Caudwell Children partner with Slater and Gordon

Caudwell Children has worked with young people and their families since 2000 to enable them to have the opportunity, support, and freedom to realise their individual potential, despite the challenges they face in their everyday lives.

The charity offers a Family Support service, which can be accessed via their support line, live chat, email, or in person at a local Hub across Staffordshire. Caudwell Children’s other services include autism assessments, specialist equipment and funding, Kids’ Activities Clubs, and occupational therapy.

Now, Caudwell Children has partnered with Slater and Gordon, which will sponsor its Family Workshops. The workshops are designed to empower families by offering valuable, practical, and accessible resources that focus on some of the key challenges they may experience when raising a disabled or neurodivergent child. The sessions, most of which can be delivered virtually to families across the UK, cover topics including understanding autism and wellbeing, sleep, eating and nutrition, and meeting sensory needs.

Slater and Gordon will also deliver education sessions to Caudwell Children’s team, to enable them to support families in even more ways. Additionally, they will be hosting legal clinics for anyone connected to the charity, to ensure they are aware of their legal rights. These areas include education law, employment law, clinical negligence and family law.

Tom Sherratt, corporate partnerships manager at Caudwell Children, says: “We are really proud of the work we do to help disabled and neurodivergent children reach their potential. Our Family Workshops, which will be generously sponsored by Slater and Gordon, were developed in consultation with disabled and neurodivergent people, including parents and beneficiaries. The sessions offer practical strategies, and help families better understand and support each other.

“Partnering with a law firm also enables us to provide expert legal support to our families. This is very timely, as we are seeing an upturn in demand for legal advice, especially following the recent Schools White Paper and proposed changes to SEND provision. Working with Slater and Gordon will enable us to expand what we deliver. We are looking forward to building a lasting relationship with the Slater and Gordon team, and to working together for the benefit of families with disabled and neurodivergent children.”

Kate Sweeney, principal lawyer at Slater and Gordon, adds: “For over 25 years, Caudwell Children has worked tirelessly to increase the help and support available to families who otherwise face huge NHS waiting lists for assistance. Through its Family Support Sessions, the team are able to offer bespoke interventions in a range of areas that families experience every single day – making this a truly invaluable service.

“We are very pleased to be sponsoring these workshops, as well as delivering education and legal clinics, and look forward to building our partnership with this fantastic charity and bringing even more specialist support to families who need it.”