Barnardo's

Links and Resources

As well as the links provided in each of our service areas please find below downloads, webinars and videos that you may find useful for you to use at your leisure.

Supporting Fathers

Resources for supporting fathers

Local

  • Get active and build positive family relationships with daughters and dads

    Find out more

Online

National

Supporting Families

Resources for supporting families

Local

  • Contact your school's family support worker or pastoral team.

Online

National

Supporting children with SEND

Resources for supporting children with SEND

Local

  • Sandwell Local Offer

    View website

  • Sandwell Parents Voice United (SPVU)

    SPVU

    Download PDF

  • Stepping Stones Triple P

    The course is designed for parents and carers who have a child who have mild to moderate level challenging behaviours. Parents learn skills and strategies to encourage their child's social and communication skills, emotional self-regulation, independence and problem-solving ability. The course is delivered over 9 weeks for 2 hours.

    Contact your local Children's Centre to book a place.

  • Helping Hands

    A support service for families with a child with ASD or ADHD.

    Contact your local Children's Centre to book a place.

    Their services include:

    • Sharing rooms support sessions - learn coping techniques and share experiences with other parents
    • Advice / Workshops / Family sensory sessions / Parent wellbeing sessions
    • Other Online Parenting Courses, Support, Advice and Telephone /Coaching
    Call us
    Email us
    View website

  • Sandwell Parents of Disabled Children

    Activities and opportunities for disabled children and young people living in Sandwell.

    Call us
    Email us
    View website

  • SENDIASS

    Sandwell's Special Educational Needs and Disability Information, Advice and Support Service. They offer impartial information, advice and support to children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities. The service is impartial, confidential and free.

    Call us
    View website

  • Autism West Midlands

    Offer free autism information helpline offering a first point of contact for families and individuals in crisis. Provide advice and support sessions families and carers of children on the autistic spectrum offer training to parents, professionals and individuals and much more!

    Call us
    Helpline
    Email us
    View website

  • Sandwell Deaf Community Association (SCDA)

    SDCA delivers specialist services to deaf and hard of hearing people on behalf of Sandwell Council.

    Call us (Mon - Fri daytime)
    Call us (7 days 24 hours for all services)
    Email us
    View website

Online

National

Inclusion Support Early Years

Online

  • Sandwell Local Offer | Family Information Service Hub

    BUZZ is the only website for deaf children and young people aged 8-18. It has been developed jointly by The Council for Disabled Children and The National Deaf Children's Society.

    View website

  • Contact

    Contact (previously known as Contact a Family) is a national organisation for families with disabled children. It has a wealth of information, advice and support that families can draw on.

    View website

National

  • The Family Fund

    The Family Fund is a charity providing grants for families on low incomes raising disabled or seriously ill children and young people.

    View website

  • Newlife

    Newlife provides families with a gateway to receive support, information and equipment provision. Newlife's helpline provides professional confidential care and support to families and professionals caring for disabled and terminally ill children. Access to funding for essential community equipment, free loan of emergency equipment & free loan of specialist toys.

    Call us (Mon - Fri 9.30am - 5pm)
    View website

Supporting Early Years & Education

Resources for supporting early years & education

Local

Online

National

Supporting parents

Resources for supporting parents

Local

  • Family Information Service

    Hub Directory Local Offer A-Z Children and†Families Information†about applying for funding, child care and†services†available in Sandwell

    Find out more

  • Helping Hands

    Their services include:

    • Sharing rooms support sessions - learn coping techniques and share experiences with other parents
    • Advice / Workshops / Family sensory sessions / Parent wellbeing sessions
    • Other Online Parenting Courses, Support, Advice and Telephone /Coaching
    Call us
    Email us
    View website

  • Sandwell Parents of Disabled Children

    Activities and opportunities for disabled children and young people living in Sandwell.

    Call us
    Email us
    View website

  • SENDIASS

    Sandwell's Special Educational Needs and Disability Information, Advice and Support Service. They offer impartial information, advice and support to children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities. The service is impartial, confidential and free.

    Call us
    View website

  • Autism West Midlands

    Offer free autism information helpline offering a first point of contact for families and individuals in crisis. Provide advice and support sessions families and carers of children on the autistic spectrum offer training to parents, professionals and individuals and much more!

    Call us
    Helpline
    Email us
    View website

National

Supporting health and wellbeing

Resources for supporting health and wellbeing

Local

Online - Multi-language animations

National