Registered Charity
About us
Who we are
We’ve been providing information, advice and support about SEND to children, young people and their parents and carers for thirty years.
SEND and You was originally set up as a charity in Avon in 1989 by local parents and professionals. They’d realised that better outcomes could be achieved for children and young people with SEND by working together. Today we remain as responsive and firmly focused as ever, ensuring that children, young people and their parents or carers get the help they need. SEND and You was formerly named Supportive Parents.
SEND and You now delivers the ‘SENDIAS’ (Special Educational Needs & Disability Information Advice & Support) service for three local authorities; Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.
We aim to empower parents/carers, children and young people to play an active and informed role in making decisions about their education, health and social care.
Our culture and values
Our vision
By providing a high quality, accessible, impartial and confidential SENDIAS service, we will empower children, young people and their parents to play an active and informed role in their/their child’s education and in their preparation for adult life.
By supporting good partnership working, we will encourage service-users and professionals to work more closely together, in the interests of children and young people with SEND.
