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Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG)
A disabled facilities grant is available for a range of work that will help a disabled person remain in their home, for those in private or housing association properties. You can find more information on the Disabled facilities grant section of Croydon Council’s website (external link). …
Personal Independence Payment (PIP)
Personal Independence Payments will be replacing the Disability Living Allowance and is provided by the Department for Work and Pensions. It can help you with some of the extra costs caused by long-term ill-health or a disability if you're aged 16 to 64. The amount…
Managing your health
Looking after your health is important. The best place to get advice is from your GP (doctor) or a trusted health professional. Most health services are universal, which means they are available to everyone and you do not need an assessment or referral to use…
Advocacy
Advocacy is about supporting children and young people with special educational needs or disabilities to make sure that their rights are respected, and their views and wishes are always heard. The aim of advocacy is to make sure young people are protected and their rights…
Physiotherapy service
Children’s Physiotherapy Service, Croydon Health Services (CHS) The service provides both acute and community physiotherapy as best meets the needs of individual children and young people. Children’s Physiotherapists at Croydon University Hospital provide physiotherapy as required to children and young people admitted to the Children’s…
Children's centres
Croydon children's centres have a lot of support available to you and there is always someone to talk to. The services are available for everyone and you can register at your local children’s centre as soon as your baby is born – or even before.…
Occupational therapy service
The children's occupational therapy team is an integrated service with health colleagues, that aims to help children achieve or maintain their maximum level of independence and to develop practical life skills so that they can participate to their full potential in the home and classroom…
Nursing
There are a range of nursing services available in Croydon.
Puberty and sexual health
The NHS Choices website provides information in its Sex and young people section (external link) for various aspects of young people's sexuality. It also has information on boy's bodies and girl's bodies, including puberty. You can find details of other organisations in the Local Offer directory,…
Apply for speech and language therapy
Speech and language therapy aims to support children's fluency, speech, language, communication skills and feeding difficulties, by working with parents, carers and key professionals to provide timely assessment, therapy and advice. Types of provision include: advice and training for parents of children with specialist levels…