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Addington School

Wellbeing and Support

 

The Family Fund provides grants to families on low incomes who have disabilities or severe medical conditions. You can find out more about the Family Fund here: https://www.familyfund.org.uk/

 

Free online Happiness coaching program 

 

SOCIAL CARE (Support by local authority)

Social workers and short breaks coordinator would be the first point of contact.  For families who are not open cases or who do not know who their social worker is, they will need to contact:

Reading families:

https://brighterfuturesforchildren.org/contact-us/

For concerns (only), call First Contact on 0118 937 3641 (includes out of hours contact details).

 

Wokingham families:

Children with Disability Admin on 01189746890 during working hours.

and Social Care emergency duty team on 01344 786543 between 5 pm and 9 am during weekends and Bank holidays.

 

 

Bracknell families:

The number to ring is 01344 352020 between 8.30 am and 5 pm after that the call will be directed to Forest Care where they will be able to speak with a social worker.

SUPPORT ORGANISATIONS

 

Promise Inclusion (Formally MENCAP)

 

admin@wokinghammencap.org

www.wokinghambracknellmencap.org

Family Liaison Workers 07827 340405 

 

 

MIND

A mental health charity 

Phone:  0300 123 3393

website: www.mind.org.uk 

 

Samaritans 

Phone: 116 123

 

The Mix

The Mix website

Phone: 0808 808 4994. 

Email: help@themix.org.uk

(Support for under 25 year olds)

 

Rethink Mental Illness 

Phone: 0300 5000 927

 Website: www.rethink.org

 

Educational Support Partnership

Provides free confidential counselling for teachers, including online chat services.

Phone: 0800 0562 561

Text: 07909341229

Email: support@edsupport.org.uk

website: www.educationsupportpartnership.org.uk

 

ACAS (Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service)

ACAS provides free and impartial information and advice to employers and employees on all aspects of work place relations and employment law. Supports good relationships between employers but also provides conciliation services to resolve work place problems. 

Phone: 0300 123 1100

Website: www.acas.org.uk

 

FOOD BANKS/CAFES/FINANCIAL SUPPORT

 

 

NEW BEGINNINGS READING (Great Knolly’s Street, Reading)

 

https://www.newbeginningsreading.org/

 

Foodbanks

Woodley Foodbank website

Contact details:

  • 07806 658995
  • info@woodleyfoodbank.org

 

 

Wokingham Foodbank website

 

 

Reading (Readifood) Foodbank website

  

Bracknell Foodbank website

 

 

West Berks Foodbank website 

 

 

 

Olio App for sharing things you don't need:

 

Olio website

 

 

App for discounted food from local businesses:

 

Too Good to Go

 

 

Supermarket coupons for free/discounted food:

 

https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/deals/supermarket-coupons/

 

Help with those struggling with utility bills (quite a lengthy document but may be useful?)

https://www.aurigaservices.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/2017-Help-with-Water-and-Energy-Bills.pdf