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SNIP

Royal Hospital for Sick Children
14 Rillbank Terrace
Edinburgh
EH9 1LN

Tel (helpline): 0131 536 0583
Fax: 0131 536 0583
Web: www.snipinfo.org
Best time to telephone: 10am - 4pm, Monday - Friday (answerphone at other times).

SNIP is a voluntary organisation based at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh. SNIP provides advocacy, advice and information on services available to children with additional support needs and their carers. It is managed by a committee of parents of children/young people with additional support needs, and professionals. Most of the staff at SNIP are parents of disabled children.

There are three main areas of SNIP's work:

  • Giving information, advocacy, advice and support to children and young people, their families and the professionals who work with them.
  • Providing training for people who work with children and families.
  • Talking to people who run services about what families need.

SNIP can offer emotional support to deal with how you might be feeing and on a practical level they can help you to manage better some of the tasks that you have, such as:

  • Preparing for meetings about your child.
  • Writing letters or reports about your child.
  • Applying for funding and benefits.
  • Talking to professionals about the support your child receives.

They can also provide information about things that might be affecting your child's learning such as their impairment, learning difficulties and life events, such as bereavement or family breakdown.

Checked: 17 Sep 2009

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