About us
The Children’s Trust is a national charity working with children who have multiple disabilities and complex health needs. We are based at a 24 acre site in Tadworth, Surrey but offer our services to children from across the UK.
The combination of services offered by The Children’s Trust is unique. Every year we help hundreds of children and young people and their families from across the UK through:
- Rehabilitation and other services for children and young people with acquired brain injury:
- Intensive residential rehabilitation programmes
- Support at home for children and families via our Brain Injury Community Team
- Family support via our Tadworth Brain Injury Co-ordinator service
- Online information and advice for parents and other family members at the Brain Injury Hub
- Expert nursing and medical care for children with multiple disabilities and complex health needs:
- Services for technology-dependent children
- Services for technology-dependent babies
- Short breaks (either at our site in Tadworth or in the family home)
- Transitional care from hospital to home for technology-dependent children
- Continuing residential care
- Residential or home-based palliative care, including emergency palliative care
- Holiday camps for children with disabilities and complex health needs
- Special education for children and young people with profound and multiple learning difficulties (PMLD) and complex health needs:
- Residential and day education for learners aged 0-19 at The School for Profound Education (formerly St Margaret's School)
- Residential education for students aged 19-25 at The College for Profound Education
- Publication of The Profound Education Curriculum, a developmental curriculum for learners with PMLD
- Training and support for special education professionals
- An outreach teaching service for young adults with PMLD in residential care
- Information, research and policy development:
- Support, training and education for families and professionals
- Research into better treatments and outcomes for children with multiple disabilities and complex health needs
- Giving disabled children and their families a greater public voice.
We have an unparalleled reputation in our field thanks to our commitment to meeting the diverse needs of these children and their families, coupled with our ability to deliver the best possible combination of nursing, therapy, medical care and education.
The specialist services we provide come at a cost which is not fully met by statutory sources, so we rely on voluntary donations from our supporters. Your donations help fund building works, new equipment, leisure and play activities and much more!
Click here to find out about our current fundraising projects and how you can get involved and make a real difference to the lives of the children we support.