The Parent to Parent Emotional Support Service provides emotional support to parents and carers regarding their autistic children/grown-up children. The service is provided by trained volunteers with personal experience as the parent of an autistic child or adult. Our focus is on emotional support and understanding what it is like for you as a parent. We offer empathy, understanding, and a safe space to talk through your feelings and experiences. This is not an advice or guidance service and our volunteers are not trained to advise on specific topics such as behaviour, social care, benefits, education, communication, or relationships. You can however find useful information on the advice and guidance main section.
 
We aim to respond within 20 working days but it may take longer when the service gets very busy. You will receive one call from our volunteer which may be from a withheld phone number. If the call is not answered, volunteers will leave a voicemail (when permitted) to say they are calling from Parent to Parent and they will call again after 5 minutes. If the call is not answered on the 2nd attempt, the volunteer will send you an email to let you know they called, and explain how you can make another referral to the service.

Register your interest in becoming a Parent to Parent volunteer, please access this link and leave your details (we will email you when recruitment dates are known, thanks).

Request an emotional support call for yourself.

Please answer the following questions. Questions marked with an asterisk require a response. You can opt not to answer other questions regarding things you prefer not to share.

Please complete the following online enquiry form.