Family Support Services

Families matter to us

Families matter to us

Our family service offers tailored support for families of children with special needs and disabilities, skills and well-being workshops. Our free service supports families and carers who have children age 0-25, and sometimes older. Children do not need a formal diagnosis to access our support. We also provide support to parent carers of adults with learning disabilities in Westminster. Our support can be long term or one-off and families can visit us at our community based sites in Westminster and Kids Can Achieve, Harrow.

We work with families to gain more choice and control over their lives by enabling them to access all the support available to them, gain better financial control, enhance wellbeing, build stronger support networks with other families and enable better communication between children and their parents which ultimately leads to better outcomes and life chances for their children.

Our Family Services Team:

  • Work with the parent carer / family to identify support needs and desired outcomes.
  • Provide information, signposting and onward referral to other services, sources of support and specialist advice and information.
  • Explore options in an impartial manner, which enables informed decision making.
  • Provide emotional support and tailored practical support e.g. letter writing, attending meetings, phone calls.
  • Promote self-advocacy and/or advocate on behalf of the parent carer and/or the family.

To access our family support please fill in the online form in the link below about the support you need and we will get back to you

Enquiry Form

Family Support Sessions

We have a selection of sessions planned to support parents and families of children with learning disabilities, please see our current timetable below.  Sessions are FREE to attend. We have sessions are on a variety of topics including positive psychology, positive parenting techniques, behaviour, fraud awareness, yoga, emotional regulation plus many more.

Family Sessions april-june 2025

 

If there is a topic you would like us to do a session on please let our team know.

For further information about the sessions get in touch with our Family Support team.

 

Alice Gestetner Fund – Apply for a small grant to help your family

Alice Gestetner and her husband David were involved in Learning Disability Network London (formerly the Westminster Society) for many years. Alice was the Chair of the charity and after her death in 2000, David created the Alice Gestetner fund.

The Alice Gestetner fund makes small grants on a regular basis to families and people with learning disabilities. The grant can be used for essential items such as beds, refrigerators and washing machines. It can also be used for contributions towards holidays and electronics.

To apply download the form here

We would love to hear from you

To find out more contact
LDN Families Team

familyservice@ldnlondon.org | 020 8968 7376

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