Contact a Family is the only UK-wide charity providing advice, information and support to the parents of disabled children, no matter what their disability or health condition. As well as supporting families, we assist any professional working with families.
Information
Contact a Family can provide you with information about families with disabled children, information about specific medical conditions and disabilities, including rare disorders. We also have a library and information team who can help answer queries from professional workers about issues around disability and families with a disabled child.
Family support
If you are a professional working with a family with a disabled child there are a number of ways we might be able to help the family you are working, or to support you in your work with them.
Training and presentations
Contact a Family is happy to offer training or presentations to other organisation around disability issues.
Successful approaches
Sharing good practice on how Contact a Family works with professionals and other organisations.
For more information about our work and how we can help you to support families you are working with, Tel: 020 7608 8700 or e-mail: info@cafamily.org.uk