Services

Support

Additional Needs Register - The Kirklees Additional Needs Register is a list of children and young people (0-25 years) with special educational needs and/or disabilities in Kirklees. Registration is voluntary, however, if you register they will keep you informed regarding events, services and opportunities that are happening in the Kirklees area.

Bliss - For babies born prematurely or sick.

Carers Count - Help support and advice for carers in Kirklees /help and advice on Mental health , support workers, benefits, respite care and advocacy.

Carers UK - Expert advice, information and support, benefits, carers Jointly App.

Child Brain Injury Trust - Counselling service for parents and young people impacted by ABI.

Contact - We support families with disabled children with the best possible guidance and information. We bring families together to support each other. We help families to campaign, volunteer and fundraise to improve life for themselves and others.

Digital apps & websites to support patients, colleagues and their families

Disabled Living Directory - From bathroom equipment to wheelchairs, browse trusted suppliers of products and services for independent living.

Hear Together - Charity to help you connect & communicate to live well with your hearing loss.

Huddersfield Town Foundation - The programme aims to give children aged 8-18 a safe space to try new sports and meet new people, to the benefit of their mental and physical health.

Kidz to Adultz North - children and young adults up to 25 years with disabilities and additional needs, advice and information on mobility, funding, seating, beds, communication, sensory, transition, education, housing, employment, accessible vehicles, transport.

Kirklees Local Offer - A website that is intended to ensure that children and young people with special education needs and disabilities and their parents access to information about local services and their offer to all children.

Kirklees Community Plus - This is a service which supports local people choose and achieve their goals and find the support they need.

Kirklees Children with a Disability Service - This document aims to tell you how the Kirklees Children with a Disability Social Care Team aims to support families, children and young people, setting out the areas of support, for a child or young person with physical and/or learning Disability.

Kirklees Early Support Partnership - This is a service which will focus on meeting the needs of children and families at the earliest opportunity. This will include all children and is not dependent upon their level of ability, learning or physical.

Kirklees Information and Advice Service KIAS (formerly known as Parent Partnership Service) - A statutory, free, impartial and confidential service, working with Parents/Carers, Children and Young People.

Kirklees Children with a Disability Service - This document aims to tell you how the Kirklees Children with a Disability Social Care Team aims to support families, children and young people, setting out the areas of support, for a child or young person with physical and/or learning Disability.

Kirklees Information and Advice Service KIAS (formerly known as Parent Partnership Service) - is a statutory, free, impartial and confidential service, working with Parents/Carers, Children and Young People.

Kirklees Short Break Service - You might find as a parent having a regular, planned short break helps you feel much more able to manage the demands upon you, and your child or young person enjoys a sociable activity enriching their experiences.

LEAP – The Energy Saving Service - The energy and money saving service. LEAP is a free service that is helping people keep warm and reduce their energy bills without costing them any money.

Lullaby Trust - Safer sleep for babies, Support for families

MECC Link - Simple Signposting to Better Health and Wellbeing.

Parents of Children with Additional Needs (PCAN) - PCAN provides information to help parents and their children, a chance to meet and network with other parents through events and social media and works with local service providers to ensure that parents have their say in the design and delivery of local services for their children.

Ruddis Retreat - We have 4 large static caravans at Primrose Valley Caravan Park at Filey on the east coast of Yorkshire. Families dealing with cancer or life limiting illnesses and children affected by bereavement can apply to go and stay at this wonderful, happy place for a week.

WY Partnership - Affordable warmth.

William Merritt Centre - "We’re a charity offering impartial advice and assessments for people of all ages carried out by occupational therapists. We make sure the daily living equipment you choose is right for you."

World Sleep day - Useful tips to help sleep

Healthy Weight – Kirklees Wellness service