Directory of Children Resources

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Information, resources, organisations, and support for children with disabilities, and their families.

Resources in This Category

• Action for Sick Children

  http://www.actionforsickchildren.org.uk/
  A charity, specially formed to ensure that sick children receive the highest standard of care possible. Offers news and current affairs, help lines and disability links.

• Association of Wheelchair Children

  http://www.go-kids-go.org.uk/
  Provides specialist wheelchair training, assessments and therapy to children in the UK. Provides details of how to get involved along with the free training sessions.

• Child Disability Help

  http://www.child-disability.co.uk/
  Providing vital help and support to families in the UK with a child or children up to 16 years of age with a disability.

• ClearVision

  http://www.clearvisionproject.org/
  A nationwide lending library of braille and print children's books. Details of available books plus how to join the library.

• Contact a Family

  http://www.cafamily.org.uk/
  Contact a Family is a UK charity for families with disabled children. Offers information on specific conditions and rare disorders.

• Dame Vera Lynn Children's Charity

  http://www.dvlcc.org.uk/
  Offers an early intervention service for babies and children under five years of age with cerebral palsy and other motor learning difficulties. Includes overview, history, celebrity support, stories, school for parents and how to get involved.

• Family Fund

  http://www.familyfund.org.uk/
  Charity aiming to support, advise and possibly help with funds for families with severely disabled children.

• Henrietta's Dream

  http://www.henriettasdream.org/
  Information and help with civil rights for the disabled. Includes statistics of single parent families with disabled children. Includes news and a donation section.

• Henry Spink Foundation

  http://www.henryspink.org/home.htm
  A charity providing help to families with children who have a disability. Background, information centre and aims.

• Kids

  http://www.kids.org.uk/
  Working with disabled children and their families to provide support, education and social activities for the child and parent.

• Kids Out Charity

  http://www.kidsout.org.uk/
  Established by Rotary International and Littlewoods to help children with learning difficulties. News, how to help, events and contact information.

• National Council for Disabled Children

  http://www.councilfordisabledchildren.org.uk/
  Discussion, development and dissemination of policy and practice issues relating to service provision and support. Publications, projects, parent partnerships and events.

• Special Kids in the UK

  http://www.specialkidsintheuk.org/
  A registered charity setup with the aim of providing support to parents, or carers, of children with special needs. Find out about support, social and fundraising events and how to donate.

• The Children's Society

  http://www.childrenssociety.org.uk/
  Working with and for children to help them deal with life's challenges and face the future with confidence. Includes fundraising details and list of shops.

• The Children's Trust

  http://www.thechildrenstrust.org.uk/
  Based at Tadworth, Surrey, the charity provides specialist care for severely disabled children many of whom have particularly complex health needs. Information on services offered, and contact details.

• The Hollow Lane Club

  http://www.hollowlane.org.uk/
  Providing after school clubs, Saturday clubs and holiday play schemes for children with special needs. Details of clubs in Exeter and Okehampton.

• The Southend Sunflower Trust

  http://www.thesouthendsunflowertrust.co.uk/
  Providing financial assistance for children with special needs, who live within the borough of Southend on Sea in Essex. Includes criteria details.

• Umbrella

  http://umbrella.uk.net/
  A charity that supports parents, family and carers who have children or young people with special needs living in Southern Derbyshire.

• Variety, the Children's Charity

  https://www.variety.org.uk/
  Raises funds for sick, disabled and disadvantaged children. Entertainers who volunteer their time, talents and skills. News, events and fundraising.

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