Useful Info
ASSIOCIATIONS AND SERVICES.
Down's Syndrome Association
Tel - 0845 230 0372
Down syndrome Educational Trust
Tel - 2392855330
Downsyndrome OK covering southern England
Downs Syndrome heart group
Worthing Mencap
Tel - 01903-206708
Buddy's café
Tel - 01903 263307
Worthing Portage service -home visiting educational service for children with additional support needs
Tel - 01903-242558
Face to face- one to one befriending service for parents with a child with special needs
Tel - 07804 529903
local - 01903-504077
www.facetofacesurrysussex.org.uk
ICIS_West Sussex Independent Combined information service
The disability rights commissions
Tel - o800 859929
Contact a family- information and network of local support groups.
Parents-Make yourselves heard forum-for parents of children with additional needs in west Sussex
Tel - 01243 752158
Wellspring -information site and newsletter.
www.wellspringwestsussex.org.uk
Home start-Supporting families in the local communities
Tel - 01903 236916
Parent Partnership-offers impartial advice to parents of children with special educational needs in west Sussex.
Tel - 0845 075 1008
West Sussex carers liaison service Worthing
Tel - 01903 528600
mid Sussex
Tel - 01293 553395.
Symbol-uk speech therapy group, shoreham , for information ring St.John Trundle
Tel - 01903 813882
AMAZE useful site for those in Brighton area
Tel - 01273 772289
Educational Psychology service,Worthing
Tel - 01903 839308
Crossroads special needs babysitting service
Tel - 01903-237774
Wheelchair services, provides large buggies
Tel - 01903-846500
Free nappies service (for the over 3's) you need to be referred by your health visitor. Ring the continence service for more information (Worthing area)
Tel - 01903-846521
Children's centre, Worthing Hosp
Tel - 01903-286706
Special schools
Camelia Botnar-special needs nursery 0-5years
Tel - 01903-504077
Oak grove (seniors)
Tel - 01903-708870.
Herons dale (primary)
Tel - 01273-596904
Palatine (primary)
Tel - 01903-242835
Clubs, sports and activities
Activenture-outdoor activity holidays in east Sussex for kids (8-18) with s.needs
Tel - 01342 828215
Horse-riding for kids with s.needs at Ferring country centre
Tel - 01903 245078.
Adur special needs project (5-23) holiday and weekend activities in shoreham
Tel - 0127 441866.
Kangaroos soft-play for kids with s.needs,Tues east Grinstead
Tel - 01342 714508
Ashdown- Saturday club for kids 5-12 with s.needs and weds night for kids 12+
Tel - 01903 528600
Chanctonbury summer play-scheme for kids with s.needs age 4-19
Tel - 01903 203253(book by April)
SNAPPS- special needs support (all ages) sea ford
Tel - 01323 899662.
SNAP_ special needs toddler group, sure start Littlehampton
Tel - 01903 736626
SNAPS- special needs toddler group St Matthews Church Worthing, Friday mornings. Tel - 01903 236909.
Dolphin's swimming club- littlehampton
Tel - 01903 726531
MXT swimming school-special needs classes in steying
Tel - 01903 532765
Henry house hydrotherapy
Tel - 01903 232875
Seagull's special football clubs,
Website seagulls -specials.org.uk
Tel - 07919 051848 or
Tel - 07803 902044
Shine theatre group- age 5-19
Tel - 01273 832855
www.shinetheatregroup.co.uk
Guide association s.needs adviser
Tel - 01903 234810
Grants and benefits
Disability living allowance and carers allowance info
www.direct.gov.uk
Motability cars
The family fund- provides grants for children with s.needs based on the families needs, things like toys, driving lessons, holidays, washing machines etc, income needs to be less than £23.000,
Tel - 0845 1304542
Cerebra- grants to offer assistants to improve the quality of life for kids with s.needs.
Tel - 01267 244216
cerebra.org.uk
Children today charitable trust -grants for things like special trikes.
Tel - 01244 335622
The Caudwell trust -donations of specialized equipment and holidays
Tel - 0845 3001348
Action for kids- provides equipment like trikes
Transport and days out
Rail -pass -
www.disabled persons -railcard.co.uk
Bus pass
Tel - 01903 239999 or Tel - 01903-221292
Or for Adur district
Tel - 01273 263399
Cinemas pass
Tel - 0845 1231292
Reductions at attractions, for carer/parent and disabled child.
Drusillas carer/parent £11.75 (normally £13.75) child £11.75(£1 Off normal price)
Sea life centre Brighton- carer/parent free child£7.50 (£1.25 0ff)
Arundel castle-wheelchair user free, carer/parent-£11(save £2) child £6 (save £1.50) lifts to upper floors, but second lift very small.
Fishers Farm- off peak-£ 7.50 for carer and child (normally £10.25 and £9.25)
Peak season £ 8.75 each (£11.75 and £10.75 full price)
Thorpe park- up to two carers and a child £18 each (normally £26 and £19) bring proof and you get a blue band which allows the child and two carers to avoid queues to rides.
Marwell Z00- Carer- free (Normally £14.50) child £8.00 (normally 10.50) bring some proof, like DLA Letter.
Lego-land- carer -free (adult normally£34.26 or £31.00 pre-booked) children are full price-£23.00 take proof like DLA Letter, and if you explain that your child would find long queues difficult, you get a stamp for them and 3 others in party to avoid queues to rides.
All Disney parks- letter from a doctor will get you a pass that you get when you arrive and means you don't have to wait in line for any rides or shows, for up to 6 people in your party, including the child with the disability.
If you have any useful addresses you could add to this list, please e-mail lydiaktori@hotmail.com. Thanks.
