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Contact is a UK-wide charity that provides information, advice, support and events for families with disabled children. Whether you need benefits, education, early years, or emotional support, Contact can help you.
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Contact is a charity that provides online, printed and helpline advice, workshops and events, campaigns and parent carer participation for families with disabled children. Find out how to access information and support on education, benefits, finances, childcare, social care and more.
Contact is a charity for families with disabled children in the UK. Learn about DLA, the main benefit for children under 16 with a condition or disability, and how to claim it.
- Who Is Our Helpline for?
- How Our Helpline Can Help You
- Getting Ready For Your Helpline Call
- Confidentiality, Data Protection and Safeguarding
- Accreditation and Evaluation
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Our helpline is for parents and carers in any part of the UK with a disabled child aged from birth to 25. Your child can have any kind of disability or additional need, and you do not need to have a diagnosis.
We understand that life with a disabled child often brings unique challenges. Our helpline advisers can help you feel more confident and informed about tackling them. We can give you advice, information and support about any concern or question you might have in the following areas.
Demand for our helpline is high. Check if you can find the answer to your question in our online information and advice pages first. You can use our FAQs toolor ask our chatbot Charlie to help. If you do call, you may have to wait a long time to speak to an adviser. Please be patient, and we will get to you as soon as we can. The busiest times of t...
Our helpline is confidential. This means we will not share your personal details with anyone outside of Contact without your permission. There are a few exceptional situations where we may have to breach confidentiality and pass on your details without your consent. Situations where we might need to break confidentiality: 1. A child or vulnerable a...
We are a member of the Helplines Partnership, and our helpline is accredited to their quality standard. Our last assessment took place in February 2023, and our current accreditation lasts for three years. Visit the Helplines Partnershipwebsite to find out more.
Contact is a UK charity that provides advice and support to parents and carers of disabled children. You can call, email or use social media to get information and guidance on topics such as diagnosis, benefits, education and more.
Contact offers 1-1 telephone appointments with a family support adviser for parent carers looking for emotional support on autism. Book an appointment online and get practical and emotional support, information and guidance from someone with lived experience of autism.
Mar 31, 2023 · To support parents and families who care for a disabled child by: - Providing access to good quality advice and information, broad ranging appropriate support and contact with other families...
Contact (registered as Contact a Family) is a UK -based registered charity [1] [2] for families with disabled children offering support, advice and information regardless of the child's medical condition or situation.
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