These are the notes I used to facilitate the Bright Futures @home session on Monday 10 November 2025 to help us consider college and other options for our young people as they approach the latter part of their education years.
This document explains the 28 day rule for entitlement to payment of PIP when a young person goes to residential college – or into hospital or residential care. Their underlying entitlement to PIP does not change but their eligibility for payment of PIP will change.
Access to Work is a government funded programme providing practical and financial support to disabled people get or stay in work.
This document provides links to information about Functional Skills, the levels available and how they compare to other qualifications
This document is aimed at giving you a quick and easy comparison of the variety of study routes and levels of study available to students in England and how they compare to each other.
This document is about how to relate your personal experiences at school, home or in the workplace to a job or study placement that you are interested in.
Basically a list of some resources that might be helpful for young people on the autistic spectrum when looking for work. It includes information about supported internships.
This is a link to the current version of the West London Alliance guide to local supported internships. It is a long document listing all the currently available supported internships in West London – it includes a map of locations.
Supported Employment Services are usually commissioned by your local authority and their purpose is to support people with learning disabilities, mental health needs or autism find work suitable to their needs and ambitions. This document has links to services in some of our neighbouring boroughs.
Choice Support is the supported employment service commissioned by Richmond and Wandsworth to provide support to disabled young people looking for work.
Choice Support has been commissioned by Richmond and Wandsworth local authorities to support people with disabilities in these boroughs to find work.
This is a link to their easy read leaflets