Who we help? 
Past members who have enjoyed Steps equipment have been diagnosed with: angelmans syndrome, autism, blindness, cerebral palsy, cognitive delay, deafness, developmental delay, downs syndrome, dyspraxia, epilepsy, fine or gross motor skills, hyper-mobility, microcephaly and rhetts syndrome. The actual condition is not important to us - we just concentrate on how we can help each & every child.  
 
 
 
 
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Useful Links 
We hope you find the links below useful - all of them are charities or organisations which offer help to parents and carers of disabled children. 
 
We will continue to add new links to this page. If you would like to recommend a link for this page - please email info@stepscharity.org 
1 Voice - Network and Support for Chidren and Families Using Communication Aids 
 
 
A to C 
 
 
 
Able Kidz - Aim to advance the educational experience of disabled children and young persons in the UK 
 
 
Ace Centre - to help children to communication aids 
 
 
 
ACT - working to achieve the best possible quality of life and care for every child and young person who is not expected to reach adulthood 
 
 
Action for Blind People - A national charity with local reach, providing practical help and support to blind and partially sighted people of all ages. 
 
 
Assert - Angelman Syndrome Support Education & Research Trust 
 
 
Action for sick children 
 
 
Afasic - Unlocking speech and language to help children and young adults with speech impairments 
 
 
BASIC (Brain & Spinal Injury Centre) 
 
 
Brainwave - The Brainwave Programme is aimed at achieving progress in all areas: physical, cognitive and developmental with a shop in Torquay. 
 
 
The Bay Foundation Disabled & Carers Trust - To continue to offer help, support and holidays for carers, their sick/disabled loved ones and children. 
 
 
The British Heart Foundation - working to beat heart disease with Charity shops in Torquay and Paignton. 
 
 
Carers UK - a membership organisation of carers, led by carers for carers. 
 
 
Clearvision Project - Postal lending library of mainstream children's books with added braille 
 
 
Clic Sargent - Caring for children and young people with cancer and their families. 
 
 
Contact a Family - Provides support, advice and information for families with disabled children 
 
 
Calibre Audio Library - Bring the pleasure of reading to people who have sight problems, dyslexia or other disabilities that prevent them reading a print book. 
 
 
Connor's Toy Libraries Portsmouth - Providing a Toy Library service and other community resources for children, their families and carers. 
 
 
Cerebra - to help improve the lives of children with brain related conditions through researching, educating and directly supporting children and their carers. 
 
 
Counselling Directory - If you're in need of support, search this network to be connected with a professional counsellor or psychotherapist. 
 
 
D to F 
 
 
 
Deafblind UK - Offers specialist services and human support to deafblind people and those who have progressive sight and hearing loss aquired throughout their lives. 
 
 
DELTA (Deaf Education through Listening & Talking) - Supports and develops the Natural Aural Approach to the education of deaf children. 
 
 
deafPLUS - Enabling deaf and visually impaired people to get the most out of life. 
 
 
Disability Disabled - a website designed for children and adults who have impaired mobility or movement and to help in giving you what you need when you need it. 
 
 
Down's Syndrome - Association Help for people with Down's Syndrome. 
 
 
The Ear Foundation - Activities, Education and Research for deaf children, young people and their families 
 
 
Fledglings - a national charity which aims to assist parents and carers of disabled children, by identifying, sourcing and supplying practical, affordable products. 
 
 
G to J 
 
 
 
Go Kids go - a leading provider of wheelchair skills training. 
 
 
Hearing Help Essex - Helps alleviate the isolation and loneliness that hearing loss can bring. 
 
 
The Henry Spink Foundation - To assist families who have a child diagnosed with severe disabilities. 
 
 
Hounslow Toy Library - Open for parents/carers of children with disabilities and their siblings 
 
 
IPSEA - a national charity providing free legally based advice to families who have children with special educational needs. All our advice is given by trained volunteers. 
 
 
K to O 
 
 
 
NBCS (National Blind Children's Society) 
 
 
NHS choices - Your health, your choices 
 
 
Nystagmus Net - Run by individuals and families affected by the eye condition nystagmus. 
 
 
NDCS (The National Deaf Children's Society) - A charity dedicated to creating a world without barriers for deaf children and young people. 
 
 
Kidzade - Charity shop in Paignton which donates to WCM supporting children in poverty. 
 
 
Oxfam - working to overcome poverty and suffering with 2 shops in Torquay. 
 
 
NCB - the leading national charity which supports children, young people, families and those who work with them. 
 
 
P to S 
 
 
 
The Princess Royal Trust for Carers - Providing carers with the support they so desperately need. 
 
 
RNIB - Supports blind and partially sighted people 
http://www.rnib.org.uk/Pages/Home.aspx 
 
 
RNID - We help people identify whether they have a hearing loss, we campaign for change, we provide services and training, and we actively support scientific and technological research 
 
 
Special Needs Kids - an Information Directory and shopping site to help parents and carers of children with special needs 
 
 
SNAP (Special Needs and Parents) - Helps Essex families who have children aged 0-25 years with special needs and disabilities. 
 
 
Rett UK - A charity working to make a difference for people living with Rett syndrome. 
 
 
Signpost for Carers - Provides free, confidential information to unpaid carers of all ages and ethnicity, and professionals who work with carers, in the Stockport area. 
 
 
Snap Childcare - Helping children reach their potential 
 
 
Scope - A charity that supports disabled people and their families, their vision is a world where disabled people have the same opportunities as everyone else with a shop in Torquay. 
 
 
Sense Toys - Educational toys, sensory toys and activities that encourage communication and interaction. 
 
 
St Francis Childrens Society - A specialist adoption agency based in Milton Keynes. 
 
 
T to W 
 
 
 
Vision Charity - Their mission is to try and inject fun into the lives of the blind and visually impaired children 
 
 
What About The Children - established as a national charity in 1994 to raise awareness about the emotional needs of children under 3's. 
 
 
Please note: 
Steps Charity is not responsible for the content of any external websites, nor does it recommend any of these sites.