Links
The National Transition Support Team is not
resourced to give direct advice to professionals, families or
disabled young people about individual cases.
The following organisations and websites
provide advice, support or resources that professionals,
families and disabled young people might find useful.
ACE (Advisory
Centre for Education)
The Advisory Centre for
Education (ACE) is a national charity that provides independent
advice for parents and carers of children aged 5-16 in state-funded
education. ACE aims to provide the information, support and
high-quality advice that parents need to help their children at
school, particularly where there are problems. They offer free
advice on many subjects like exclusion from school, bullying,
special educational needs and school admission
appeals.
General advice line: 0808 800 5793
Website: www.ace-ed.org.uk
C4EO - Centre for Excellence and
Outcomes in Children and Young People's
Services
C4EO's work on disability supports Directors
of Children's Services and their Children's Trust partners by
providing the knowledge, data and tailored support they may need to
help improve outcomes for disabled children and their families.
Website: www.c4eo.org.uk
Contact a
Family
Provides advice, information and support to
families with disabled children.
Helpline: 0808 808 3555
Email: info@cafamily.org.uk
Website: www.cafamily.org.uk
Commissioning Support
Programme
The Commissioning Support Programme will
help Children’s Trusts plan, design and implement services more
effectively. The Programme aims to help Children’s Trusts
deliver better outcomes for children, young people and their
families.
Run by a consortium of five partner organisations appointed
by the Department for Children, Schools and Families and Department
for Health.
Website: www.commissioningsupport.org.uk
The Family Fund
Provides
grants to families caring for disabled young people aged up to 16
in England, Northern Ireland and Scotland and for young people aged
up to 17 in Wales.
Telephone: 0845 130 4542
Email: info@familyfund.org.uk
Website: www.familyfund.org.uk
Getting a Life
Getting A life is a cross-government project for young people with
severe learning disabilities. It is about raising aspirations,
making changes to the system and creating a clear path to paid
employment.
Website: www.gettingalife.org.uk
Moving On Up
This website is for young
people with a learning disability from ethnic minority
communities to find out about transition.
Website: www.movingonup.info
National Parent Partnership
Network
Parent partnership services are statutory
services that offer information, advice and support for parents of
children and young people with special educational needs (SEN). All
parent partnerships, wherever they are based, are at ‘arm’s length’
from the Local Authority and so are able to provide impartial
advice and support to parents.
Contact NPPN for information about your local
parent partnership service.
Telephone: 020 7843 6058
Email: nppn@ncb.org.uk
Website: www.parentpartnership.org.uk
SKILL – National Bureau for Students with
Disabilities
Offers advice and information to
disabled young people about access to education after the age of
16, training at work, entry to employment and volunteering.
Speaking Up
Speaking Up supports and empowers people with learning
difficulties, disabilities and mental health problems to speak up
for themselves.
Website: www.speakingup.org
Transition Information Network
(TIN)
TIN is an alliance of organisations and
individuals who work together with a common aim: to improve the
experiences of disabled young people’s transition to adulthood. TIN
is a source of information and good practice standards for disabled
young people, families and professionals. TIN provides this
information through its magazine my future choices, policy
e-newsletter Getting a Life, website, seminars and events.
TIN does not provide advice and does not have a helpline.
Telephone: 020 7843 6006
Email: tin@ncb.org.uk
Website: www.transitioninfonetwork.org.uk