Sunderland City Council Children's Services provides a range of help to disabled children and young people, their families and carers.
There is a booklet called 'Services
for Disabled Children (
456kb)' which contains more information about the service. There is also a
signposting document called 'Services for disabled children in Sunderland -
information for parents and carers' which contains a range of services
available from Children's Services, Health and voluntary agencies and
includes information on financial issues and travel information. Both
documents are available from Services for Disabled Children (contact details
below) or can be downloaded from the Sunderland Disabled Children website.Families can refer themselves or get more information about services, by contacting Services for Disabled Children during office hours at.
Gilpin House, Blind Lane, Houghton le Spring DH4 5HX
Tel: (0191) 566 2190
Fax: (0191) 566 2191
E-mail: child.disability@sunderland.gov.uk
Aiming High for Disabled Children
Sunderland has been selected by the Government to be a pathfinder in the  Aiming
High for Disabled Children programme which will transform services for
disabled children and young people and their families. As a pathfinder,
Sunderland will be expected to lead the way in developing the services and
ways of working that families want and that work best.
A Participation Fund has been established as part of the Aiming
High Programme to enable disabled children to participate in activities that
they would like to do, but where there is currently a barrier preventing
them from doing so. Common barriers are transport, the need for a support
worker, staff training or the need for equipment. The scheme is being
trialled until 31 March 2010. To apply for funding go to the Sunderland
Disabled Children website or contact Karen Parry, Aiming High Programme Manager on
0191 566 2178.
Sunderland Disabled Children Website
The website is designed for children and young people living in Sunderland who are disabled, have special educational needs, or a long term health condition, and their families. It pulls together all the information families tell us they need, into one place and includes:
- Leisure, holidays and days out
- Money matters
- Transport and mobility
- Health
- Education
- Support for parents
- Useful links to lots of other relevant sites and publications
You can visit the website at www.sundc.org.uk
The Sunderland Network for Disabled Children
The Sunderland Network for Disabled Children is a database of information about disabled children in Sunderland and their families.
Sunderland Children's Services together with Health, keeps details of
disabled children in the city. The benefits of joining the Network for families include having a chance to put your views across about changes to services, and being on a mailing list to be kept up to date with all service developments, including receiving the regular newsletter, Real Issues. By joining the Network, families help agencies to have a more complete picture of the needs of disabled children in Sunderland, which helps planning services for the future. Members of the Network also receive a Max Card which offers the family free
or reduced entry to over 60 museums, galleries and heritage attractions across the North East.
Families who have a child under the age of 18, whose disability is likely to continue throughout their childhood can join the Network.
More information is available in a
leaflet and
application form
(
244kb) from:
Services for Disabled Children, Gilpin House, Blind Lane, Houghton le Spring, DH4 5HX. Tel: (0191) 566 2190.
The documents above are in PDF ()
format, which requires Adobe Acrobat Reader.
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