily.org.uk
Contact a Family is the only UK-wide charity providing advice, information and support to the parents of all disabled children - no matter what their disability or health condition. We also enable parents to get in contact with other families, both on a local and national basis. Each year we reach at least 275,000 families.
Family Fund http://www.familyfund.org.uk/newsite/default.asp
The Family Fund provides timely grants to families with severely disabled children, based on families' views and needs.
NHS Direct www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk
NHS Direct is at the forefront of 24-hour health care - delivering telephone and e-health information services day and night direct to the public.
Transition Information Network www.transitioninfonetwork.org.uk/page/1
The Transition Information Network (TIN) is an alliance of organisations and individuals who come together with a common aim: to improve the experience of disabled young people's transition to adulthood.
ACT Association Children's Palliative Care www.act.org.uk
ACT - the Association for Children's Palliative Care is a UK-registered charity which is striving to achieve the best quality of life and care for all children and young people with life-threatening or life-limiting conditions and their families.
Sibs www.sibs.org.uk
Sibs is for people who grow up with a brother or sister with special needs, disability, chronic illness. This group of people are often referred to as ‘siblings’. There are at least 2 million of these siblings in the UK. Many siblings need support and information at different stages of their lives.
We also have a family information and support page with details of Parent Carers Groups and Young Carers Groups working in your area.