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News and information about adoption and fostering in the UK, including child profiles, book reviews, adoption diaries and step-by-step guides to the adoption procedure.
1c Aberdeen Studios
22 Highbury Grove
London N5 2DQ
Tel. 020 7704 3370
Advice Line 0808 800 5793
email (for admin. only) enquiries@ace.dialnet.com
Independent advice centre for parents offering information about state education in England and Wales for 5-17 year-olds.
National Children’s Bureau
8 Wakley Street
London EC1V 7QE
Tel. 020 7843 1901
email on website for general enquiries
Brings together over fifty national organizations to work together creating safer environments for children.
Moray House School of Education
University of Edinburgh
Holyrood road
Edinburgh EH8 8AQ
Tel. 0131 651 6100
email abn@mhie.ac.uk
Established by the Scottish Executive for teachers, parents and young people to share ideas about how bullying should be tackled. Priority given to requests for information that come from within Scotland.
c/o Rethink
30 Tabernacle Street
London EC2A 4DD
Tel. 020 7330 9100
email at-ease@rethink.org
For young people under stress or worried about their thoughts and feelings. Part of Rethink, which provides practical advice, support and information to everyone affected by severe mental illness.
98 London Road
Reading RG1 5AU
Helpline 0118 966 8271
email helpline@bdadyslexia.org.uk
Promotes early identification and support in schools to ensure opportunities to learn. Helpline free and confidential.
St John’s House
St John’s Square
Wolverhampton WV2 4AH
Tel. 01902 772771
email gtprogramme@mensa.org.uk
Developing British Mensa Gifted and Talented (G&T) Support Programme.
9 Knox Way
Harrogate
North Yorkshire HG1 3JL
email help@bullying.co.uk
Registered charity providing wide range of online advice for parents and pupils, together with links to other organizations.
P.O. Box 21461
London N6 6WW
Acts directly on behalf of individual children whose intelligence level is above the 98th percentile with aim of helping them to achieve their potential.
45 Folgate Street
London E1 6GL
Tel. 020 7650 3200
Helpline 0800 1111
Free 24-hour confidential helpline for children and young people in the UK. Trained volunteer counsellors give comfort, advise and protect. Publications for parents, carers and young people include family, bereavement, bullying and racism, crisis point and child abuse.
9th Floor
Alexandra House
Alexandra Road
Swansea SA1 5ED
Tel. 0870 336 2935
Provides a bilingual service.
1st Floor Queens House
14 Queen Street
Belfast BT1 6ED
Tel. 0870 336 2946
18 Albion Street
Glasgow G1 1LH
Tel. 0870 336 2910
209-211 City Road
London EC1V 1JN
Tel. 0207 608 8700
Helpline 0808 808 3555 (freephone)
email info@cafamily.org.uk
Provides support, advice and information for families with disabled children.
139 Ravenhill Road
Belfast BT6 8DR
Tel. 028 90 457 848
Helpline 0808 808 8000
email info@contactyouth.org
Northern Ireland’s voluntary organization for the provision of youth counselling services. Youthline available to young people between ages of 11 and 26 years. Free confidential helpline for 8-18 year-olds.
GTEU Dept 4E
Sanctuary Buildings
Great Smith Street
London SW1P 3BT
Tel. 020 7925 5716
email info@dfes.gsi.gov.uk
www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/giftedandtalented
The Standards at the National Programme: Gifted and Talented site provides latest thinking on current gifted and talented initiatives, practical guidance and advice.
Head Office and National Training and Resource Centre
Park House
Wick Road
Egham
Surrey TW20 0HH
Tel. 01784 222300
email london@dyslexia-inst.org.uk and info@dyslexia-inst.org.uk
Educational charity founded 1972 for the assessment and teaching of people with dyslexia.
74 Victoria Crescent Road
Dowanhill
Glasgow G12 9JN
Tel. 0141 334 4549
email glasgow@dyslexia-inst.org.uk
14-18 City Road
Cardiff CF24 3DL
Tel. 029 2048 1122
email cardiff@dyslexia-inst.org.uk
1/a Upper Newtonards Road
Belfast
Tel. 028 9065 9212
8 West Alley
Hitchin
Herts SG5 1EG
Tel. 01462 454986
email admin@dyspraxiafoundation.org.uk
www.dyspraxiafoundation.org.uk
National charity offers contact with other members both locally and nationally.
P.O. Box 325
Kings Lynn PE34 3XW
Tel. helpline 0845 478 6345
email eoemailhelpline@education-otherwise.org
UK-based membership organization provides support and information for families whose children are being educated outside school.
1 Taylor Close
Kenilworth
Warwickshire CV8 2LW
Tel. 01926 864473
Helpline 0845 120 2916
email first.steps@btconnect.com
Registered charity which aims to help, in a practical way, people who suffer from phobias, obsessional compulsive disorder, those with general anxiety, panic attacks, anorexia and bulimia, and those who wish to come off tranquilizers, together with help for their carers. Also help, advice and support for the carers of those with borderline personality disorder.
Carrington House
126-130 Regent Street
London W1B 5EE
Tel. 020 7734 0161
email schools@gabbitas.co.uk
Consultancy
specializing in independent school education.
Guidance for parents, students and schools in the UK and worldwide.
P.O. Box 98
Welwyn Garden City
Herts AL8 6AN
Tel. 01707 371854
email enquiries@heas.org.uk
Established 1995, offers advice and practical support, including legal aspects.
email info@HEdNI.org
An inclusive organization for all backgrounds, religious beliefs, races and culture to support rights of families to choose for themselves what suits them best.
Unit 8 Fairseat Farm
Chew Stoke
Bristol BS40 8XF
Tel. 01275 332516
email info@hse.org.uk
Established 1985 to promote small human-scale learning communities within state maintained and independent sectors of UK education.
St Vincent House
30 Orange Street
London WC2H 7HH
Tel. 020 7766 7070
email office@isc.co.uk
Represents interest of associations and member schools and promotes choice, diversity and excellence in education.
ISCis Central
5 Barby Road
Rugby
Warwickshire CV22 5DT
Tel. 01788 570537
email office@isc.co.uk
Regional offices throughout UK provide services to parents. Help with finding school fees from the ISC Educational Grants Advisory Service.
5 Sandycove Avenue East
Sandycove
County Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Tel. 00 353 1 280 95454
email palmercarter@eircom.net
Information on member schools in Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic.
Which School Ltd
Tilshead House
Tilshead
Salisbury
Wiltshire SP3 4RX
Tel. 01980 620575
The information on schools is provided by the schools themselves; includes independent and fee paying, residential, special needs, state boarding schools, summer and international schools. Contact details of principal educational psychologists and special needs placement officers in all UK education authorities also on website.
24-32 Stephenson Way
London NW1 2HX
Tel. 020 7391 9150
email ift@psyc.bbk.ac.uk
www.instituteoffamilytherapy.org.uk
Clinical services for families and couples facing wide range of relationship difficulties. The new Centre for Child Focused Practice is a service for children, young people and their families facing a variety of difficulties.
P.O. Box 30671
London E1 0TG
Tel. 07961 649 463
New website in development - details to follow
Membership organization providing information, advice and support to Muslim parents home educating or seeking other alternatives for their children.2 Grosvenor Gardens
London SW1W 0DH
Tel. 0207 730 3300
Helpline: 08451 205 204
Registered charity helping to prevent bullying and child abuse. Helpline is for parents, guardians, concerned relatives and friends.
24 Prince’s Gate
London SW7 1PT
Tel. 020 7584 9987
email centre@montessori.org.uk
The charity fosters communication and unity within the movement. Ten regions, including Northern Ireland.
4th Floor Barkat House
116-118 Finchley Road
London NW3 5HT
tel. 0870 774 3518
Helpline 0808 808 2008
email help@myh.org.uk
admin email info@myh.org.uk
Confidential helpline run by young people trained in basic Islamic counselling skills.
Suite 14 Challenge House
Sherwood Drive
Bletchley
Milton Keynes MK3 6DP
Tel. 0845 450 0221
email youthagency@rmplc.co.uk
Provides membership network for young people aged between 11 and 20 across Britain who have exceptional gifts and talents.
The University of Warwick
Coventry CV4 7AL
Tel. 024 7657 4213
email gifted@warwick.ac.uk
Established by government in 2002 with role to drive forward improvements in gifted and talented education in England.
P.O. Box 242
Arnolds Way
Oxford OX2 9FR
Tel. 01865 861879
email info@nace.co.uk
Charity established 1984 to bring together and support all those with an interest in the education of able, gifted and talented children.
Suite 14
Challenge House
Sherwood Drive
Bletchley
Milton Keynes MK3 6DP
Telephone helpline 0845 450 0221
email amazingchildren@nagcbritain.org.uk
Registered charity and membership organization. Provides help, support and encouragement to gifted and talented children and their families.
P.O. Box 2024
Glasgow G32 9YD
email nagcs@btinternet.com
Scottish charity, run by volunteers, offering support to parents and children.
NASEN House
4/5 Amber Business Village
Amber Close
Amington
Tamworth
Staffordshire B77 4RP
Tel. 01827 311500
email welcome@nasen.org.uk
The leading organization in the UK which aims to promote the education, training, advancement and development of all those with special educational needs.
393 City Road
London EC1V 1NG
Tel. 020 7833 2299
Helpline 0845 070 4004
email nas@nas.org.uk
Registered charity to champion rights and interest of all people with autism and Asperger Syndrome. Information, publications, branches run by parents.
Glamorgan House
Monastery Road
Neath Abbey
Neath SA10 7DH
Tel. 01792 815915
email wales@nas.org.uk
Central Chambers
1st Floor 109 Hope Street
Glasgow G2 6LL
Tel. 0141 221 8090
email scotland@nas.org.uk
Young NCB
8 Wakley Street
London EC1V 7QE
Tel. 020 7843 6000
Website open to all children and young people. Through the free membership network children and young people can be actively involved in issues that affect and interest them. Two sections: under 13 and 14-18 year-olds.
Rathgael House
43 Balloo Road
Bangor
County Down BT19 7PR
Tel. 028 9127 9279
email mail@deni.gov.uk
Information for parents includes assessment and examinations, transfer selection, bullying statement.
Tel. 020 7284 5600 - central office
Helpline: 0808 800 2222
email helpline service on website is secure and confidential
Registered charity supporting anyone parenting a child. Parents Together groups for England and Wales available by telephone (free of charge).
Children 1st
83 Whitehouse Loan
Edinburgh EH9 1AT
Tel. 0131 446 2300
Helpline 0808 800 2222
email on website
www.children1st.org.uk/parentline/
Supports families under stress.
Franklin House
12 Brunswick Street
Belfast BT2 7GE
Tel. 01232 238800
24 hour helpline offers listening, support, guidance and counselling relating to any family problem.
83 Piccadilly
London W1J 8QA
Tel. 020 7509 5555
email gtweb@qca.org.uk
Non-departmental body sponsored by Department for Education and Skills provides guidance on teaching the gifted and talented.
30 Tabernacle Street
London DC2 4DD
Tel. 0845 456 0455 general enquiries
Adviceline 0208 974 6814
email advice@rethink.org
Registered charity helping everyone affected by severe mental illness to recover a better quality of life.
“Wyndhurst”
Knockbracken Health Care Park
Saintfield Road
Belfast BT8 8BH
Tel. 02890 402 323
email info.nireland@rethink.org
Tel. 08457 90 90 90
email jo@samaritans.org
Administrative contact:
The Upper Mill
Kingston Road
Ewell
Surrey KT17 2AF
Tel. 020 8394 8300
email admin@samaritans.org
Telephone helpline available 24 hours. 203 local branches throughout the UK.
P.O. Box 28496
Edinburgh EH4 4YU
Tel. 0870 745 0968#
email via website
Provides information, support and legal aspects for home educators and those considering educating at home in Scotland.
21 Melville Street
Edinburgh EH3 7PE
Tel. 0131 220 2106
email information@scis.org.uk
Independent Schools Council and Information Service for Scotland.
School Education
Victoria Quay
Edinburgh EH6 6QQ
Tel. 0845 774 1741 Scottish Executive Central Enquiry Unit
email ceu@scotland.gov.uk
Parent zone on website offers information on schools. Access via www.scotland.gov.uk, click school education, click going to school, then parent zone..
University of Glasgow
Faculty of Education
11 Eldon Street
Glasgow G3 6NH
Tel. 0141 330 3071
email snap@educ.gla.ac.uk
Concerned with issues related to children and young people’s abilities, including exceptional individuals with remarkable abilities for age and stage.
Kidbrooke Park
Forest Row
East Sussex RH18 5JB
Tel. 01342 822115
email mail@swsf.org.uk
Emphasis on whole development of the child; spiritual, physical, moral well-being and academic progress.
5 Coates Place
Edinburgh EH3 7AA
Tel. 0131 225 8005
Helpline 0845 122 8655
email info@stepfamilyscotland.org.uk
Confidential helpline provides support and information for any member of the family.
email via the website
The Gabbitas, Truman and Thring Education Trust runs masterclasses for 5-18-year-old exceptionally able children and young people. Held throughout the year in different parts of the country.
Junior Trinity
King Charles Court
Old Royal Naval College
Greenwich
London SE10 9JF
Tel. 020 8305 4328
email junior@tcm.ac.uk
Creative musicianship classes for 5-18 year-olds. The students explore music as a personal language.
Oxford Brookes University
Harcourt Hill Campus
Oxford OX2 9AT
Tel. 01865 488600
email wioe@brookes.ac.uk
www.brookes.ac.uk/schools/education/rescon/cpdgifted/!
cpd gifted provides a resource for education professionals and all those involved and interested in the education of able, gifted and talented learners.
Hazelhurst
Ledbury Road
Dymock
Gloucestershire GL18 2AG
Tel. 01531 890150
email ibrwn6@aol.com
Independent Schools Council Information for Wales.
48-50 St John Street
London EC1M 4DG
Tel. 020 7336 8445
email enquiries@youngminds.org.uk
Information and advice for anyone concerned about the mental health of children and young people. Produces leaflets on range of topics to help young people understand when they feel troubled and where to find help.
101-8 Clerkenwell Road
London EC1M 5SA
Tel. 0800 018 2138
Free and confidential service to hear parents’ concerns and help them find a way forward.
National Children’s Bureau
8 Wakley Street
London EC1V 7QE
Tel. 020 7843 6000
Website open to all young people with two sections: under 13 and 14-18 years. Provides a network for involvement in issues that affect and interest young people.
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