Useful Weblinks
Click below to access some useful websites:
Ø Kids on-Line
“At Kids we help disabled children to get the most out of life. We work closely with parents and carers to give children and young people all the support they need today to fulfil their hopes and dreams tomorrow.”
“At Kids we help disabled children to get the most out of life. We work closely with parents and carers to give children and young people all the support they need today to fulfil their hopes and dreams tomorrow.”
Ø Every Child Matters : Change for Children
Every Child Matters: Change for Children aims to improve outcomes for all children and young people, including disabled children. As many disabled children's needs are complex and cross traditional service boundaries, they are one of the groups who stand to gain the most from this change programme.
Every Child Matters: Change for Children aims to improve outcomes for all children and young people, including disabled children. As many disabled children's needs are complex and cross traditional service boundaries, they are one of the groups who stand to gain the most from this change programme.
Ø Direct Government: Caring for Someone
The Children Act 1989 is designed to help keep a child safe and well and, if necessary, help the child to live with their family by providing services appropriate to the child’s needs.
The Act imposes a general duty on local councils to provide a range of services to ‘children in need’ in their area if those services will help keep a child safe and well. Some services are provided by the council free of charge, although councils can also decide which services you will need to pay for, or contribute to.
The Children Act 1989 is designed to help keep a child safe and well and, if necessary, help the child to live with their family by providing services appropriate to the child’s needs.
The Act imposes a general duty on local councils to provide a range of services to ‘children in need’ in their area if those services will help keep a child safe and well. Some services are provided by the council free of charge, although councils can also decide which services you will need to pay for, or contribute to.
Ø Contact a Family
Contact a Family was established as a national charity in 1979, to support families with disabled children and children with specific health conditions.
Across the UK, a child is diagnosed with a severe disability every 25 minutes and over 98% of disabled children are cared for at home by a parent or other family member who didn't "apply for the job" but who has quickly had to become an expert.
When parents find out that their child is disabled they feel isolated and alone because usually they don't know anyone else facing the same problems. They want contact with another family who've been through a similar experience and they want information about their child's condition.
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 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 250,000 families
Contact a Family was established as a national charity in 1979, to support families with disabled children and children with specific health conditions.
Across the UK, a child is diagnosed with a severe disability every 25 minutes and over 98% of disabled children are cared for at home by a parent or other family member who didn't "apply for the job" but who has quickly had to become an expert.
When parents find out that their child is disabled they feel isolated and alone because usually they don't know anyone else facing the same problems. They want contact with another family who've been through a similar experience and they want information about their child's condition.
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 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 250,000 families
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