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.
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!
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.
These are the speaker notes that go along with the slides for the recent PIP/UC workshop delivered on 19 November 2025.
These are notes for the basis of a discussion with parents around how their young person’s ability to make their own decisions can affect how a parent can support or manage the young person’s financial affairs.
These are notes from Sue’s experience of completing the Universal Credit (UC) migration from Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) for her daughter.
Information and suggestions that might make it easier to secure a lease in the private sector for people on benefits.
This is a list of organisations providing social activities locally for disabled young people. It is far from exhaustive but will be updated as we become aware of what local organisations can offer.
An overview guide to the PIP application and points awarded for each daily living and mobility activity. The PIP application form does not show the descriptors and points awarded for each descriptor and it can be helpful to know what these are when completing your form.
Notes from the workshop Sue attended about migration from legacy benefits to Universal Credit (UC).