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Enter your postcode to find your council’s pages for school support, children’s disability services and adaptations, plus carers groups, parent forums and national advice services for your part of the UK.
- All 32 Scottish and 22 Welsh councils
- NI trusts and Education Authority
- Links checked 3 Nov 2026
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National services for each nation
England
- Find your local IAS (SENDIASS) service Free, impartial SEND advice for every council area.
- Find your local parent carer forum (Contact) Local groups of parents who help shape SEND services.
- Help if you have a disabled child (GOV.UK) Benefits, care and education help in England.
- Contact helpline Advice for families with disabled children. Helpline 0808 808 3555.
- Carers Trust: local carer services Find carer services near you.
Scotland
- Enquire: additional support for learning advice Scotland’s advice service for ASL. Helpline 0345 123 2303.
- Carers Scotland Advice for unpaid carers in Scotland.
- Care Information Scotland: support for carers Carer support, including local carers centres.
- Shared Care Scotland Short breaks information and funding in Scotland.
- Contact helpline Advice for families with disabled children. Helpline 0808 808 3555.
- Carers Trust: local carer services Find carer services near you.
Wales
- SNAP Cymru Free ALN information, advice and advocacy in Wales.
- Dewis Cymru Directory of local wellbeing and support services in Wales.
- Carers Wales Advice for unpaid carers in Wales.
- Contact helpline Advice for families with disabled children. Helpline 0808 808 3555.
- Carers Trust: local carer services Find carer services near you.
Northern Ireland
- Education Authority: special educational needs The EA handles SEN assessments and statements across NI.
- SENAC Free SEN advice for parents in NI.
- Carers NI Advice for unpaid carers in Northern Ireland.
- Family Support NI Directory of family support services across NI.
- Contact helpline Advice for families with disabled children. Helpline 0808 808 3555.
- Carers Trust: local carer services Find carer services near you.
Browse every council
Open your nation to find your council. Links go to the council’s own website.
Scotland 32 councils
- Aberdeen City Council
- Aberdeenshire Council
- Angus Council
- Argyll and Bute Council
- City of Edinburgh Council
- Clackmannanshire Council
- Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
- Dumfries and Galloway Council
- Dundee City Council
- East Ayrshire Council
- East Dunbartonshire Council
- East Lothian Council
- East Renfrewshire Council
- Falkirk Council
- Fife Council
- Glasgow City Council
- Inverclyde Council
- Midlothian Council
- North Ayrshire Council
- North Lanarkshire Council
- Orkney Islands Council
- Perth and Kinross Council
- Renfrewshire Council
- Scottish Borders Council
- Shetland Islands Council
- South Ayrshire Council
- South Lanarkshire Council
- Stirling Council
- The Highland Council
- The Moray Council
- West Dunbartonshire Council
- West Lothian Council
Wales 22 councils
- Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council
- Bridgend County Borough Council
- Caerphilly County Borough Council
- Carmarthenshire County Council
- Ceredigion County Council
- City and County of Swansea Council
- City of Cardiff Council
- Conwy County Borough Council
- Denbighshire County Council
- Flintshire County Council
- Gwynedd Council
- Isle of Anglesey County Council
- Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council
- Monmouthshire County Council
- Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council
- Newport City Council
- Pembrokeshire County Council
- Powys County Council
- Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council
- Torfaen County Borough Council
- Vale of Glamorgan Council
- Wrexham County Borough Council
Northern Ireland 11 councils
In Northern Ireland, councils don’t run education or children’s social care. The Education Authority handles special educational needs, and five health and social care trusts run children’s disability services:
- Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
- Northern Health and Social Care Trust
- Southern Health and Social Care Trust
- South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust
- Western Health and Social Care Trust
- Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council
- Ards and North Down Borough Council
- Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council
- Belfast City Council
- Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council
- Derry City and Strabane District Council
- Fermanagh and Omagh District Council
- Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council
- Mid and East Antrim Borough Council
- Mid Ulster District Council
- Newry, Mourne and Down District Council
England 153 councils
Shows unitary, metropolitan, London and county councils, which run SEND and children’s services. District councils (for housing adaptations) are shown when you search by postcode.
- Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
- Bath and North East Somerset Council
- Bedford Borough Council
- Birmingham City Council
- Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
- Blackpool Borough Council
- Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council
- Bracknell Forest Council
- Brighton and Hove City Council
- Bristol City Council
- Buckinghamshire Council
- Bury Metropolitan Borough Council
- Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council
- Cambridgeshire County Council
- Central Bedfordshire Council
- Cheshire East Council
- Cheshire West and Chester Council
- City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
- City of London Corporation
- City of Westminster
- City of Wolverhampton Council
- City of York Council
- Cornwall Council
- Council of the Isles of Scilly
- Coventry City Council
- Cumberland Council
- Darlington Borough Council
- Derby City
- Derbyshire County Council
- Devon County Council
- Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council
- Dorset Council
- Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council
- Durham County Council
- East Riding of Yorkshire Council
- East Sussex County Council
- Essex County Council
- Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council
- Gloucestershire County Council
- Halton Borough Council
- Hampshire County Council
- Hartlepool Borough Council
- Herefordshire Council
- Hertfordshire County Council
- Hull City Council
- Isle of Wight Council
- Kent County Council
- Kirklees Council
- Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council
- Lancashire County Council
- Leeds City Council
- Leicester City Council
- Leicestershire County Council
- Lincolnshire County Council
- Liverpool City Council
- London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
- London Borough of Barnet
- London Borough of Bexley
- London Borough of Brent
- London Borough of Bromley
- London Borough of Camden
- London Borough of Croydon
- London Borough of Ealing
- London Borough of Enfield
- London Borough of Hackney
- London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham
- London Borough of Haringey
- London Borough of Harrow
- London Borough of Havering
- London Borough of Hillingdon
- London Borough of Hounslow
- London Borough of Islington
- London Borough of Lambeth
- London Borough of Lewisham
- London Borough of Merton
- London Borough of Newham
- London Borough of Redbridge
- London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
- London Borough of Southwark
- London Borough of Sutton
- London Borough of Tower Hamlets
- London Borough of Waltham Forest
- London Borough of Wandsworth
- Luton Borough Council
- Manchester City Council
- Medway Council
- Middlesbrough Borough Council
- Milton Keynes City Council
- Newcastle City Council
- Norfolk County Council
- North East Lincolnshire Council
- North Lincolnshire Council
- North Northamptonshire Council
- North Somerset Council
- North Tyneside Council
- North Yorkshire Council
- Northumberland County Council
- Nottingham City Council
- Nottinghamshire County Council
- Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council
- Oxfordshire County Council
- Peterborough City Council
- Plymouth City Council
- Portsmouth City Council
- Reading Borough Council
- Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council
- Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council
- Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
- Royal Borough of Greenwich
- Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
- Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
- Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
- Rutland County Council
- Salford City Council
- Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
- Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council
- Sheffield City Council
- Shropshire Council
- Slough Borough Council
- Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
- Somerset Council
- South Gloucestershire Council
- South Tyneside Council
- Southampton City Council
- Southend-on-Sea City Council
- St Helens Council
- Staffordshire County Council
- Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
- Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council
- Stoke-on-Trent City Council
- Suffolk County Council
- Sunderland City Council
- Surrey County Council
- Swindon Borough Council
- Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council
- Telford & Wrekin Council
- Thurrock Council
- Torbay Council
- Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council
- Wakefield Metropolitan District Council
- Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council
- Warrington Borough Council
- Warwickshire County Council
- West Berkshire Council
- West Northamptonshire Council
- West Sussex County Council
- Westmorland and Furness Council
- Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council
- Wiltshire Council
- Wirral Council
- Wokingham Borough Council
- Worcestershire County Council
What this covers
- Scotland: all 32 councils, each with its additional support for learning page (32 of 32). A children with disabilities or social work page for 9 of 32.
- Wales: all 22 councils, each with its additional learning needs page (22 of 22). A disabled children’s or short breaks page for 6 of 22.
- Northern Ireland: all 11 councils, the Education Authority, and the right one of the five health and social care trusts for your postcode.
- England: a checked SEND local offer page for 88 of 153 upper-tier councils, short breaks pages for 29, and housing adaptation or Disabled Facilities Grant pages for 203 councils. For the rest, we give you a search of your council’s own website instead. Parent carer forums are listed by region.
- Everywhere: national advice services for your nation, carers organisations and the Contact helpline.
Every link was checked on 3 Nov 2026. Council websites change often, so if a link has moved, please tell us. Sources: GOV.UK Local Links Manager: council service links by GSS code · Enquire: local authority ASL contacts · postcodes.io (ONS postcode data).
More help
Our benefits and help finder, grants finder and UK services map list national support. Guides: EHCPs in England, ASL in Scotland, ALN in Wales and SEN in Northern Ireland.