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- Advice, support and services for deaf children and adults, including interpretation services.
- Beat strives to improve the quality of life for people affected by eating disorders. We achieve this by being proactive in meeting needs; being successful in influencing policy and by promoting understanding.
- Working with disbaled children, young people and their families.
- Kidz Unlimited coordinates Ambassador Clubs where young disabled people can meet and learn new skills. The nearest clubs for Islington residents are in Haringey and Tower Hamlets.
- CDC is the umbrella body for the disabled children’s sector in England.
- Drop in: Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm or phone Monday to Friday 8am to 6pm (Wednesday 8.30am opening)If you have a housing problem, are homeless or are facing homelessness, please contact us for advice and support. The Housing Aid Team is the starting point for advice and assistance on preventing or dealing with homelessness for eveyone (including 16 to 17 year olds).…
- The website of an organisation working with people who have facial disfigurements, cranio-facial conditions, skin conditions, birthmarks or cleft lips. There is a Special Child Service that offers advice and support to children, teenagers and their families.
- Website of the national organisation for children with Special Educational Needs.
- Disability Rights UK has been formed through a unification of Disability Alliance, Radar and National Centre for Independent Living. It aims to be the largest national pan-disability organisation led by disabled people.
- Website of the national organisation giving advice on all aspects of the condition.
- Monday to Friday 9.30am - 3pm, excluding Bank HolidaysFamily Rights Group promotes policies and practices that keep children safe within their family and strengthen the family and community networks of those children who cannot live at home. We campaign for families to have their voice heard, be treated fairly and get help…
- Monday, Wednesday to Friday 9.30am to 5.00pmThe Osteopathic Centre for Children is a charity that runs a paediatric osteopathy clinic for babies and children up to age 18, and pregnant and postnatal mothers. Osteopaths are trained in paediatrics, and treatment is available for all conditions, including asthma, autism, cerebral palsy, colic,…
- Monday to Thursday from 9am to 5.30pm, Friday 9am to 4pmWe act as an introductory agency, placing qualified and experienced childcare workers, carers and special needs nannies, to families with babies, children and young adults with additional needs. We also place nannies and carers with families in difficult situations such as those who have suffered…
- The website of the national organisation which is a major provider of services for young people with epilepsy.
- The Royal National institute for Blind People (RNIB) provides information, advice and support to blind people.
- Helpline: Monday to Friday from 10am to 1pmNetwork 81 is a national charity that provides advice and information to parents and carers on a wide range of school based issues including exclusion, admissions, Special Educational needs, bullying and attendance. We are passionate about improving the life chances of children with Special Educational…
- Suited & Booted provides clothing and job interview advice for vulnerable and disadvantaged men in London. Our clients include the long-term unemployed, ex offenders, those experiencing mental health problems, homeless, looked-after youth and young adults and former miltary personnel - people who are struggling and…
- The website of the Disabled Living Foundation is a national organisation which, provides help and advice on the necessary equipment needed to overcome problems of everyday living by disabled people.
- Sibs exists to support people who grow up with or have grown up with a disabled brother or sister. It is the only UK charity representing the needs of over half a million young siblings and over one and a half million adult siblings. Sibs…
- The website of Asthma UK, a charity dedicated to improving the health and well-being of people whose lives are affected by asthma.
- Website offering information about microphthalmia, anophthalmia, coloborna and related conditions
- A source of information on national and local support groups and resources about Attention Deficit (Hyperactivity) Disorder.
- Helpline: Monday to Friday from 9.30am to 5pmContact is a national charity that helps and supports parents of all disabled children - no matter what their disability or health condition. This charity can help parents to find their nearest group, or to set up a new one. There is also a large…
- Rett UK provides support, advice and information to families and professionals.
- The website of the British Dyslexia Association, offering a comprehensive service to dyslexic young people and their families.
- Shine is the leading UK registered charity providing information and advice about spina bifida and hydrocephalus to individuals, families and carers.
- This website gives information about a network of local groups and activities for children with dyspraxia.
- Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pmFamily Fund is the UK’s largest charity providing grants for families on low incomes raising disabled or seriously ill children and young people. Last year, we provided 88,407 grants and services worth over £33 million to families across the UK. We believe that all families…
- The service provides information and support to children with heart disorders and their families.
- A national information charity on disability and parenthood.
- This is the organisation's national website, providing a wide range of services, including parent to parent support, throughout the UK for children suffering from autistic disorders.
- The website of an organisation consisting of carers, parents and families. Their aim is to help deaf children enhance their skills and abilities.
- The website for Newlife, supporting disabled children and their families across the UK. Newlife provides equipment loans and grants to ensure the safety and wellbeing of disabled children. Care Services support families by providing vital information, equipment provisions and a 24 hour Nurse helpline.
- Website giving information about the national organisation for thoses affected by psoriasis.
- This is the website of Austism Independent UK. The purpose of the organisation is to increase awareness of the condition and establish newly developed approaches to its diagnosis, assessment, education and treatment.
- This is the website of The Children's Society, a national charity working with more than 50,000 children and teenagers in England every year. The Children's Society provides practical help, support and advice through 90 projects, which focus on four key areas: children at risk on…
- Website of the national charity that works to ensure that sick children receive the highest standards of care.
- Challenges the inequality and poverty of disabled people by securing for them free and equal access to their legal rights and entitlements.
- The NSHN was formed over ten years ago with the prime objective of supporting people who self harm. We consist of a number of volunteer workers who have experienced self-harm to themselves or have seen it in family or friends. The aims and objectives of…
- Website of the organisation for dual sensory impaired people.
- The website of HACSG is a registered charity which helps ADHD/Hyperactive children and their families and is a leading proponent of a dietary approach to the problem of hyperactivity.
- A website offering information to people who have neuromuscular conditions.
- Website of the Makaton charity which helps people with communication difficulties.
- Telephone service on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 9am to 12 noon.If you have a question, or need some information, advice or guidance you can speak to one of our Family Engagement Workers. Telephone service Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 9am-12noon Tel: 020 7527 8376 If lines are busy please leave a message and we will get…
- Website of the London-based organisation offering support to people with the condition, their families and new parents.
- The website of SAUK, which offers information and support to young people with scoliosis.
- The website of GIG a national organisation which helps those affected by genetic disorders.
- Monday to Friday from 9.30am to 5.30pmCamden and Islington Young Carers Service provides support for children and young people up to 18 years living in Camden and Islington who have a caring responsibility for a family member. The service offers whole family support, alongside one-one support for young carers and works intensively with families…
- The medical charity that offers up-to-date advice and support for people affected by allergies.