Where to get help
Help is at hand for you from many sources; some informal but more importantly, many are existing support agencies who will understand the needs of parents and carers of children with Down's syndrome.
DAVINDER PHULL
Senior Portage Supervisor
Children and Young People's Inclusion
Fairlawn Centre
Spring Gardens
Wellingborough
NN8 2AA
Tel Office: 01933 440289
Tel Moile: 07921092816
e-mail: dphull@northamptonshire.gov.uk
PORTAGE is a home visiting educational service for pre-school children with additional support needs and their families.
Through Portage they assist the development of play, communication, relationships and learning for young children (0-3 years) within the family.
MARGARET GREER
Pre-Natal Diagnosis Officer
Kettering General Hospital
Tel: 01536 492917
Information and support offered at birth
JANE SMITH
Service Co-ordinator
Child development and Assessment Team for Northants and Wellingborough
Tel: 01933 671725
LYNDA SMITH
Welfare Benefits Advisor
3-7 Hazelwiood Road, Northampton
01604 232412
Help with completion of application forms and benefits checks, identifying which benefits you are entitled to claim and ordering of appropriate forms.
Useful Website Links
Cheeky Cherubs Educational Toys
Down's syndrome Medical Interest Group
Fundraising Ideas
THE AIM of YELLOW MOON is to offer schools, groups and charities the chance to raise funds all year round without the usual hard work. That means no admin, no selling, no delivering and no collecting money because YELLOW MOON does all that for them. All they have to do is circulate catalogues, which are supplied free of charge, to parents and supporters and encourage them to order.
Helpful Books
Click the book icon to view a selection of books we can recommend on the topic of Down's syndrome