The Children and Family Zone

The services aim to support children in Tower Hamlets who have Special Needs and their parents and carers.

There are a high number of Asian/Bangladeshi children within the Borough who have additional needs which consist of learning delays, hearing impairments, physical disabilities and challenging behaviour that presents challenges to the child and the family.

The external obstacles of language and cultural differences these children and their families face difficulties in accessing in areas such as education and health, the project helps to maintain meaningful relationships with schools and professional agencies involved with the child.

Support Services

• Drop in advice and advocacy sessions for parents and carers.
• Outreach to families to undertake assessment of needs
• Signposting and referrals to other agencies as and when required
• Interpreting and translating
• Transitional support visits from schools to day services, summer schemes, short breaks etc
• Parental development – Strengthening Families, Strengthening Communities Parenting Course. Asian Parents Autism Seminars
• Attend professional meetings e.g. Annual Reviews
• Telephone advice

Drop in sessions every Tuesday for free information and advice in English and Sylheti.

Session 1: 10am - 1pm

Session 2: 2pm - 4pm

For appointments please call the Special Needs Support Officer on 020 7375 0554