Young Suffolk Children & Families Forum Members

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Anglia Care Trust - Tracy Groves
65 St Mathews Street, Ipswich

tracyg@angliacaretrust.org.uk

Autism Suffolk - Beverley Price
Grange Business Centre, Tommy Flowers Drive, Kesgrave, Suffolk IP5 2BY 

( 01473 632 700 * Beverley.Price@nas.org.uk * autism.Suffolk@nas.org.uk          

Provides information and support for families and carers of children and young people aged 5 to 13 years with an Autism Spectrum Disorder.        

 

Babergh Communities Together – Marian Sedwell   

C/o The Christopher Centre, 10 Gainsborough Street, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 2EU         

( 01728 635609 * marian.sedwell@bctsuffolk.org.uk           

           

Bury St Edmunds Volunteer Centre – Hazel Pidsley

86 Whiting Street, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 1NX

( 01284 766 126 * chiefofficer@volunteercentre.co.uk

 

Deben Family Centre – Liz Thrower 

Cedar House, Pytches Road, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP12 1EP          

( 01394 386 369 + liz@debenfamilycentre.org.uk

Part of the Seckford Foundation Family Support Service to the Woodbridge/Kesgrave cluster. Main aim is preventative work, some services bought in by Suffolk County Council Children and Young Peoples Services. Families are referred by other agencies and themselves. Deben Family Centre provides support to parents of children age 0-12 experiencing difficulties We also support the wider community by providing accommodation for the Deben Toddler Group and the Deben Doubles (twin and multiple births.           

Family Action - Julie Boulton

Family Action is a national charity based in London but with many projects around the country supporting adults with mental health problems and offering family support for children and families.

http://www.family-action.org.uk/ 
           

GFS Platform –  Jill Eaton     

ROZEL, 5 Kensington Road, LOWESTOFT, Suffolk           

* mike@rozel.fsnet.co.uk

                       

Home-Start Babergh – Gillian Hall 
Unit 8, Hadleigh Business Centre, Crockatt Road, Hadleigh IP7 6RH       

( 01473 826 190 *  gillian@home-startbabergh.co.uk

Home-Start Babergh offers support, friendship and practical help to parents with young children in the local community. Home-Start offers a unique service, recruiting and training volunteers – who are usually parents themselves – to visit families at home who have at least one child under the age of 5, to offer informal friendly and confidential support. To help give children the best possible start in life, Home-Start supports parents as they grow in confidence, strengthen their relationships with their children and widen the links with the local community. Home-Start Babergh has been offering this service for the past 16 years 



http://www.home-start.org.uk/  Home-Start Babergh website coming soon!

Home-Start Coastal - Cathy Couchman and Nicola Jones
Cedar House, Pytches Road, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP12 1EP
t: 01394 389402 e: office@homestartcoastal.org.uk  www.homestartcoastal.org.uk

Home Start Mid Suffolk – Susan Fitch

Kerrison, Thorndon, Eye, Suffolk IP23 7JG

( 01379 678552 * homestartmidsuff@aol.com

 
ICVS – Liz Louch

The Cornhill, Ipswich, IP1 1AQ

( 01473 251834

 

Ipswich Opportunity Group – Cheryl King     

15 Ashton Close, Ipswich.     

( 01473 687325

* ips.opportunitygp@btinternet.com           

 

MAP – Anne Squirrel

Red Gables, Ipswich Road, Stowmarket, IP14 1BE

( 01379 678073 * map@suffolkonline.net

 

Mid Suffolk HOPS – Jackie Markell    

9 Spencer Way, Stowmarket, IP14 1UB       

( 07857618161 * midsuffolkhops@tiscali.co.uk     

HOPS is a summer play scheme and monthly Saturday club for children and young people with physical, sensory and learning disabilities, between 4 and 16 years. We provide families with social events so they can network with others encountering similar difficulties. HOPS is a registered Charity, are Ofsted inspected and hold SAFE certification  

           

Ormiston Children & Families Trust – Lorraine Cartwright

333 Felixstowe Road, Suffolk, IP3 9BW

( 01473 724 549 * Lorraine.cartwright@ormiston.org    www.ormiston.org

Ormiston Children & Families Trust was set up over 20 years ago in memory of Fiona Ormiston Murray. Today Ormiston works to promote the rights and wellbeing of children, young people and their families across the Eastern Region through research, consultation, service delivery and the promotion of conferences.
Ormiston Presentation

Out and About – Steve Allman, Chief Executive       

37-43 Fore Street, IPSWICH, Suffolk  IP4 1JL          

( 0870 770 5767 + steve.allman@oaa.co.uk www.oaa.co.uk

Out & About supports disabled children in a wide range of mainstream leisure activities alongside their non-disabled peers.  Out & About enables disabled children to build the confidence and like skills required to become fully included in their choice of leisure activity.     

Out & About Presentation 

Suffolk School for Parents - Alison Stonham/Jean Miller           

6 Perry Barn, Burstall Lane, Sproughton, Ipswich, IP8 3DJ   Alison Stonham/Jean Miller

* office@ssfp.org.uk ( 01473652880

           

Waveney Community Forum CVS - Martyn Burnside, Chief Officer

12 Grove Road, Lowestoft, NR32 1EB          

( 01502 582201 e: Admin@waveneycf.org.uk