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Support for disabled children and their families

We provide a range of different services to support disabled children and their families. Wherever possible, we try to enable disabled children and young people to access mainstream services.

The aim of our services is to help families lead normal lives, and to contribute to the health, wellbeing, growth, development, enjoyment, and achievement of children and young people.

A cartoon image of a person stretching their arms The Disabled Children's Service

A cartoon image one person helping another up a mountain Early Help

A cartoon image of a two people standing next to each other Support for young carers

A cartoon image of a two people standing next to each other Short breaks

A cartoon image of a shield with a person in the centre Safeguarding children and young people

A cartoon image of a small hand on top of a larger one Independent Support for parents of children with SEND



Information, help and advice

  • My Personal Passport
    What is My Personal Passport? The Personal Passport has been designed by the local authority as an easy way for staff to find out important information about the children and young people they work with who have SEND. It includes: Things staff must know about…
  • Your voice matters
    Young people have been involved in various ways and have made really important contributions to work in the Council and the wider SEND Community. Click the links below for more information about the different ways young people have been involved: All for Youth Newsletter Feedback…
  • Key words explained
    Somtimes it can be tricky to keep track of all the complex words and abbreviations used when talking about special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). To make it a bit easier, we have produced our a glossary of key words explained which we hope will…
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News

Fairshot Supported Internship - One Spot Left

There is one final spot available for our Supported Internship Programme - starting asap and ending in July 2024. …Read more

SASH - Parent's Drop In

Join the SASH drop in session for parents of people with learning disabilities and/or autism. See details below.Read more

NAS Teen Life Programme

Please see below information about this free programme by the National Autistic Society (NAS)Read more