Professional Contacts
Community Children's Nurses (for health related issues)
Helen Perring & Anna Daniels
The Children's Centre
70 Walker Street
Hull
Tel: (01482) 886544 (direct line) or (01482) 585760 (team office)
Portage Services (for development support)
Portage is an educational service for pre-school children who may need extra support to help them to learn new skills. We offer individual sessions at home or at one of the Portage centres. We also run group sessions for these children and their pre-school siblings to enjoy creative play. For babies and younger children we run sensory sessions in Beverley and Bridlington.
Hull - Tel: (01482) 886569
East Riding - Tel: (01482) 392189
La Leche League (for support with breastfeeding)
Tel: (01482) 210226
Speech & Language Therapy Service
For feeding, communication, language and speech issues
Julie Robinson
East Riding of Yorkshire Primary Care Trust
Clarendon Health Care Centre
Park Street
Hull
Tel: (01482) 617922 (new referrals)
Email: julie.robinson@erhtsp.nhs.uk
Parent Partnership Service
Provides impartial, confidential information, advice and support to parents/carers of children with Special Educational Need (SEN) who live in the East Riding Of Yorkshire.
Tel: (01482) 392108/392109
Email: parent.partnership@eastriding.gov.uk
Families Information Service Hub (FISH)
Information about activities and services available in the East Riding for children and young people.
Tel: (01482) 396469
Email: fish@eastriding.gov.uk
Web: www.fish.eastriding.gov.uk
East Riding Voices in Partnership (ERVIP)
A group of parents and carers who want to make a difference to service provision for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities and their families.
Tel: 078136 76941
From Twitter
Down Syndrome Awareness Week March 2018
Down Syndrome Awareness Week is 19th-25th March 2018. Find out about our celebrations and how you can get involved by having a look here.
Winter Term Dates
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Can't attend a session?
Please let us know if you cannot attend a session - either contact your group leader direct, or contact the office on 01482 420160 or office@downrightspecial.co.uk
Friday Visitors
We regularly have visitors to our Friday sessions, whether they be healthcare professionals, friends from the community or old faces returning to have a catch up with us. Stay tuned for information of up and coming visitors
