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Contents Contents Advice & Information Organisations and initiatives that you can contact Pages 1 – 5 for advice and information Education Mainstream and special educational needs Pages 6 – 11 services Having a Break Information on short-break and respite services Pages 12 – 13 Family Support Support agencies and groups available for families Pages 14 – 22 Health Health service provision for children and young Pages 23 – 28 people National Organisations Useful Information on national organisations Pages 29 – 37 Contents Contents Mobility & Travel Services and schemes available to help with Pages 38 – 39 mobility and travel Holidays Holidays for disabled people Pages 40 – 41 Play & Leisure Play and leisure services and activities in Hull Pages 42 – 47 Money Matters This section covers the benefits available Page 48 Childrens Centres Contact details of the Children’s Centres in Pages 49 – 51 Hull Comments, This section gives details of where to make Compliments your comments, compliments and complaints & Complaints Page 52 Advice &Information Advice and Information Addvis @ Addvis -Providing goods and services relating to the needs of people with a HERIB visual impairment. This includes sourcing aids and equipment suited to Beech Holme, individual needs, Guide Talking software and a full transcription service. Beverley Road Hull HU5 1NF HERIB offers an Eye Clinic Support Service HERIB has an IT resource Tel: 01482 342297 centre which is open to the public, at a small cost ,that enables people with Email: [email protected] visual impairments and physical disabilities to access literature and the internet. The resource centre is open Monday to Friday 0900 to 1700. Career Choices As part of Hull City Council Training, the Career Choices Centre provides 26 Raywell Street support and development through the provision of learning resources to a Hull, HU2 8EP variety of young people within Hull and East Yorkshire. They aim to work Tel 01482 615420 with 16-19 year olds on a one-to-one basis, identifying their individual Email needs and offering personal support to achieve a positive outcome. [email protected] City Council’s Children and Offering a service for young people aged 13 to 19, offering information and Young People’s Service support on living, learning, work and more. Connexions can help young (Connexions) people to access whatever kind of support they need. They do this by Hull Connexions Centre working in partnership with lots of different organisations, but young people 84-86 Paragon Street only need to be in contact with one person: a Personal Adviser (PA) Hull, HU1 3QA They’re really easy to talk to and have lots of up to date information on a Tel 01482 223081 range of subjects. They also offer support for young people who are disabled up www.connexions-humber.co.uk to the age of 25 1 Advice &Information Contact a Family Contact a Family is a UK-wide charity providing advice, information Freephone 0800 8083555 and support to the parents of all disabled children. Text phone 0800 8083556 www.cafamily.co.uk They offer information on over 1,200 disabilities and conditions, and email [email protected] contact details for support groups. You can find details of these on their website. Dedicated Keyworker Service Parents of disabled children and young people or parents of children KIDS and young people with complex health needs can benefit from a 182 Chanterlands Avenue keyworker who acts as a co-ordination point for getting the right Hull, HU5 4DL support in place, giving advice, information and support. The service Tel 01482 467540 is family focused and works across agencies including health, [email protected] education and social care. The dedicated keyworker service is able www.kids.org.uk to respond flexibly to meet individual family needs. Choices and Rights Disability Choices and Rights is an organisation for disabled people in the Hull Coalition and East Yorkshire area. They are 100% run and controlled by Tiverton House, Tiverton Road, disabled people. Choices and Rights staff manage the Information Bransholme Service, the Direct Payments Support Service, the Access Direct Hull,HU7 4DQ Project and the Disability Equality Training Project. A Habinteg Tel 01482 878778 Housing Association employee working in partnership with Choices Email:[email protected] and Rights manages the Disability Housing Service. www.choicesandrights.org.uk 2 Advice &Information Family Information Service The Family Information Service provides free, accurate, up-to-date, Brunswick House impartial information and advice on: Strand Close, Hull, HU2 9DB Tel 01482 318318 Services for children and young people who are disabled or who www.childcarelink.gov.uk have a specific need. There is a disability Information officer based within the team. email [email protected] Childcare and Early Education; Out of School and Holiday Care; Activities for Families and Children; Support Services for Parents; Careers and Training in Childcare. Hull Community Legal Advice Centre Hull Community Legal Advice Centre provides friendly, impartial (CLAC) legal advice and representation. They will help you find the best Ground Floor, Essex House, Manor solution to your problem, and, if you qualify for legal aid, they can Street Hull, HU1 1YU give you free, specialist, confidential legal advice over the phone. Tel 01482 317420 email [email protected] www.communitylegaladvice.org.uk/hull Hull Council of Disabled People The HCDP is a charitable organisation serving the needs of disabled (HCDP) and vulnerable people in the Hull area. They promote all aspects 35/37 Ferensway relating to the welfare of disabled and vulnerable people including Hull, HU2 8NA education, health and poverty issues which are deemed charitable Tel 01482 326140 by law within the Hull area. They do this by empowering their clients, www.hcdp.karoo.net providing free impartial, confidential, accurate and practical advice services for disabled and vulnerable people and other organisations. 3 Advice &Information Hull Parent Partnership Service Independent information, advice and support is given to parents and/or KIDS carers of children aged 0-19 who have special educational needs. 182 Chanterlands Avenue The service is free and confidential and can help explain the special Hull, HU5 4DL educational needs system, parent’s roles, rights and responsibilities, Tel 01482 467540 assessment and provision, professional reports, the roles of other Email [email protected] agencies and educational options and choices. www.kids.org.uk Hull Transition Team The Transition Team is a service which has been established to help and 182 Chanterlands Avenue support young people aged between 13 and 25 years who are Hull, HU5 4DJ undergoing transition from children’s to adult services. Tel 01482 499086 / 499087 Parents Consultative Group The Parents Consultative Group, formed by KIDS, has approximately 20 KIDS members, with a core group of 12-14 parents who attend most meetings. 182 Chanterlands Avenue Parents have been supported to become active participants within Hull, HU5 4DL consultations, they have driven the agenda since it began and are also Tel 01482 467540 participating in the decision making around the planning and www.kids.org.uk commissioning of future services for disabled children. New parents are email [email protected] always welcome. ReFresh Young people under 19 years old (and parents/carers) in Hull can talk to Floor 3, Stonefield House us about drugs and alcohol and get the information, advice or treatment 16-20 King Edward Street they need – whatever they are using. If you would like to get in touch Hull, HU1 3SS with us, you don’t need to give your name or any other details. Tel: 01482 331059 SMS: 07795 563000 (start the message with refresh) www.cluedupinhull.com Email: [email protected] 4 Advice &Information The Warren The Warren provides one-off and ongoing counselling, support and Counselling / Information advocacy for any young person up to the age of 25. Service 47-49 Queens Dock Avenue, Hull, HU1 3DR Tel 01482 218115 Young People’s Support Service YPSS offers advice and support to young people aged between 13 and (YPSS) 25 years. For more information on the different projects within YPSS, 16-10 Stonefield House please give them a call. King Edward Street Hull HU1 3SS Tel 01482 331000 Remploy Hull Remploy offer specialist employment support to disabled people and Dunedin House, Albion Street, those with health conditions, helping them to find and remain in work. Hull HU1 3TG By working with employers who fully understand disability, Remploy Tel: 0300 456 8033 support people to find satisfying employment in a wide range of roles www.remploy.co.uk Services on offer include: confidence building, developing key skills, CV writing and practising for interviews. RAPP - The Warren, 47-49 RAPP offers independent advice, support and advocacy to children and Queens Dock Avenue, Hull, young people aged between 9-21years who live in Hull and are in need HU1 3DR or at risk in some way. Tel 01482 225855 RAPP is about making sure children and young people are listened to Email [email protected] and have a say in decisions that affect their lives. www.rapp-hull.co.uk 5 Education Education Special Educational Needs Support Service SENSS supports raising the achievement of different groups (SENSS) of children and young people. They also provide generic Priory Centre, Priory Road support to schools for general learning difficulties, children in Hull, HU5 5RU early years who are disabled and children with medical Tel 01482 616647 needs. www.hullcc.gov.uk/education/sen_physic.php email [email protected] Kingston Upon Hull Where appropriate, the service will carry out formal Special Educational Needs Service assessments of a child’s special educational needs. This Brunswick House allows the service, parents and other agencies to decide how Strand Close, Hull, HU2 9DB the child’s educational needs will be best met.