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In the East of England, our local services are provided through a team of home-based family workers and volunteer parent representatives.
Our family workers offer parents one-to-one help and support through times of need.
Our volunteer parent representatives are all parents of disabled children and offer peer support and local signposting.
Our freephone helpline can give you information, support and advice.Our advisers can help with:
* benefits or tax credits issues
* assessments and statements of special educational needs
* details of local parents support groups
* information about your child's condition
* how to access help with getting a break from caring
* details of charities which give grants to families with disabled children
* advice and information on any other aspect of caring for a disabled child
* the helpline has a registered immigration adviser who can give basic advice in immigration matters.
We also have access to over 170 languages through our interpreting service.
Information for families
We also hold lots of useful local information for families, including details of your nearest:
These are just some of the services offering support to families of disabled children – for more information about the full range of services in your area, contact our helpline.
Information for professionals
If you are a professional worker and would like to make an enquiry please contact our library and information team .
Information on starting a local group
If you are interested in starting a local parents group, we are happy to advise and help. See our supporting groups section for details of how we can help.