Please find links to some extra support agencies, societies and charities that can offer you and your child additional support.
If you have a concern about the welfare of any child up to the age of 18 living in Staffordshire, or you would like additional support for your own child through social care, you can call Staffordshire Childrens Advice Service on 0300 111 8007 or in Stoke you can call 01782 235100
Stoke and Staffordshire Safeguarding Children Board
Wellbeing Support
Counselling and mental health support
Mental Health Support Teams in Schools
Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Click the links below for the counties Local Offer
Staffordshire Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Local Offe
Staffordshire’s local offer provides information and Services for children and young people aged 0-25 with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and their families. The Local Offer website aims to help families by gathering the information that they need to know in order to make informed choices about the support they receive.
Derby Local Offer
Here you will find help, advice and information about the services available for your child or young person, from birth to 25 years, with a Special Educational Need or Disability (SEND) from Derby City Council.
Birmingham Local Offe
Walsall Local Offer
Aiming High Activities
Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Information, Advice and Support Strategies
SENDIASS provide confidential, impartial information from education law on disability, health and social care to help parents/carers, children and young people in making informed choices enabling them to play an active role in relation to educational decisions.
MindEd for Families
MindEd is a free learning resource for the mental health of children, young people and older adults.
The National Autistic Society
They are the leading UK charity for people with autism (including Asperger syndrome) and their families. They provide information, support and pioneering services, and campaign for a better world for people with autism.
ADHD Foundation
The ADHD Foundation works in partnership with individuals, families, doctors, teachers and other agencies to improve emotional well being, educational attainment, behaviour and life chances through better understanding and self-management of ADHD, ASD and related learning difficulties such as dyslexia, dyspraxia, Irlen’s Syndrome, dyscalculia and Tourette’s Syndrome.
Down’s Syndrome Association
Children and adults with Down’s syndrome are all unique individuals with their own personalities, family backgrounds and preferences that make them who they are. Here you will find answers to questions that we are often asked about Down’s syndrome.
British Dyslexia Association
This organisation offers information, help and support for parents, children and adults with dyslexia.
Change4Life
Formally Change4Life, Better Health, Healthier Families aims to help families to make small, sustainable yet significant improvements to their diet, activity levels and alcohol consumption.
Royal National Institue of Blind People (RNIB)
The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB), the UK’s leading charity supporting blind and partially sighted people. They offer practical and emotional support to those that need support, so they can continue living life to the full.
CAMHS and Young Minds
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) is the name for NHS-provided services in the United Kingdom for children, generally until school-leaving age, who are having difficulties with their emotional or behavioural well-being.
Child Line
Whether it’s something big or small, our trained counsellors are here to support you. Childline is free, confidential and available any time, day or night. You can talk to us: by calling 0800 1111.
Relate
Relate is the UK’s largest provider of relationship support, and every year they help over a million people of all ages, backgrounds and sexual orientations to strengthen their relationships.
National Deaf Children’s Society
Stoke and North Staffordshire Deaf Children’s Society
The Stoke & North Staffordshire Deaf Children’s Society is a local group run by parents and carers of deaf children, working together with local health and education professionals. We support families with children or young people who are affected by hearing impairments, ranging from mild to profound deafness.
VICTA
VICTA organises activities designed to improve the emotional, social and living skills of the children and young people with visual impairments.
VICTA support children and young people who are blind or partially sighted by providing equipment to aid their visual impairment.
Guide Dogs
Guide Dogs is a working name of The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association.
Lichfield
We are part of a nationwide network of foodbanks, supported by The Trussell Trust, working to combat poverty and hunger across the UK.