PAGE (Parents, Advocacy, Guidance and Empowerment)
Partnership with Sandwell Advocacy as Communities in Sync empowering Parents aged 18+ with Learning Disabilities to thrive. Providing wellbeing, independent living support and advocacy for parents subject to or at risk of interventions from early help; child in need plans, child protection plans or Section 47 enquiry. Practical ‘hands on’ outreach/ self-help ensuring parents with
Krunch
Krunch works with children and young people aged between 9 – 19 years old. We offer 1-to-1 therapeutic mentoring interventions, group workshops on dedicated current issues and alternative education placements for children and young people with SEND. We use a trauma informed, person-centred approach to building relationships with a solution-focussed approach to goal setting in
Kooth
Kooth is a free, safe and anonymous website that offers mental health and wellbeing support to young people and young adults in Sandwell aged 11 to 18 (extends to 25 for care leavers and SEND). The service is funded by the NHS, so it is completely free for young people. There aren’t any thresholds or
Inclusion Support
Referrals can only be made from SENDCO’s in educational settings. Inclusion Support includes educational psychologists, advisory teachers for Social Emotional Mental Health, Complex Communication and Autism team and the Preventing Primary Exclusions Team. We mainly work with young people in educational settings to provide advice and guidance to support young people’s emotional health and well-being.
Ideal for All – Wellbeing, Mental Health, Peer Support Groups and Social Events
Feeling lonely or alone? Free user-led membership, peer support and social events days out for disabled people aged 16+ and their carers (run by disabled people of all ages and abilities). Support your own wellbeing or your loved ones, connect, or volunteer your time. Get specialist disability information, advice and guidance to access self-help, local
Ideal for All – Growing Opportunities
Sandwell’s leading social and therapeutic horticultural initiative Growing Opportunities delivering Healthy lifestyle and mental wellbeing support at our accessible 7 acres of gardens. Interventions include accessible therapeutic gardening, cooking, outdoor learning, fun, games, peer support/condition management, coffee mornings, crafts, and holiday / afterschool activities for children, young people and families, ‘wrap- around’ employment, skills, training
Horizon Sexual Assault Referral Centre
Horizon Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC) provides people who have experienced rape and sexual assault within the West Midlands with support and advice to assist in their recovery. We aim to provide you with information about the options available to you and will support you in the decisions that you make. The SARC is a
Healthy Sandwell
Healthy Sandwell is a part of Sandwell Council’s Public Health team, serving as a single point of contact for all public health improvement and wellbeing programs and services in Sandwell including services sourced directly by our team and others within the community, including mental health support, weight management, stop smoking, alcohol and drug support, sexual
Family Hubs
Family Hubs will offer the right help, in the right place, at the right time to support all families in Sandwell with children aged 0 – 19 (or 25 with SEND). Support is also available for families during pregnancy and in baby’s first years including 1-to-1 low level perinatal mental health support. There is a
Family Action Helping Hands Black Country
A Helping Hand to parents and families of children with Autism/ADHD or on a pathway being assessed. We offer workshops, available virtually or face to face, where we explore behaviours of little/young people with additional needs. Our workshops: TIM: Understanding my behaviours as I have different needs; group sessions to discuss, behaviour, sensory needs, coping