Supportive Parents for Special Children (SPSC)
Information & Support Line: 0117 9897725
This service is available 10am - 2pm, Monday, Wednesday and Friday during
term time only. There is an answerphone at all other times.
Acorns
Support group for parents of pre-school hearing impaired children at Elmfield
House, Westbury on Trym from 10.30 – 12.00 noon, weekly on Wednesdays
during term-time. Contact Sue Horne 0117 9038442 also Buds (newly diagnosed)
same contact as above.
ADHD and ADD
Bristol and S Glos (Attention Deficit Disorders)
This local support Group has folded. Contact Hop, Skip and Jump 0117 9677282 for details about other ADHD support at their Centre.
ASBAH - Association for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus
64 Rookery Road, Knowle, Bristol BS4 2DT www.asbah.org.uk
CLIMB - Children Living with Inherited Metabolic Diseases
Local support and information from Kate Wall on 01761 472380.
National contact 0800 6523181. www.climb.org.uk
Children & Young People's Information Service (formally CIS)
Provides free impartial information on a wide range of children's services and details of childcare vacanies in your local area.
The telephone helpline 0845 129 7217 is open Monday - Thursday 8.30am - 6.00pm and Friday between 8.30am - 4.00pm.
Contact a Family
A national charity working across the UK to support families caring for children with any disability or special need. Visit www.cafamily.org.uk or
contact Jan Seamer 01275 461096 (N Somerset/ Bristol).
Downs Syndrome Association
Meets at Friends’ Meeting Place, Gloucester Road, Bishopston/Horfield, from 10 a.m, usually on the first Wednesday of the month.
Contact Annabel Tall 0117 904 1313.
Dyspraxia Foundation
Bristol
Support Group meets at the Children’s Centre, Frenchay Hospital at 7.30 p.m, usually the 2nd Thursday of the month.
Co-ordinator: Jill Tyler 01452 721122/725299.
Bristol contact: Meryl Woodgate 0117 931 1853 Mobile 07814 438211
DAB - Dyslexia Association Bristol
Meets monthly at the Friends’ Meeting House, Hampton Road, Redland at 7.30 p.m, usually the 2nd Wednesday of the month.
Contact Ruth Chadney on 0117 944 6449 or Supportive Parents for further information.
ERIC - Enuresis Resource and Information Centre
34 Old School House, Britannia Road, Kingswood.
Contact 0117 9603060. www.eric.org.uk
Family Centre for Deaf Children
Cranleigh Unit, Frome House, Cranleigh Court Road, Yate, S. Glos
BS37 5DE
Contact 01454 315404 Minicom 01454 315405. www.fcdc.org.uk
Headway
Information, support and services for people with head injuries, their families and carers. Headway House, Frenchay Hospital, Frenchay, Bristol BS16 1LE.
Contact 0117 9753771.
KHAAS
Information for Asian parents with children who have disabilities or special needs.
Contact Frida Malik 0117 9554070.
Look West
Support group for families with blind or visually impaired children.
Contact Helen Waters 0117 9655994.
National Autistic Society
Bristol Branch meet at Windmill Hill City Farm, usually the third Wednesday of the month, from 10.30 a.m. until 12.15 p.m. (Other social activities in area too, including a club for teenagers with Asperger’s Syndrome).
Contact Kathryn Mason 0117 904 7682.
PACE - Parents and Carers of Children with Epilepsy
Meet monthly, usually first Tuesday in the month during school term, at the Princess Royal Trust Carers Centre, Vassall Centre, Fishponds
10-12.
Contact Malcolm or Chris Spratt 0117 951 1480.
Princess Royal Trust Carers’ Centre
Runs carers groups. Parents can ring the Carers’ line for more information.
Contact 0117 965 2200.
Professionals contact 0117 939 2562.
PIPA - Parents in Partnership advancing Inclusion
Parent support group, educational issues and advocacy, for South Bristol
Contact their Helpline on 0117 902 0265 (Mon to Fri, 9.30am – 2.30pm)
MENCAP: Rainbow Group
For parents of children with developmental delay. Held each Tuesday from 10.00 a.m. until 12 noon, term time at the New Fulford Centre, Withywood.
Contact 0117 974 5165.
Severn Springs South West
The Hop, Skip and Jump Centre, Grimsbury Farm, Kingswood.
Contact Lizzie Harris, Centre Manager 0117 9677282.
SCOPE - for children with cerebral palsy
The Greenway Centre, Doncaster Road, Southmead BS10 5PY
Contact Nicky Stevens on 0117 950 5099
Or fieldworker Becky Wiltshire on 0117 971 4025.
SENSE
Avon - for children with multi-sensory loss.
Some parent support groups.
Contact 0117 967 0008.
Special Friends
Fun and friendship for children with any kind of disability and their families.
Contact Lynne Watkins at 11 Pillingers Road, Bristol on 0117 967 5571.
Thumbs Up
Social activities for children with special needs and their families and friends.
Contact Hazel Tomkins 01454 202789.
Tourette’s Syndrome
Support Group (Bristol, North Somerset and South Glos parents welcome)
Contact Carol Bale 01275 472607.
The Care Forum
Co-ordinates information on many disabilities.
Phone Jenny Turner on 0117 958 9335 www.thecareforum.org.uk
