HELPP

a charity supporting parents & carers of challenging children

HELPP Help Education and Learning for Parents by Parents accepts no liability for the consequences of any actions taken on the basis of the information provided in this web-site. We are not medical professionals and we are not giving any medical or professional advice or service through the publication or distribution of articles or comments on this web-site. Individuals with suspected or diagnosed disorders or syndromes, or any conditions discussed on this web-site should consult with a qualified professional for advice concerning diagnosis and treatment. HELPP is a Registered Charity, No: 1139691. HELPP is a Private Limited Company, No: 7434496. Copyright 2014 KieronDSmith all rights reserved.  Revised: 29 October 2014  

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• Are you having problems managing your child's behaviour?
• Do you feel that others do not understand your child?
• Do you have a new diagnosis (or no diagnosis) for your child and don’t know what to do next?

If this is you - HELPP can make a difference

Who are we?

HELPP  is a Sutton based registered charity for supporting parents and carers of children with special needs of all kinds.

We know that Parents of disabled children have to deal with practical and emotional challenges that are unimaginable to most families.

This is particularly true early on, when parents are still coming to terms with their child's needs or disability and are starting to grapple with a confusing range of professionals, services and benefits.

We welcome parents  with children who have:

• ADHD
• Asperger's
• Autistic Apectrum Disorders

or who have

• problems making friends
• with social disorders
• with communication disorders
• coping at school or "refusers"
• making the the transition from junior to senior school

and parents worried about

• drugs and alcohol
• peer pressure
• behaviour
• and many other issues including those relevant for foster carers

Feedback

If you have looked at this website or used HELPP’s services we welcome your feedback - either by email to us or by contributing to our survey.

To take the survey, please click this link Survey

HELPP Coffee Mornings

HELPP Coffee Mornings are informal supportive meetings of parents/carers run  by members of the HELPP Team in an atmosphere where nobody is  judged.

The purpose is to discuss concerns, off-load, exchange views and ideas and provide opportunity for carers/parents to support each other and network.

Testimonial: “ Things I say here, I haven’t even told my husband”.”

“Helpful to know that I am not alone and that there is help out there”

It’s all about  looking for effective parenting strategies, using  not only the HELPP Team’s experiences, but yours as well.

You may be surprised that in the midst of turmoil you may something to offer to others.

We  plan to hold HELPP Coffee Mornings approximately monthly and you are recommended to book a place (see below)

Currently we have  Coffee Mornings booked for:

The next coffee morning will be in September - date  to be fixed

Information about any guest speakers will be posted here once confirmed.

Contact us

Please feel free to contact us if you want to find out more about HELPP or if you would like to talk to someone

• before you come to a meeting
• Or you want to get involved with the work of HELPP

Peter Witt

Email:pete@helpp.me.uk

Tel:020 8288 1039

Alison Witt

Email:alison@helpp.me.uk

Tel:020 8288 1039

HELPP website manager:

Kieron Smith

Email:kieron@helpp.me.uk

In order to access the HELPP Facebook pages, you will need to log into your  Facebook account and search for Helpp For Parents In Sutton

Greetings cards

You can support HELPP's funding by buying cards, with the HELPP logo on the back, at CALLADOODLES shop (18 the High Street Carshalton).

Proceeds from cards purchased will go to support HELPP.

HELPP - home page

What do we do?

HELPP aims, in a solution based approach,  to provide emotional and practical advice which will help parents and carers to increase their capabilities and enable them to understand and work with their children’s behaviour.

We provide opportunities for parents and carers to work together, in a safe, non-judgemental environment, to gain insight into child behaviours and identify strategies to help parents & carers.

When working together with you at Coffee Mornings, we search for possible ways of caring for and looking after a child or young person whose own view of life is different to that which society perceives as normal.

Please note:

We are not medical professionals and will not give any medical or professional advice but we are parents who have made the commitment to help each other and provide support, advice or ideas to those who need support NOW

How do we do this?

The services we offer are -

• Coffee Mornings
• This web site

This web site

This website has

• Tips for parents or schools in handling the children with those conditions

• Useful links to Sutton support groups and other national organisations - Useful links

• A glossary of terms and abbreviations

• Reading - books available from HELPP

• Reading - link to a website -  Cerebra -  showing books for suggested reading covering a wide range of topics.

For problems, comments or questions regarding this web site contact: kieron@helpp.me.uk

If you want to support HELPP ……….

HELPP is a charity that depends on donations for its funds and volunteers to run the charity. Please contact us if you are interested in volunteering.

Active viewers

HELPP Web Site hits:

We need your HELP!

Would you like to help our charity that supports parents of children with challenging behaviours such as autism, ADHD and ASD?

HELPP is looking for volunteers who can spare a few hours a week to expand the services available from this small local voluntary organisation.  We need people who can help with publicity, design, promotion, administration and research.  The only skills you need is an interest in finding out more about the area, access to computer and a few spare hours!  

Examples of volunteer roles:

1-Publicity and promotion - help update and redesign leaflets, produce fliers, draft articles for local newsletters and email out notices.

2-Social media - find interesting items on you tube or the Internet to add to our Facebook page to keep it up to date and approve posts.

3-Researcher - keep track of new initiatives, research, or changes in legislation and policy that might affect parents locally or nationally and bring it to the attention of our steering group.

If you are interested in finding out more about these unpaid volunteer roles just email kieron@helpp.me.uk explaining why you are interested and what areas you would like to contribute to.

HELPP Blog

Visit our HELPP Blog, See what’s happening and have your chance to comment and add your voice  - click here

Booking your place and our venue for Coffee Mornings

Booking:

If you want to come to one of our events, it’s very helpful to us if you book your place by going to our bookings system web site -

 Book here

If you can’t or haven’t pre-booked, please don’t let that put you off  - just come along anyway. If you want someone to come with you, you can make a booking for both of you.

Using our booking system will help with our statistics and will record your email address so we can notify you of future events

If you want to bring someone with you (a friend, support worker or family member for support), please do so.  

Venue:

Strawberry Lodge Conference Centre

Strawberry Lane

Carshalton

Surrey

SM5 2NQ

Although parking for 14 cars is provided, with further space on adjacent roads, we do encourage the use of more environmentally friendly methods of transport.

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Past Workshops

In the past we have run Workshops - which had a presenter with expert knowledge and experience of areas of interest for HELPP parents.

To see the details of these Workshops please click here.