Our partners Thank you! To all our corporate partners and supporters – we could not do our work to help families with disabled children without your support. How our partners are working...
Athlete with hemiplegia aims to break world record at the London Marathon 2025 – and raise funds for HemiHelp! Athlete with hemiplegia aims to break world record at the London Marathon 2025 – and raise funds for HemiHelp! Marcus Boddy from North-West London who recently completed the Paris Marathon...
Helping your child respond to bullying You can help your child learn positive ways to respond to bullying and build their confidence and self-esteem. Tips for helping your child respond to bullying Try some of the...
Wills & trusts Writing a will and including a trust can help give some reassurance that the person you care for is provided for when you're no longer there.
Policy, campaigns and research Policy, campaigns and research There is a desperate lack of services and support for the 620,000 parents in the UK who care for a disabled child. As a result, families...
Moving to adult health services This page is for families in England only. If your son or daughter has health needs, they may be under the care of a paediatrician. This can continue for a...
The Disabled Children’s Partnership The Disabled Children’s Partnership Together with 120 charities and thousands of parents, we are campaigning to make disabled children a priority. We want improvements to disabled children’s education, social care...
Speech, learning and movement Is your child slow to understand simple words, do they use few words, or have difficulty making certain sounds compared with other children of their age? Speech and communication Is...
Feedback Compliments and complaints Contact is a charity for families with disabled children. We care about the experience you have with us, so whether it is good or bad, we want...
The SEND and AP Improvement Plan This advice applies to England only. The government published its plans to reform the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and alternative provision (AP) system in England in March 2023....
Diabetes – Monogenic Diabetes Also known as: Familial Diabetes; Neonatal diabetes Background Monogenic diabetes (diabetes caused by a genetic change in a single gene) affects approximately 2 per cent of cases of diabetes in...
Advice for grandparents Children lucky enough to grow up knowing their grandparents mostly find it an enriching relationship. Your grandchild might see you as a person with whom they can have fun, and...
Norrie disease Background Norrie disease is a congenital (present from birth) genetically inherited eye condition that typically leads to blindness at birth or severe sight impairment. It is an X-linked recessive condition...
MPs to debate free school meal scheme as 100,000 eligible disabled children miss out Tens of thousands of eligible disabled children are missing out on their free school meal entitlement due to their disability or sensory needs. This is despite the law being clear...
Free online parent workshops for families caring for a child with hemiplegia this March Free online parent workshops for families caring for a child with hemiplegia this March We’ve got two parent workshops exclusive for our HemiHelp families coming up this March. Support for...
Free school meals – help us campaign by completing our survey We are asking parents to complete our short survey about free school meals, as part of our campaign to ensure disabled children are not missing out. If your child is...