SEND Support Services

The Easy Eye Care service is a specialist eye care service for people with learning disabilities and autistic people of all ages, who are registered with a South East London GP.

The Elifar Foundation is a small charity which helps to improve the lives of children and young adults with severe learning difficulty and associated physical disability. They provide grants for a variety of items including electronic wheelchairs, specialised seating, eating aids, special beds and trikes, hoists, communication devices and sensory equipment. The intense challenge of daily management at home usually means that a grant will enhance life for the rest of the family too.

Project Me, programme run by OAKonsult aims to empower parent carers of children with special needs or disabilities from the BAME community, by delivering workshops, training, practical sessions, and therapeutic approaches.

Providing support to autistic people into sustainable and fulfilling employment and to have fulfilling and productive working relationships in inclusive and positive environments.

Evie’s Gift are a charity that support the families of critically ill children. They understand that one of the most devastating things you can face as a parent is learning your child has a life-threatening or life-limiting illness. That’s why their mission is to take care of your immediate practical needs so you can focus on your child and the medical decisions associated with their care when they are in hospital.

Family Action is an award-winning national charity working from the heart of local communities across England and Wales. They have been supporting people through change, challenge and crisis for over 150 years.They support families all over the country through their local services delivered from Family Action offices, in community spaces, and in homes.

Family Fund supports families living across the UK who are who are raising a disabled or seriously ill child or young person up to the age of seventeen. Their support is focused on those on low incomes with a child/children who have a high level of additional support needs.Family Fund believe that all families raising disabled or seriously ill children and young people should have the same choices, quality of life, opportunities and aspirations as other families.

Family Fund believes that families raising disabled or seriously ill children and young people should have the same choices, quality of life, opportunities and aspirations as wider families. We try to make this happen every day by:• Giving grants to families on a low income for items they may not otherwise be able to afford. For example, family breaks, digital equipment, white goods, clothing, bedding, furniture and play equipment.• Offering services to help parents and carers to achieve the ou

The Florence Nightingale Aid in Sickness Trust provides life enhancing grants to help people of all ages in need who are ill, convalescent or disabled.These grants are used to provide medical and household aids to alleviate sickness and make a huge difference to people’s ability to manage at home and live as independently as possible.They do not fund holidays, but they will provide grants towards respite and convalescent breaks in nursing and convalescent homes and organised specialist breaks fo

Disabled freedom passes enable eligible disabled people who have not yet reached the qualifying age for an over 60s freedom pass to travel free on nearly all public transport within Greater London and on most buses in England.

Hannah's Holiday Appeal is a charity that provides free holiday breaks for families of children with cancer or life-limiting illnesses, allowing them to create special memories together in dedicated holiday homes, usually located in the New Forest area, away from the stress of hospital life; essentially, they offer a respite getaway for these families in need.

Happy Days Children's Charity based in Hitchin organises and funds special days such as trips to the seaside, theatres, zoos, museums, outdoor activity centres, sporting events and other educational and cultural activities for children right across the UK living with mental, physical and emotional difficulties.

Healthwatch Bromley is your local health and social care independent champion. From Beckenham to Biggin Hill and everywhere in between, they make sure NHS leaders and other decision makers hear your voice and use your feedback to improve care.

Hollybank offer enjoyable breaks with the highest standard of care for children aged 5 to 17 years with disabilities and complex healthcare needs, and who are living in the Bromley Borough or registered with a Bromley GP. Hollybank work closely with parents and carers, and other professionals (schools, health care professionals) to keep the child with the family.

Home-Start Bromley is a voluntary organisation committed to promoting the welfare of families with at least one child under five years of age. They aim to support parents in their parenting role, and in doing so promote the best outcomes for their children and the family as a whole. Home-start’s approach is to support early intervention, as the early years are seen as the most important years, and every child deserves a good start to maximise their future potential.

The information, advice and support service (IASS) offers free, impartial information, advice and support in confidence for:• Children and young people with special educational needs or disabilities age 0 to 25.• Parents and carers of children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).• Children and young people with SEND around transitions from pre-school to primary school, onto secondary school and college, etc.

Independence at Home is a charity that provides grants to people of all ages who have a physical or learning disability or long-term illness and who are in financial need.

Kent Association for the Blind provides information, advice and guidance for children and families and registration as sight impaired or severely sight impaired.

The Kids Cancer Charity are a national charity supporting children with cancer and their families through their challenging journey.They care and they understand the complexity of emotions and rigorous physical demands of treatment. They have been providing play therapy and care breaks for families from all over the UK.

Learn and Thrive is a UK registered charity. They support learners with Down syndrome to access specialist support to help them learn and thrive. They use digital tools to empower people with Down Syndrome to thrive throughout their lives.

Lifeline 4 Kids provide equipment to help improve the quality of life for children with disabilities and special needs irrespective of race or creed.

Look Ahead deliver mental health, learning disabilities, homelessness and young people with support and services.

Dance sessions exclusively for people with learning disabilities. For children from the age of three, right up to adults with no upper age limit on taking part.

Myclub Junior weekly activity sessions at the Pavilion in Bromley. Inclusive sessions for children and young people with SEND and their families.