Bradford City Disability FC is a football club specifically for children and young people with disabilities.
Website:www.bradfordcitydfc.co.uk/
Telephone: 07845 568 226 / 07818 515 639
Bradford Disability Sport and Leisure (BDSL) is a local charity which aims to provide disabled people with high-quality sport and physical activity, running various clubs and activities across the district every day of the week for more than 400 disabled people.
Telephone: 01274 437 093
Email: infor@bdsl.net
Bradford Inclusive Disability Service offers a place where children with disabilities and their families can choose from wide range of toys to borrow, can receive guidance and support, and can join a warm and welcoming community for fun and exciting days out!
Email: www.thebradfordtoylibrary.org.uk/
Telephone: 01274 365463
Caudwell Children provides practical and emotional support to families of disabled children.
Telephone; 0345 300 1348
Website: www.caudwellchildren.com/
Email: charity@caudwellchildren.com
Carers Resource provides support for carers, no matter what their age, race, religion or needs.
Website: www.carersresource.org/
Telephone: Skipton 01756 700 888 Shipley 01274 449 660 Leeds 0113 246 8338
Cerebra supports children with brain-related conditions. They offer a sleep-help service
Website: www.cerebra.org.uk
Telephone: 0800 328 1159
Email: enquiries@cerebra.org,uk
Contact is a charity for families with disabled children which supports families with the best possible guidance and information. They have produced a helpful guide, which you can access here:
Website: www.contact.org.uk/
Telephone: 0808 808 3555
Email: info@contact.org.uk
Equality Together Bradford supports disabled people and their families by providing free, impartial, independent and confidential advice to those with complex and continuing health care conditions including but not exclusive to those relating to age, disability, sensory needs, learning disability and mental health issues.
Website: www.equalitytogether.org.uk/
Telephone: 01274 594173
Family Fund is the UK’s largest charity providing grants for families raising disabled or seriously ill children and young people. Last year, they provided 88,407 grants or services worth over £33 million to families across the UK, improving the lives of low-income families raising disabled or seriously ill children and young people. They provide grants for a wide range of items, such as washing machines, sensory toys, family breaks, bedding, tablets, furniture, outdoor play equipment, clothing and computers. It can be a struggle financially, emotionally and physically for families raising a disabled or seriously ill child, and these grants help break down many of the barriers families face, improving their quality of life and easing the additional daily pressures.
Website: www.familyfund.org.uk/
Telephone: 01904 55 00 55
Friends and Family Hub (Part of Thinking Big) Friends and Family Hubs are for family and friends of people with disabilities. They run monthly group sessions and have an online resource for people who can't make it to meetings. They get together to learn from specialist trainers, guest speakers and each other, with professional advice on hand. Lunch is included. There are three Hubs in Bradford, Keighley and Menston. Friends and Family Hubs are part of Thinking BIG, which runs other projects you may be interested in such as mental health help.
Website: www.thinkingbiguk.org/
Email: admin@thinkingbiguk.org
Facebook: www.facebook.com/Thinkingbiguk/
IPSEA offers independent legally-based advice, support and training to help get the right education for children and young people with special educational needs.
Website: www.ipsea.org.uk/
Telephone: 01799 582030
Keighley Additional Needs Support Group meets every Tuesday term-time only 12-1.30pm Central Hall, Alice Street, Keighley, BD21 3JD
Email contact sarahwalworth@yahoo.com
Lighthouse Futures Trust trains employers to be disability-confident and helps students gain work experience and internships.
Website: www.lighthousefuturestrust.org.uk/about-us/
Telephone: 0113 3400 006
Email: info@lighthousefuturestrust.org.uk
LS29 Group is a registered charity for families who have children with additional needs who live in the local area. LS29 Group provides a social network for sharing experiences and knowledge with other parents and activities for children and their siblings. They aim to provide opportunities in a safe, inclusive environment, which may not be otherwise available. You don't have to live in LS29 postcode; Addingham, Ilkley, Burley-in-Wharfedale and Menston - but most of their events are around this area so would involve travelling here.
Yahoo Group: ls29groups@yahoo.co.uk
Telephone: 01943 609 861
Local Offer is a way of giving children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and their parents or carers information about what activities and support are available in our area.
Website: localoffer.bradford.gov.uk/
Telephone: 01274 437 503
Migloo is a portable hoisted changing suite and is recognized by the Changing Places charity as a designated mobile Changing Place. It is ideal for leaving the confines of a wheelchair to experience freedom, touch sand, lie on grass, sit in a beanbag and be part of the fun.
Website: www.migloo.co.uk
Telephone: 01386 561464
Email: sinclair@migloo.co.uk
NatSIP, the National Sensory Impairment Partnership is a partnership of organisations working together to improve outcomes for children and young people with sensory impairment.
Website: www.natsip.org.uk
Parents Forum for Bradford and Airedale (PFBA) works to support parents and carers of children and young people up to 25 years old who have disabilities/additional needs in the Bradford and Airedale district. The Forum works to enable better access to information about services, and to improve channels of communication between services, professionals and parents and carers. They provide opportunities for parents and carers to have a voice in service development and planning. The PFBA holds workshops focusing on particular aspects of disability, for example Education, Health and Care Plans.
Website: www.pfba.org.uk
Telephone: 01274 397 396
Pdnet offers support for professionals in education who promote positive outcomes for children and young people with a physical disability.
Website: www.pdnet.org.uk
POhWER is a charity that provides free advocacy, information and advice services to people who, because of disability, illness, social exclusion and other challenges, find it difficult to express their views or get the support they need.
Website: www.pohwer.net/
Telephone: 0300 456 2370
Email: pohwer@pohwer.net
Scope Navigate is a national mentoring service, that provides emotional support for parents of disabled children who are finding out about their child’s additional needs. Navigate is a 6-week programme that puts you in touch with a personal adviser, who will help you to talk about your feelings and concerns.
Website: www.scope.org.uk
Telephone: 0808 801 0510
Email: navigate@scope.org.uk
SELFA is based in Skipton and provides a programme of activities for school-aged children including those with special educational needs, emotional/behavioural needs or similar. Referrals can be made by professionals working with a family.
Website: www.selfa.org.uk/
Telephone: 01756 706 384
Email: admin@selfa.org.uk
SENDIASS is a Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Information Advice and Support Service.
Website: www.barnardos.org.uk/bradford-sendiass/information-advice-and-support.htm
Telephone: 01274 513 300
Email: BradfordSENDIASS@barnardos.org.uk
Sense supports and campaigns for children and adults who are deafblind or have sensory impairments.
Website: www.sense.org.uk
Telephone: 0300 330 9250
Email: info@sense.org.uk
Sensory Processing Disorder Parent Support Group North East England
This group offers support, advice, networking, meetings, education and strategies for children with Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD), all of whom have either ASD, DCD (Dyspraxia), ADHD or SPD. They are affiliated with the Sensory Processing Foundation in the USA and with Tree Tops Children's Occupational Therapy in Newton Aycliffe.
Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/spdpsg
Shipley SEN Parenting Network offers Facebook-based parent-to-parent support
Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/422025851557847/
SIBS supports siblings growing up with or who have grown up with a sibling with a disability or lifelong condition.
Website: www.sibs.org.uk/
Telephone; 01535 645 453
Email: info@sibs.org.uk
SNOOP (Special Needs Objective Outreach Project) offers a wide range of play and care activities for additional needs, including a holiday club.
Website: http://www.snoopcharity.org/about/
Telephone: 01274 292 126
Email: 2carols@snoopcharity.org
Sunbeams is a parent-run support group for parents and carers of children with disabilities and special needs in the Keighley and Craven areas.
Facebook: www.facebook.com/sunbeamsupportkeighley/
Telephone: 0845 034 9408
The Advocacy People help anybody who need independent support to speak up.
Website: www.theadvocacypeople.org.uk/
Telephone: 0330 440 9000
VoiceAbility support people to be heard in decisions about their health, care and wellbeing.
Website: www.voiceability.org/
Telephone: 0300 303 1660
West Yorkshire CANN offers resources, ideas and opportunities for families and carers.
Website: www,westyorkshirecann.org/
Whizz Kidz offers beginner, intermediate or advanced Wheelchair Skills Training programmes across four age ranges: ages two to seven, ages eight to 14, ages 15 to 18 and ages 19 to 25. Each Wheelchair Skills Training Programme can also be adapted to meet the specific needs of the young people who attend.
Website: www.whizz-kidz.org.uk.
Telephone: 07833 566470
Email: info@whizz-kidz.org.uk
