SEND Directory

Sense is a national charity that supports and campaigns for children and adults who are deafblind or who have complex disabilities to communicate.

They provide tailored support, advice, and information as well as specialist services to all deafblind people, their families, carers and the professionals who work with them.

In addition, they support people who have single sensory impairment with additional needs.

Short breaks, also known as respite, provide opportunities for children and young people with special needs to spend time away from their primary carers. These breaks can occur during the day, evening, overnight, weekends, or school holidays and can take place in various settings such as the child's home, an approved carer's home, a residential setting, or a community location.

Types of short breaks:

Personal budgets for children and young people with special needs and/or disabilities and their families will now be known as the Short Breaks Grant.  

A new policy statement and self-assessment form are being finalised and launched in early 2025. 

This page will soon include more details. In the meantime, if you have any questions, please contact the Disabled Children’s Team.

The Sleep Charity advocates for improved sleep support and access to free, high-quality information. 

Turn2us is a national charity offering information and practical help to people facing financial insecurity. Support includes a Grant Search tool and PIP helper

Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the world's leading centres for eye health. The Richard Desmond Children's Eye Centre treats children and young people.

The team in this service offers a full range of treatments for children's eye conditions in their dedicated children's centres and community locations.

Their children's service covers all major types of eye condition. These include:

Guide Dogs Charity and the National Sensory Impairment Partnership (NatSIP) produced Reasonable Adjustments in Schools guidance.

This guidance is designed to help teachers, schools, and local authorities ensure that the UK's 41,000 children and young people with vision impairment can access better support throughout their education.

The Vision Support Team consists of specialist advisory teachers (QTVIs), a specialist support worker, and a Habilitation Specialist (mobility and independent living skills) who offer a range of support for children and young people with a diagnosis of vision impairment.

They work in all Haringey mainstream educational settings and become involved with families and children from their diagnosis, often as young babies.

Their work includes supporting and advising teaching staff, families, and carers throughout a child’s educational journey.