Childminders
Children with Speical Needs
& Education
Compassionate Friends
Contact a Family
Contact (Great Yarmouth
& Waveney)
Drugs (Community Team - CDT
East Suffolk)
Family Centres
Family Fund Trust
Forget-Me-Nots
Home Start Suffolk Coastal
Link Scheme
Newmarket Action for Special
Needs
Out of School Groups &
Holiday Play Schemes
Playgroups
Push
Shaddo
Robert Milne House Family
Centre (Ormiston Trust)
Volcare
Waveney Child and Family
Support Project
CHILDMINDERS
Childminders are registered
to care for children under eight years of age in their
own home and are sometimes asked if they feel able to
care for a child with a disability. Childminders who
welcome children with special needs into their home do so
with more thought and consideration and care to ensure
that they have the right environment to meet a child's
particular needs. Children cared for by a Childminder are
helped to feel part of the family and often have the
company of other children to play with.
CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL
NEEDS & EDUCATION
Lowestoft Hospital,
Tennyson Road, Lowestoft, NR32 1PT. Tel: 01502 587311.
Provides services for children with special needs and
developmental disorders.
COMPASSIONATE FRIENDS
For bereaved parents.
Contact Mr & Mrs Hurn. Tel: 01473 690816.
CONTACT A FAMILY
209-211 City Road, London,
EC1V 1JN. Tel: 020
7608 8700
National Registered Charity
providing support for families with children who have
special needs.
CONTACT (GREAT
YARMOUTH & WAVENEY)
Suite 6, Nash House, 149-150 King Street, Great Yarmouth,
NR30 2PA.
Tel: 01493
330930.
Support for children with special needs and also their
parents and carers.
DRUGS (COMMUNITY TEAM -
CDT EAST SUFFOLK)
Provide education about
drugs. Tel:
01473 236069
FAMILY CENTRES
Provide a wide range of
support services for families with children who have
disabilities. Many have access to toy libraries offering
a wide range of toys, including musical instruments, for
individuals to borrow at a very low cost.
A Toy Library Van can visit playgroups and Parent and
Toddlers groups.
Tel: 01449
626200
FAMILY FUND TRUST
PO Box 50, York, North
Yorkshire, Y01 9ZX. Tel: 01904 621 115.
Email: info@familyfundtrust.org.uk. Website: www.familyfundtrust.org.uk
Financial help for families caring for a severely
disabled child under 16 years of age.
FORGET-ME-NOTS
Contact Mandy Piper. Tel: 01502 476814
Support group for
parents/carers of children with special needs.
HOME START SUFFOLK COASTAL
20a Cumberland
Street, Woodbridge, IP12 4AB. Tel: 01394 389402
Support,
friendship and practical help is provided to families
(with at least one child under five years old) who might
be under stress in their own homes helping to prevent
family crisis and breakdown.
LINK SCHEME
If you care for a disabled
child it may be possible to link you with a family who
would be able to offer respite care. For details contact
Social Services.
NEWMARKET ACTION FOR
SPECIAL NEEDS
Contact Sarah Tedder. Tel: 01638 667614
Local support group
for parents of children with special needs.
OUT OF SCHOOL CLUBS AND
HOLIDAY PLAY SCHEMES
Charitable trusts run a
number of regular clubs, one-off play events and holiday
schemes. Their inflatable play equipment is always
popular amongst children with disabilities, along with
the wide range of toys and games and other activities.
Please do not hesitate to ask for help and advice about
Playgroups or Childminders from the Early Years Advisor
at Social Services.
PLAYGROUPS
Playgroups are registered
to provide sessional day care for children aged 3 to 5
years of age. The easiest way to find out about the
groups in your area is to contact the Early Years Advisor
at Social Services.
Do not be afraid to ask the
Playgroup if your child can attend their group. The
majority of Playgroups welcome children with disabilities
and the benefits are two way: your child will be able to
make friends, play and learn social skills, other
children will become aware perhaps for the first time,
that some of their friends find life challenging in
different ways and may need help and consideration.
Children who would benefit by
having some extra adult help in a Playgroup on a one to
one basis may be able to have this paid for by Social
Services.
PUSH
Contact Gail Cornish. Tel: 01440 714089
Haverhill based
support group for local parents of children with special
needs.
ROBERT MILNE HOUSE FAMILY
CENTRE (ORMISTON TRUST)
Tel: 01473 724549
SHADDO
Tel: 01440 704151 or 01787
374313
Support group for
families whose children have Attention Deficit Disorder.
VOLCARE
Provide volunteers to help
with care of children with disabilities.
Tel: 01394
385924
WAVENEY CHILD AND FAMILY
SUPPORT PROJECT
Tel: 01502 515272. Answerphone: 01502 563778. Fax:
01502 585242
Support for families and single
parents in Waveney and rural areas, providing a parent
education group with free creche facilities.
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