Support for children and young people with additional needs and disabilities

All children and young people in Surrey can get support. If your child has additional needs or a disability, there is extra help for you and your family.

You can find all the information in one place on our Local Offer. Here are some useful highlights:

Family Information Directory

Use the Family Information Directory to search for local and national services. These services support children and young people with additional needs and disabilities, and their families.

Support for parent carers

Carers look after family, partners or friends who need help. They do this without being paid.

All parents care for their children. But if your child has additional needs or a disability, you may have extra caring responsibilities. This means you’re a parent carer.

Parent carers can get support to help them and their child. This includes:

Support for siblings and young carers

Siblings and young carers may also need help. A young carer is a child or teenager who helps look after someone in their family who is ill, disabled, or has other needs. This could be a parent, sibling, or another relative. They might help with things like cooking, cleaning, or giving medicine.

We offer advice and ideas for fun activities they can do together. You can also find local and nation support for them.

Money and grants

You may be able to get money to help care for your child. This includes:

  • Disability Living Allowance
  • carer's allowance
  • disabled facilities grants

See Funding grants and financial assistance

Short breaks

Short breaks for disabled children are fun activities for children and young people with additional needs or disabilities. They also give families a break. Activities run during the day, evenings, overnight, weekends and school holidays. They can happen at home, or in facilities or residential settings.

You can also;

Children's services

Find out about the different types of support from children's services. Learn how to get a referral and what happens during an assessment.

Moving to adult services

As your child gets older, they may need support from  adult services. We can help you plan for this change and understand what to expect after they turn 18. See, Help and support for young people preparing for adulthood.


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