Child Brain Injury Trust
The Child Brain Injury Trust is the organisation that supports children, young people, their families and professionals and helps them come to terms with what has happened and how to deal with the uncertainty that the future may hold.
A brain injury has a devastating and life-long impact on the child and their whole family. Bones can mend and scars can heal but a brain injury stays with you for life and impacts on everything you think, feel and do.
As the child develops, their support needs can change.
Regional Child and Family Support Co-ordinators are able to provide support during each stage of development, working with the child, the family, teachers, educational specialists, health and social workers, psychologists, and a wide range of professionals to help to demystify acquired brain injury in children, and help to implement appropriate support strategies.
We wrok in Hospitals, Schools and in the community and are able to offer face to face meetings, phone and email support.
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Contact Details
- Telephone
- 0303 303 2248 (advice line) or 01869 341075 (office enquiries) 0303 303 2248 (advice line) or 01869 341075 (office enquiries)
- info@cbituk.org
- Website
- Child Brain Injury Trust
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- Social Media
Where to go
- Address
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Field View
Baynards Green Farm
Nr Bicester
Oxfordshire - Postcode
- OX27 7SR
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- Notes
It is not necessary to come to us; we will come and visit you.
Time, Costs and Availability
Time / Date Details
- When is it on
- 8.30am - 4.30pm
Availability
- Referral Details
Referring to the Child Brain Injury Trust is easy. The Trusts priority is supporting children, young people and families and so have a flexible, accessible referral process in all our projects.
Referrals can be made directly by parents/guardians/carers that have legal responsibility for a child with an acquired brain injury, or anyone who has the permission of the parent/guardian/carer such as Teachers, Doctors, Social Workers etc.
Children/young people with an acquired brain injury can also refer themselves, but we encourage them to speak to their parent/guardian/carer first as the injury impacts on the entire family, and support is more effective if the child/young person has a support network.
NB We will support young people up to around 22 years of age, but after the age of 18 the injury generally falls into the adult services remit, and the challenges faced as a result the brain injury are often very different. Therefore, we would not usually take on a new referral after the age of 16 unless we were sure there was some value we could add to their support needs.
Additional Local Offer Information
Local Offer
- Description
Child and Family Support, Regional Child and Family Support Co-ordinators provide children, young people and families with the support that they need in order to live their lives to the full within their local community. Staff and volunteers within our projects understand acquired brain injury. They have excellent knowledge of local services that families might need.
The sort of support that families can expect includes:
- Practical and emotional support for children, young people and families in hospital and at home
- A national helpline offering support to children, young people and families across the UK
- Support for children and young people in education
- Social opportunities for children, young people and families
- Training and information for parents and carers
- Useful leaflets, booklets and other resources
- Informative website and Facebook page
- Small grants programmeThere is no time limit on the support that is offered.