National Support Services

National contacts for many of these services can be found on page 151 of Finding Your Way. This can be accessed via the Somerset Impact website (opens in new window) or by phoning 01278 444794.

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  Action For Sick Children
 Address: Argyle House, 29-31 Euston Road, London NW1 2SD
Phone: 020 7833 2041
Website: www.actionforsickchildren.org

  Advisory Centre for Education
 Address: Unit 1B, Aberdeen Studios, 22 Highbury Grove, London N5 2EA
Phone: 0808 800 5793 (the advice line is open 2pm-5pm)
Website: www.ace-ed.org.uk

  AFASIC - Overcoming Speech Impairments
 Address: 2nd Floor, 50-52 Great Sutton Street, London EC1V 0DJ
Phone: 08453 459127
Help Line: 08453 555577
Website: www.afasic.org.uk

  Alliance for Inclusive Education
 Address: Unit 2, Ground Floor, 70 South Lambeth Road, London SW8 1RL
Phone: 020 7735 5277
E-mail: allfie@btinternet.com

  Association for Brain Damaged Children
 Address: Clifton House, 3 St Paul's Road, Foleshill, Coventry CV6 5DE
Phone: 02476 665450

  Association for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus
 Address: Asbah House, 42 Park Road, Peterborough PE1 2UQ
Phone: 01733 555988
Website: www.asbah.org.uk

  Ataxia (Friedreich's Ataxia Group)
 Address: 10 Winchester House, Kennington Park, Cranmer Road, London SW9 6EJ
Phone: 020 7820 3900

  Barnardo's
 Address: Tanners Lane, Barkingside, Ilford, Essex IG6 1QG
Phone: 020 8550 8822
Website: www.barnados.co.uk

  British Deaf Association
 Address: 1-3 Worship Street, London EC2A 2AB
Phone: 020 7588 3520
Website: www.britishdeafassociation.org.uk

  British Diabetic Association UK
 Address: 10 Queen Anne Street, London W1M 0BD
Phone: 020 7323 1531

  British Dyslexia Society
 Address: 98 London Road, Reading, Berkshire RG1 5AU
Phone: 0118 966 2677 (Monday to Friday, 10am-12.45pm and 2pm-5pm)
Website: www.bda-dyslexia.org.uk

  British Epilepsy Association
 Address: New Anstey House, Gate Way Drive, Yeadon, Leeds LS19 7XY
Phone: 01132 108800
Help Line: 0808 8005050
Website: www.epilepsy.org.uk

  Brittle Bones Society
 Address: 30 Guthrie Street, Dundee DD1 5BS
Phone: 01328 204446

  Camden Parent Advocacy Service
 Address: 98 St Pancras Way, London N1 9NF
Phone: 020 7482 2593

  Centre for Studies on Inclusive Education
 Address: 1 Redland Close, Elm Lane, Redland, Bristol BS6 6UE
Phone: 0117 923 8450

  Children's Legal Centre
 Address: University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ
Phone: 01206 872466
Website: www2.essex.ac.uk/clc

  Contact a Family
 Address: 209-211 City Road, London EC1V 1JN
Phone: 020 7608 8700
Website: www.cafamily.org.uk

  Council for Disabled Children
 Address: c/o National Children's Bureau, 8 Wakley Street, London EC1V 7QE
Phone: 020 7843 6000
Website: www.ncb.org.uk

  Cystic Fibrosis Trust
 Address: London Road, Bromley, Kent BR1 1BY
Phone: 020 8464 7211

  DIAL UK (Disability Information Line)
 Address: St Catherine's, Tickhill Road, Doncaster DN4 8QN
Phone: 01302 310123
Website: www.members.aol.com/dialuk

  Disability Alliance
 Address: 1st Floor East, Universal House, 88-94 Wentworth Street, London E1 7SA
Phone: 020 7247 8763

  Disability Equality in Education
 Address: Unit 4Q, Leroy House, 436 Essex Road, London N1 3QP
Phone: 020 7359 2855

  Disability Living Foundation
 Address: 380-384 Harrow Road, London W9 2HU
Phone: 020 7289 6111

  Disability Sport England
 Address: Unit 4G, 987-988 High Road, Tottenham, London N17 0DA
Phone: 020 8801 4466

 Down's Syndrome Association
 Address: 155 Mitcham Road, London SW17 9PG
Phone: 020 8682 4001
Website: www.downs-syndrome.org.uk

  Dyslexia Institute
 Address: 133 Gresham Road, Staines, Middlesex TW18 2AJ
Phone: 01784 463851

 Dyspraxia Foundation
 Address: 8 West Alley, Hitchin, Hertfordshire SG5 1EG
Phone: 01462 454986
Website: www.dyspraxiafoundation.org.uk

  Equality 2025 - The UK Advisory Network on Disability Equality
 Phone: 0870 609 4218
E-mail: equality2025@capita.co.uk
Website: www.equality2025.co.uk

  Face 2 Face
 Address: Early Years Unit, Scope, 42 St Owen Street, Hereford HR1 2PR
Phone: 01432 370860
Fax: 01432 370860
E-mail: face2facenetwork@scope.org.uk
Website: www.face2facenetwork.org.uk

  Family Fund Trust
 Address: PO Box 50, York YO1 9ZX
Phone: 01904 621115

 Family Rights Group
 Website: http://www.frg.org.uk/index.asp

  Greater London Association for Disabled People (GLAD)
 Address: 363 Brixton Road, London SW9 7AA
Phone: 020 7346 5800

  Haemophilia Society
 Address: Chesterfield House, 385 Euston Road, London NW1 3AU
Phone: 020 7380 0600

  Headway National Head Injuries Association
 Address: 4 King Edward Court, King Edward Street, Nottingham NG1 1EW
Phone: 01159 240800

  Huntington's Disease Association
 Address: 108 Battersea High Street, London SW11 3HP
Phone: 020 7223 7000

  I CAN (Invalid Children Aid Nationwide)
 Address: 4 Dyers Buildings, Holborn, London EC1N 2QP
Phone: 08700 104066

  In Touch
 Address: 10 Norman Road, Sale, Greater Manchester M33 3DF
Phone: 0161 905 2440

  IPSEA Tribunal Support Service (for parents appealing to the SEN Tribunal)
 Address: 4 Ancient House Mews, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP12 1DH
Phone: 01394 384711 (Tribunal Appeals only)
Advice Line: 0800 0184016 or 01394 382814
Website: www.ipsea.org.uk

  Kids
 Address: 6 Aztec Row, Berners Road, London N1 0PW
Phone: 020 7359 3635
Website: www.kids-online.org.uk

 Kidsactive
 Address: Pryor's Bank, Bishop's Park, London SW6 3LA
Phone: 020 7736 4443

  Leukaemia Care Society
 Address: 2 Shrubbery Avenue, Worcester WR1 1QH
Phone: 01905 330003
Care Line: 0800 1696680
E-mail: enquiries@leukaemiacare.org.uk
Website: www.leukaemiacare.org.uk

  LOOK
 Address: Look National Office, Queen Alexander College, 49 Court Oak Road, Harborne, Birmingham B17 9TG
Phone: 01214 285038

  MENCAP
 Address: 117-123 Golden Lane, London EC1Y 0RT
Phone: 020 7454 0454
Website: www.mencap.org.uk

  MIND (National Association for Mental Health)
 Address: 15-19 Broadway, Stratford, London E15 4BQ
Phone: 020 8519 2122
Website: www.mind.org.uk

  Motability
 Address: Warwick House, Roydon Road, Harlow, Essex, CM19 5PX
Phone: 01279 635666
Website: www.motability.co.uk

  Muscular Dystrophy Group of GB
 Address: 7-11 Prescott Place, London SW4 6BS
Phone: 020 7720 8055
Website: www.muscular-dystrophy.org

  National Association for the Education of Sick Children
 Address: 18 Victoria Park Square, Bethnal Green, London E2 0PF
Phone: 020 8980 8523
E-mail: naesc@ednsick.demon.co.uk
Website: www.sickchildren.org.uk

  National Association of Citizen's Advice Bureaux
 Address: 115-123 Pentonville Road, London N1 9LZ
Phone: 020 7833 2181
Website: www.nacab.org.uk

  National Association of Leisure Toy Libraries
 Address: 68 Churchway, London NW1 1LT
Phone: 020 7387 9592

  National Association of Parent Partnership Network
 Address: 8 Wakley Street, London EC1V 7QE
Phone: 020 7843 6058

  National Association of Special Educational Needs
 Address: 4/5 Amber Business Village, Amker Close, Tamworth B77 4RP
Phone: 01827 311500
E-mail: welcome@nasen.org.uk
Website: www.nasen.org.uk

  National Asthma Campaign
 Address: Providence House, Providence Place, London N1 0NT
Phone: 020 7226 2260
Help Line: 08457 010203
Website: www.asthma.org.uk

  National Autistic Society
 Address: 393 City Road, London EC1V 1NG
Phone: 020 7833 2299

  National Blind Children's Society
 Address: NBCS House, Market Street, Highbridge, Somerset TA9 3BW
Phone: 01278 764764
Website: www.mbcs.org.uk

  National Deaf Children's Society
 Address: 15 Dufferin Street, London EC1Y 8UR
Phone: 020 7250 0123
Website: www.ndcf.org.uk

  National Eczema Society
 Address: Hill House, Highgate Hill, London N19 5NA
Phone: 08702 413604
Website: www.eczema.org

  National Federation of the Blind of the UK
 Address: 215 Kirkgate, Wakefield, West Yorkshire WF1 1JG
Phone: 01924 291313
E-mail: nfbuk@globalnet.co.uk
Website: www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~nfbuk

  National Library for the Blind
 Address: Far Cromwell Road, Bredbury, Stockport SK6 2SG
Phone: 0161 355 2000
Website: www.nlbuk.org

  National Library for the Handicapped Child (National Research Centre for Children with Reading Difficulties)
 Address: Wellington House, Wellington Road, Wokingham, Berkshire RG40 2AG
Phone: 0118 989 1101

  National Society for Epilepsy
 Address: Chesham Lane, Chalfont St Peter, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire SL9 0RJ
Phone: 01494 601300
Help Line: 01494 601400
Website: www.epilepsynfe.org.uk

  Network 81
 Address: 1-7 Woodfield Terrace, Chapel Hill, Stanstead, Essex CM24 8AJ
Phone: 01279 647415 (Monday to Friday, 10am-2pm)
Website: www.network81.co.uk

  Parents for Inclusion
 Address: Unit 2, 70 South Lambeth Road, London SW8 1RL
Phone: 020 7582 5008
E-mail: info@parentsforinclusion.org
Website: www.parentsforinclusion.org

  Physically Disabled and Able Bodied (PHAB LTD)
 Address: 1-7 Woodfield Terrace, Chapel Hill, Stanstead, Essex CM24 8AJ
Phone: 01279 647415 (Monday to Friday, 10am-2pm)
Website: www.fabengland.org.uk

  Pre-School Learning Alliance
 Address: 69 Kings Cross Road, London WC1X 9LL
Phone: 020 7833 0991
Website: www.pre-school.org.uk

  Rathbone
 Address: Churchgate House, 55 Oxford Street, Manchester M1 6EU
Phone: 0161 236 5358
E-mail: info@rathbonetraining.co.uk
Website: www.rathbonetraining.co.uk

  Royal National Institute for the Blind
 Address: 105 Judd Street, London WC1H 9NE
Phone: 020 7388 1266
Help Line: 0845 769999
Type Talk: 0800 51 51 52

  SCOPE Response
 Address: 6 Market Road, London N7 9PW
Help Line: 08088003333 Monday to Friday 09.00 - 19.00 Saturday 10.00 - 14.00 Closed Sunday
Website: www.scope.org.uk

  SENSE
 Address: 11-13 Clifton Terrace, Finsbury Park, London N4 3SR
Phone: 020 7272 7774
Website: www.sense.org.uk

  Sickle Cell Society
 Address: 54 Station Road, London NW10 4UA
Phone: 020 8961 7795
Website: www.sicklecellsociety.org

  SKILL
 Address: 4th Floor, Chapter House, 18-20 Crucifix Lane, London SE1 3JW
Phone: 020 7450 0620
Info Line: 0800 328 5050 (Monday to Friday, 1.30pm-4.30pm)
Website: www.skill.org.uk

  Special Education Advice Line
 Advice Line: 0800 917 6790

  Special Education Consortium
 Address: c/o Council for Disabled Children, 8 Wakley Street, London N10 3DF
Phone: 020 7843 6318

  Spinal Injuries Association
 Address: 76 St James Lane, London N10 3DF
Phone: 020 8444 2121
Website: www.spinal.co.uk

  The Asian Advice Line
 Advice Line: 0800 085 4528

  The Stroke Association
 Address: Midas House, Winterstoke Road, Bristol BS3 2LF
Phone: 0117 953 1200
Help Line: 0845 3033 100
Website: www.stroke.org.uk

  Think you know-What's your child doing online this Christmas?
 Website: www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents

  Tuberous Sclerosis Association of GB
 Address: PO Box 9644, Bromsgrove B61 0FP
Phone: 01527 871898
Website: www.tuberous-sclerosis.org

  Young Minds
 Address: 102-108 Clerkenwell Road, London EC1M 5SA
Phone: 020 7336 8445
Help Line: 0800 0182138
Website: www.youngminds.org.uk