SEND Directory

The Mental Capacity Act (MCA) 2005 is an important law for people with a learning disability who are 16 or older. The MCA is designed to protect and empower people who may lack the mental capacity to make their own decisions about their care and treatment.

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The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist NHS mental health trust focused on training, education, and providing a full range of mental health services and therapies for children, families, young people, and adults.

Examples of their services include:

The Changing Places Map website is a database with 3,194 'Changing Places' toilets throughout the UK. 

There are 2299 facilities to the full specification that offer the facilities of a normal accessible toilet for disabled people but with extra features—7m² originally and now 12m² of space, an adult changing bench, and a hoist. These are essential for people who have a carer, have profound and multiple learning disabilities, or cannot reasonably use standard accessible toilets. You will need to bring your own sling.

The Tottenham Hotspur Foundation focuses on specialist programs with these core objectives:

• Improving achievement
• Building community cohesion
• Promoting healthy lifestyles
• Supporting people with disabilities

Examples of what they offer include:

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.

Wide Fit Shoes sells wide-fit shoes and footwear for people with special conditions, including those who need orthotics. Shoes for orthotics are designed to accommodate corrective devices like braces and foot splints related to disabilities or health conditions.