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Our advice service

Are you a parent, kinship carer relative or friend of a child who is involved with, or who needs the help of, children’s services in England? We can help you understand processes and options when social workers or courts are making decisions about your child’s welfare.

Our advice service is free, independent and confidential.

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By phone or email

To speak to an adviser, please call our free and confidential advice line 0808 801 0366 (Monday to Friday 9.30am to 3pm, excluding Bank Holidays). Or you can ask us a question via email using our advice enquiry form.

Discuss on our forums

Our online advice forums are an anonymous space where parents and kinship carers (also known as family and friends carers) can get legal and practical advice, build a support network and learn from other people’s experiences.

Advice on our website

Our get help and advice section has template letters, advice sheets and resources about legal and social care processes. On Monday and Wednesday afternoons, you can use our webchat service to chat online to an adviser.

 

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Buttle UK

Provides emergency funding to people in need and grant funding to enable children to attend state boarding schools when they are very vulnerable. See their website for eligibility criteria and how to apply.

Website: https://www.buttleuk.org

Independent Panel for Special Education Advice (IPSEA)

Provides free legal advice to ensure that children with SEN in England and Wales receive the provision to which they are entitled. Can advise re tribunals.

Call-in Helpline: 0300 222 5899 (Wednesdays, 9.30am – 3.30pm and Fridays, 9.30am – 12.30pm)
Website: https://www.ipsea.org.uk/contact-ipsea

Reedham Trust

Provides grant funding to enable children to attend boarding school when they are vulnerable.

Email: info@reedhamchildrenstrust.org.uk
Website: https://www.reedhamchildrenstrust.org.uk

Royal National Children’s SpringBoard Foundation

Helps children between the ages of 7 and 13 who are ‘at risk’, providing grant funding to enable these children to attend independent boarding or day schools, or state boarding schools, where they have a chance of making a new start. See their website for eligibility criteria and how to apply.

Telephone: 01932 868622
Email:
admin@royalspringboard.org.uk
Website:  https://www.royalspringboard.org.uk

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