These are notes – mainly drawn from the speaker notes – from the Supported Living Workshop held on 6 March 2024, including the transcripts of parent experiences.
Welcome to the Bright Futures SEND Transitions Hub
A lot changes, or starts to change, for Disabled young people when they reach 16. What happens in the next few years will be the foundation of their adult life. There are options to be considered, choices to be made and so many decisions affecting every part of their life.
The way forward is not always clear. The Bright Futures SEND Transitions Information Hub is a resource to help you navigate this new landscape. Curated by Transitions Advisor, Sue Robson, there is a large collection of documents, articles, links to information and resources that can help.
This resource was made possible by generous funding from City Bridge Foundation.
Information and resources about post 16 educational placements and employment options, including info about skills and qualifications, EHCPs, and transport options for post 16 and post 18 young people to their chosen college.
This section has information and resources about benefits for disabled people, including PIP and UC; and making plans for the future to protect the finances of your vulnerable young person
This section has information about healthcare options for a young adult with disabilities
This section has a variety of articles, guides and editorials on SEND transitions topics that don't quite fit into the other sections!
Everyone should be able to live independently with choice and control. This section has information and resources about housing and living options for disabled young people
Feeling connected to your community and having social interaction is an important part of life. This section offers information about social activities, staying safe and sex and relationships
The transition from children to adult social care can feel overwhelming. This section outlines what you can expect, the processes and how to ask for what you want.
The documents in this category are the notes I work from when presenting workshops. The notes are comprehensive but are subject to frequent small changes as I learn new things each time I present a workshop!
These are the notes I used to deliver the Bright Futures @home session on Adult Social Care and Direct Payments.
If you google ‘lodger agreement’ you will get plenty of examples. This one is from the Down’s Syndrome Association’s website. It is a simple agreement to lay out the terms for your young person making a contribution towards the household expenses.
This document has been taken from the Richmond Gov website and quite clearly lays out the conditions that have to be met for a young person to be eligible for adult social care services.
This document provides information to parents about the adult social care assessment under the Care Act. This is the assessment carried out when a young person is rising 18 and is deemed likely to have support needs under the Care Act.
A list of links and contact details for local colleges providing adult courses for people with additional learning needs and links to the adult learning options for local colleges who do not specifically provide courses or support for adults with additional learning needs. I have included these resources as colleges offer a wide range of courses and some starting at pre-GCSE levels which might be accessible for some of our young people.
A parent’s experience of taking actions that supported their own wellbeing – going on holiday!
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.
Many (most?) hospitals have a specific learning disability support service for both in patients and out patient appointments which people with LD can access to support their appointments at a hospital.
These are notes taken by Sue Robson at the Travel Training workshop delivered by the ITT team at AfC on 15 May 2025. The team shared a lot of helpful information and sent us out to experience how it might be for our young people travelling alone.
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.
These are the slides that go along with the speaker notes for the recent PIP/UC workshop delivered on 19 November 2025.