Type of service: Advice and advocacy, Family support and information services, Organisations, Training providers

Website: https://amazesussex.org.uk

Amaze is an independent charity working in Brighton & Hove and East Sussex. Amaze runs the SENDIASS (Special Educational Needs & Disability Information, Advice and Support) Service for these areas. SENDIASS can offer advice to parent carers and to children and young people with SEND up to 25 in Brighton & Hove and East Sussex. Services include an advice line, online information and resources and regular courses and workshops on vital issues like getting SEN support in school or applying or an EHC plan. Amaze runs the NDP Family Training and Navigation Service, which is a service that supports families with children and young people at any point along the neurodevelopmental pathway for autism, ADHD and other neurodevelopmental conditions. They can support families from the point that a condition is first flagged, through assessment and after. https://amazesussex.org.uk/parent-carers/services-and-support/ndp-family-training-and-navigation/ 

Amaze also offers other services for parent carers and young people with SEND up to 25.
• Advice and support with claiming disability benefits
• Amazing Futures peer support and activity groups for young people with SEND up to 25
• Face 2 Face peer support groups for parent carers
• The Compass leisure card which offers discounts at leisure venues across the southeast.

Amaze works closely with the local parent carer forums for Brighton & Hove and East Sussex. See https://paccbrighton.org.uk and https://espcf.org.uk

Aimed at: Adolescent , Adult , Child , Parent/carer of a child, Parent/carer of an adult, Young person

Gender: All genders

Specialisms: Generic