SEND Directory

Chance UK is a London-based charity with over 25 years of experience working with children who have faced trauma. It provides evidence-based interventions tailored to each child's needs through one-to-one mentoring, group sessions, and school workshops. It also offers specialist support to families, helping them build knowledge, skills, and resilience. When needed, it collaborates with schools and other support services.

Mentoring Programmes for Children Aged 5 to 13:

Independent Parental Special Education Advice (ISPEA) is the leading national charity in the field of SEND law in England.

They provide:

• Free and independent legal advice and support to families of children and young people with SEND. 
• Training on the SEND legal framework.
• Help children and young people with SEND get the education they are entitled to by law.

Childline is here to help anyone under 19 in the UK with any issue they’re going through.

The Haringey Children and Young People Mental Health Service (CYPS) is an NHS-run service previously known as Children and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS).

The Haringey Children and Young People Mental Health Service provides multidisciplinary assessment and treatment of children and young people from ages 0-17 with mental ill-health or severe emotional and behavioural difficulties. It is an NHS service consisting of five teams that work closely together:

An innovative peer mentoring programme for 11 to 20-year-olds delivered in secondary schools and community settings across east London.

Kooth is a free, safe, and anonymous online mental health and wellbeing service available to all young people in Haringey aged 11-25. 

The Education Hub is a government-run site for parents, pupils, and education professionals that captures all you need to know about the education system.

Mental health resources for children, students, parents, carers and school/college staff:

The Education Hub has organised useful links and sources of mental health support so that children, young people, parents, carers, and school and college staff can get the advice and help they need.

Good Thinking is an online service that supports Londoners to look after their mental health and wellbeing to tackle anxiety, stress, low mood, sleep problems and other concerns.

Available 24/7 on any device and completely anonymous, Good Thinking provides a range of resources to help Londoners improve their mental wellbeing, including:

Shout provides free, confidential support 24/7 via text.

Shout is the UK's first free 24/7 texting service for anyone in crisis anytime, anywhere. It is available in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.

Text SHOUT to 85258 in the UK to text with a trained Crisis Volunteer.

Their website also offers a range of online resources and support, including:

• Autism and mental health
• Deafness and mental health
• Bullying and mental health
• Exam results and mental health
• LGBTQ+ and mental health