We know that parenting a SEND child brings both unique joys and challenges. This page brings together key resources, services, and support systems available in your area to help you navigate every aspect of your journey — from education and health to respite, finances, housing, and beyond.
Explore the categories below to find tailored help, trusted organizations, and next steps. Each section includes a dedicated page with in-depth information and how to access support.
Explore education-related services that support your child’s learning journey, including help with EHCPs, legal advice, mediation, educational psychology, and guidance for navigating school-based SEND support.
Access emotional, practical, and financial support specifically for parent-carers. From counselling and respite services to peer-led groups and benefit advice — we’re here to support your well-being while you care for others.
Find health and mental health services designed for children and young people with SEND — including specialist clinics, CAMHS, crisis support, eating disorder services, and psychological therapies for both children and carers.
Discover services that safeguard and support children, young people, and adults with disabilities — including social care referrals, safeguarding contacts, autism advice, and learning disability support for over 18s.
Whether you need emergency housing support, adapted accommodation, or floating support for independent living, these services help ensure you and your family have a safe, secure place to live.
Contact us if you looking for any other information or service(s). or visit the HACKNEY 0-25 SEND local offer website.
All Local Authorities and their SEND Partners have a duty to provide information about services and support that make up their 0-25 SEND Local Offer to families. For information about local services and support see Hackney’s 0-25 SEND Local Offer website.
www.hackneylocaloffer.co.uk
On this website you can find out what services do, their contact and referral details, processes related to SEND including templates and guidance, SEND Consultations, how the Local Area SEND Partnership has responded to what parents and carers have told us needs changing. (link to you said we did
https://www.hackneylocaloffer.co.uk/kb5/hackney/localoffer/advice.page?id=qzgJVTm90qo ).
If you are not digitally confident or can’t find what you are looking for there is a contact form available at the top of each page. The Local Offer lead will receive these messages. The Local Offer lead is not a case worker and is not an alternative route to directly contacting a service but they will try to help with your query. They may try to; link you in with the information you need, forward your email to a relevant service,or call you back for a short discussion if you have provided a phone number to understand more about the information you need or that may be helpful to you.
Registered Office: City & Hackney Carers Centre, Marie Lloyd Centre, 329 Queensbridge Road, London E8 3LA
02085330951
info@hackneycarers.org.uk
info@hspcf.org