These links take you to the home web pages of
organisations we have and are working with to take forward personal
budgets for children, young people and their families. Where we
have them there is also an email to the lead person.
Kids
A charity which has pioneered a number of approaches and
programmes for disabled children and young people.
Contact: Kevin.Williams@kids.org.uk
Department
for Education
The Department for Education was formed on 12 May 2010 and is
responsible for education and children's services.
Action
for Children
Action for Children supports and speaks out for the UK's most
vulnerable, disadvantaged and neglected children and young
people.
Contact: Clare.gent@actionforchildren.org.uk
OPM
An independent centre for the development of public
services: improvement, leadership development and
research.
Contact: JSmyth@opm.co.uk
NDTi
The National Development Team for Inclusion (NDTi) is a
not-for-profit organisation which works to promote inclusive lives
for people who are most at risk of exclusion and who may need
support to lead a full life. NDTi exists to make change happen -
change that leads to people having better lives.
Contact: nicola.gitsham@ndti.org.uk
Barnardos
Whatever the issue from drug misuse to disability; youth crime
to mental health; sexual abuse to domestic violence; child poverty
to homelessness; Barnardo's believes it can bring out the best in
every child.
Contact: Sam.monaghan@barnardos.org.uk
ibk
initiatives
A research, consultancy and training agency whose aims are to
promote the inclusion of disabled children, disabled young people
and their families in their local communities, and to challenge a
disabling world that denies their right to an ordinary
existence.
Short Breaks Network
Short Breaks Network represents and supports short break
providers, paid and voluntary short break carers and inclusion
workers across the UK. through networking, training, information,
publications and DVDs.
Contact: lee.cox@shortbreaksnetwork.org.uk
CCNUK
(Care Coordination Network UK)
Care Co-ordination Network UK (CCNUK) is a networking
organisation promoting and supporting care co-ordination or key
working for disabled children and their families.
ADCS
The Association of Directors of Children's Services Ltd - ADCS -
is the national leadership association in England for statutory
directors of children's services and other children's services
professionals in leadership roles.
SQW
SQW lead the work commissioned by the Department for Education
on the pilotting of Individual Budgets for Disabled Children.
Contact Graham: GThom@sqw.co.uk
Local
Government and Improvement and Development (LGA)
Contact: Claire.Burgess@local.gov.uk
Other contacts
Gav Cross - The Early Support Trust and
key person delivering the early support and keyworking theme of
work for DfE - gav@fortomltd.co.uk
Shirley Young - keyworking trainer. In Control is
working with Shirley and her colleague Claire Edwards to explore
the role of keyworking as an eddential component of the
self-directed support approag - sayounguk@yahoo.com
Last Updated : 30 March 2012. Page Author: Laura Bimpson.
