Useful Links for Families

Useful links for students and parents ~ support services, events, forums, conferences, newsletters, holiday activities, youth groups, websites & more...    
Just added - Bradford Council Cost of Living Support website

• Action for Happiness helps people take action for a happier and more caring world, click here
• AIM Choir Accessible Inclusive Music - this online, accessible choir is open to all, including children with special educational needs or disabilities, email Accessible.Inclusive. Music@gmail.com for details
  
• Anaphylaxis - Signs, symptoms and treatment

• ACST (Autism Community Support Team) This organisation supports pupils with high-functioning Autism who are displaying challenging behaviours (150 behaviours per week). An in-depth and holistic assessment is made in all environments accessed by the YP after which a key adult is assigned to work with the family in their home to model strategies on how to manage and understand their child’s behaviour. Referral can be made by parents, schools or other professionals https://localoffer.bradford.gov.uk/service/758-specialist-behavioural-services-

• Autism Links This is a website which signpost parents and carers to services available within their region. This is updated regularly. https://www.autismlinks.co.uk/

• AWARE - Airedale & Wharfedale Autism Resource Click here for details of this parent-run group supporting families with children and young adults on the autistic spectrum
• Beckfoot School SEND information page - websites, helplines & support groups (SEND, Autism, Mental Health, support groups etc.)

• Beckfoot Trust Support for Families page for information on support services locally and details of organisations that can provide advice & guidance

• Bradford Council Cost of Living Support website

• BDCFT Carers Hub Click here for details of Bradford Carers Hub

• Bradford City Disability Football Click here for details of training sessions and here to visit the website
• Bradford Council’s school closure notification service Click here for details of Bradford Council's mobile app for school closure alerts
• Bradford Council Supporting mental wellbeing in Bradford, click for details
• Bradford SENDIASS provides Information, Advice and Support around Special Educational Needs and Disabilities including support with EHCPs, click here to visit the website
• Carers' Resource Click here for information on how the specialist carers' centre can help carers and here to visit the website
• Cricket Click here for details of free cricket sessions on Saturdays at Beckfoot School
• Dance & Performance Skills Click here for details of classes at Kala Sangam for age 16+ with a disability, learning disability or autism
  
• Down Syndrome Training & Support Service Click here for details
• Early Help Support for families, click here for details.
• eSafeguarding & eSafety  Useful sites for information on internet safety or click here to view our e-Safety webpage
  Child Exploitation & Online Protection Centre >
  National Online Safety >
  Get Safe Online >
• Family Fund Click here for details of the UK’s largest charity providing grants for families raising disabled or seriously ill children and young people
• Family Hubs Offering support & activities for babies, children, young people and families: Keighley & Shipley, Bradford West
• Families and Young Person Information (FYI) Click here for advice, information and signposting for children, young people and families within the Bradford district, includes information and advice pages for all aspects of family life, service directory and guide to local events and activities.
• Friends and Family Hub for families of children with disabilities and learning difficulties, click here for further details
• Local Offer Click here for Bradford's Local Offer website, for parents, carers and families of children and young people aged from birth to 25 with special needs and/or disabilities, click here for the Local Offer useful links page and click here for the latest Local Offer newsletter

• Nebula Girls Group This a group specifically for girls on the Autism spectrum (or on the pathway) based in Keighley. It offers social support to girls and young women aged between 8-25 via a weekly club (Friday evening). https://www.nebulagirlsgroup.co.uk/

• Parents’ Forum For Bradford and Airedale Click here to visit the website

• People First KC Click here for details of this Keighley & Craven Advocacy Group - speaking up for and helping people with learning disabilities
• Pregnancy and Infancy referral service (Bradford), click here for details

• SENDIASS This organisation offers impartial advice to parents or carers of children and young people aged 0-25 with SEND. Advice can be given around exclusions, EHCP, transport, annual reviews, SEN support, admissions and provision. https://www.barnardos.org.uk/what-we-do/services/bradford-sendiass

• Shine Together  Click here for more information on this local youth group for young people with special needs aged 13-18
• Sign language Click here for the Makaton Charity's sign of the week
• Sing Up YouTube channel
• SNOOP (Special Needs Objective Outreach Project) Preparation for Adulthood sessions run every Thursday during term time for young people aged 14-25, click here for more details
• SNOOP Youth Club  Click here to find out more about this Youth Club at Eccleshill for young people with disabilities, it runs from 6pm-8pm every Tuesday in term time
• Specialist Inclusion Project The Specialist Inclusion Project specialises in researching, identifying, running and monitoring Short Breaks services for young people with disabilities aged 8 to 18 years throughout the Bradford District, click here to visit the SIP website
• Sport Works Click here for details of weekly sports sessions for young people with disabilities and additional needs.
• Sibs  Click here for more information about Sibs - an online support service for brothers and sisters of disabled children and young people
• Star Youth Club Click here for details of this youth club in Bradford, every Thursday for young people with additional needs aged 11-25.
• ZigZag Leeds Autism Support Group Click here for details of this service that supports families caring for a child, with or without a diagnosis of autism, in Leeds and surrounding areas