Improving Services for Disabled Children & Young People in Wiltshire

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CAF  

 

 New “CAF in Wiltshire” mini-video on www.wiltshirepathways.org.  

Spend a couple of minutes taking a look.

 

The Common Assessment Framework (CAF) has been around for some time now and its use in Wiltshire is increasing.  But if you are still not certain about what it means and how it works, here’s a quick and easy way to find out. 

 

                                            

 

Go to the home page of www.wiltshirepathways.org and view our mini-video “Introducing the CAF” (just 2 mins 30 sec long) in which a range of Wiltshire professionals talk about their experience of the Common Assessment Framework and how it works to support and identify children who may require a statement of special educational needs or extra support at school.

  

CARE

 

 
Turning Point is the UK's leading social care organisation. Our expertise across a broad spectrum of areas means we are skilled in providing services directly to people with multiple issues that other organisations can find difficult to support.
 
 

CLUBS

ASK - For information on activities and clubs available throughout Wiltshire for disabled children and young people. www.askwiltshire.org

 

 
Phab creates opportunities for children and adults of all abilities to enjoy life together by supporting a network of nearly 200 clubs throughout England and Wales for all age ranges, offering activities and holidays.
 
 

COMPUTERS

 

 

Home Access is a Government drive which will help low-income families to get access to a computer and the internet to get online at home.

If you are on a low income and are in receipt of certain benefits you could qualify for a grant to buy a computer and/ or a minimum 1 years internet access.

 

 http://www.homeaccess.org.uk/

DISABLED LIVING

Are you interested in products which help with easier and independent living?  Training courses to increase your knowledge of disability issues?
Then you need to know more about us!
 
 
Go Kids Go is a small national charity whose primary aim is to provide the training to enable independent mobility for young wheelchair-users so that they can enjoy the same activities as their able bodied peers.
 
www.go-kids-go.org.uk

 

Read TESTIMONIALS to find out more. 

                                       

 

Whizz-Kidz are offering free 'Wheelchair Skills Training' in Bath and Chippenham this October.

 

Please click here to see a flyer with further information

GRANTS/FUNDING

 

The Family Fund is a registered charity covering the whole of the UK.

We are the largest independent grant-giving organisation helping low-income families caring for a severely disabled child.

 

 www.familyfund.org.uk

 

Disability-Grants.org is a mine of information when it comes to all aspects of funding.

Searching for extra funds takes time - in between work, hospital appointments, caring, therapies........and the hundred and one other things we all have to juggle every day.

 

So why not visit their website and see what they have to offer. Just click here.

 

 

LIBRARY SERVICE

Did you know that Wiltshire Libraries offer all sorts of services which can help to support children with disabilities? Click here to find out more.

 

SEN

ASK - Support at meetings and advice regarding the Statement of Special Educational Needs. www.askwiltshire.org

 

Downs Syndrome Education
works around the world to improve education for young people with Down Syndrome
 
www.downsed.org
 

SUPPORT + ADVICE

Contact a Family is the only UK-wide charity providing advice, information and support to the parents of all disabled children.

 

www.cafamily.org.uk

 

 

North Wilts ASD Support Group  Offers support and organises events.   www.northwiltsasd.org.uk

 

Swindon Down's Syndrome Group

Offers information, support and advice to families.

 

www.swindondownsgroup.org.uk

 

The Princess Royal Trust provides quality information, advice and support services to carers, through its local Carer's Support agencies.

www.carers.org or for your local office in Wiltshire go to www.csww.co.uk

 

 

                                    

 

Carer's Support now has a Wiltshire-wide website offering loads of help and support.This is available at http://www.carersinwiltshire.co.uk/ 

 

 

Wiltshire Council have produced a leaflet giving advice as to your rights as a carer, It details your rights at work, benefits available, education and ways back into employment. It offers many useful links that may be of use to you if you are one of the 39,000 carers in Wiltshire.

 

The leaflet is available by clicking here.

 

 

 

MENCAP   Planning for the Future Events in September


Are you worried about how your family member with a learning disability will
manage financially when you are not around to support them?

Mencap have organised FREE 2 hour seminars for parents and carers, with
information and advice provided by a specialist local solicitor.

DATES & LOCATIONS:

Monday 13th September - Newbury
Tuesday 14th September - Oxford
Wednesday 15th September - Trowbridge
Thursday 16th September - Southampton
Friday 17th September – High Wycombe

TIME: 12.30pm – 2.30pm

TO BOOK A PLACE: call Gina on 020 7696 6925

 

You can view the Mencap flyer for this event by clicking here.

 

 

Should you wish to attend any of the events listed above a printable

booking form is available  here.

 

 

Carers Direct is a national information, advice and support service for carers in England. Available online at www.nhs.uk/carersdirect and as a free, confidential helpline seven days a week on 0808 802 0202, it provides accurate, relevant information for carers and those who support them.