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Workshops

Workshops

Caudwell Children are here to help!

Caudwell Children are here to help!

We deliver a range of practical and accessible workshops for families who are raising a child with a disability and/or is autistic. These workshops focus on some of the key difficulties families may experience and what steps they can take to support their child.

Caudwell Children has always been shaped by listening to the people we support, experts by experience, that’s why these workshops have been developed in direct consultation with autistic people, families and beneficiaries.

Families can attend these workshops in person at the Caudwell International Children’s Centre based in Keele or online to fit around busy schedules.

Apply now or contact the Workshops team for more information, call 0345 300 1348 or email workshops@caudwellchildren.com or chat via our Live Chat.

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Meeting Sensory Needs

Meeting Sensory Needs

This provides an introduction to sensory processing and explores how this may impact your child and family. We will also provide you with strategies and tips that you can use in your day-to-day life.
Language and Communication

Language and Communication

This looks at all kinds of communication. We help you and your family to understand your child’s preferred method and level of communication and how this can be supported to better understand a young person’s wants and needs.
Forming Relationships

Forming Relationships

This will help you and your family to understand the importance of play and determine how play can impact learning for your child.
Supporting Positive Behaviour

Supporting Positive Behaviour

This will help you and your family to understand the functions of behaviour and recognise why certain behaviours may be repetitive.
Next Steps

Next Steps

This online workshop is for parents and carers. It will help you and the rest of your family to gain an understanding of strengths and differences your child may have following their diagnosis.
Autism and Wellbeing

Autism and Wellbeing

This workshop will help you to develop knowledge of common mental health issues and concerns for wellbeing in autistic children and young people.
Change and Transition

Change and Transition

This workshop will provide you and your family with advice about strategies and support that can help during key life transitions.
Eating and Nutrition

Eating and Nutrition

This workshop will help you and your family to understand the developmental stages of eating and drinking. We will support you to recognise how stages of development may affect your child’s eating and drinking skills.
Sleep

Sleep

This workshop will aim to provide you with some useful strategies and tips to support your family in understanding sleep patterns and identifying habits and recognise how these may impact your child and family.
Daily Living Skills

Daily Living Skills

This workshop will support you and your family to explore a range of strategies to support your child’s independence at home, school and in the community.

Am I Eligible To Apply?

To be eligible, you must meet the below criteria:

  • Your child must be aged 4-18 years old
  • Your child must have a chronic illness, disability or is autistic

Charity Funding Eligibility

You can apply to Caudwell Children for 80% of the cost towards two workshops each year if you can demonstrate that either: You are in receipt of means-tested benefits OR your household income is no more than £60,000 excluding benefits. Please check FAQ’s for details. If you’re eligible for charitable funding, you will be asked to contribute just £33.40 (20%) towards the full workshop cost.

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Need help to apply?

Need help to apply?

Our applications team are on hand top help with any questions or guidance you need to support your application, call 0345 300 1348

or email applications@caudwellchildren.com

Workshop FAQs

Our practical and accessible workshops focus on some of the key difficulties that families may face when raising a child with a disability and/ or autism. They aim to offer practical support and bring families together to offer each other advice and support.

These workshops have been developed in direct consultation with autistic people, parents and beneficiaries.

These workshops can be accessed in person at our International Children’s Centre in Keele or online. To be eligible, you must meet the following criteria: You must have a child aged 4-18 years old. Your child(ren) must have a chronic illness or disability.

Applications can be completed via the form on our Workshops page.

We would then ask for proof of a confirmed diagnosis and proof of benefit support or income.

We have a total of 10 workshops to choose including Meeting Sensory Needs, Supporting Positive Behaviour, Autism and Wellbeing and many more. We also offer a child- friendly workshop known as ‘Next steps’ which is designed to help parents and children with the Next Steps following an Autism diagnosis. This workshop is split by age range: 4-7 and 8-11.

You can apply to Caudwell Children for 80% of the cost towards two workshops each year if you can demonstrate that either:

You are in receipt of means-tested benefits, and you can send us all pages of a benefits letter showing your full name and address, dated within the last 12 months.

This would be one of the following:

  • Universal Credits
  • Tax Credits
  • Pension Credits
  • Income Support
  • Housing Benefit

OR

Your household income is no more than £60,000 excluding benefits, and you can send us one of the following:

  • Wage slips for each person in the household showing the full name and address, dated within the last three months.
  • P60’s for each person from the last financial year.
  • Your most recent set of accounts or a letter from your accountant if you work for yourself.

In both instances you will also need to declare that your savings do not exceed £16,000.

If you’re eligible for charitable funding, you will be asked to contribute just £33.40 (20%) towards the full workshop cost.

To receive funding support toward the cost of workshops, your household income must be less than £45,000 per year.

At this present time, we are accepting applications from families only. Schools can offer support to families in completing the application process but cannot currently apply on the child’s behalf.

You can apply online using the application link our our Workshops page.

For further enquiries you can email our workshop team at workshops@caudwellchildren.com or call us on 0345 300 1348.