Workshops
About our Workshops
We run regular face to face and online workshops with expert speakers, for parents of Disabled young people. We also run more informal sessions with our Ruils staff, at the Ruils offices in Teddington.
Our workshops, which are run in Richmond and Hounslow boroughs by our Family Matters, SEND Advice and Bright Futures services, aim to provide parents and carers with information, practical strategies and support on a variety of subjects.
We cover anything from behavioural challenges, navigating the SEND legal system and health and social care pathways to supporting mental health and anxiety in our young people. We always welcome input from our clients on the subjects that would be most helpful.
Workshops are charged at £5 per parents or carer or £10 for professionals. All funds raised from the workshops will go towards hiring high quality speakers and appropriate venues for future sessions.
Our informal sessions – SEND Advice Sessions and Bright Futures @Home – are free of charge.
Bright Futures @Home: Adult Social Care
Date: Monday 12 January 2026
Time: 10.30am – 12.30pm
Location: Ruils, DAAC, 4 Waldegrave Road, Teddington
Sue Robson will be talking about adult social care – what it is, who might be eligible, the assessment and preparing for the assessment, how it might help.
This is a FREE session
SEND Advice Session: Dealing with School Avoidance
Date: Tuesday 20 January 2026
Time: 10am
Location: Ruils, DAAC, 4 Waldegrave Road, Teddington
This session is for Richmond parents/carers of children and young people with/without known special educational needs/disabilities
SEND Advisor Richard Wilding will discuss how to work with the school, alternatives (or supplements) to school or college and potential watchouts.
This is a FREE session for Richmond families only
Bright Futures workshop: Living the Life
Date: Thursday 12 February 2026
Time: 10.30am-2.30pm
Location: Peter and Paul Centre, Bychurch End, Teddington
Sue Robson will discuss the options for our young people when they leave home.
We’re broadening this topic out to cover not only supported living but independent living in the community; residential care; buying a property – and all the variations in each of those options.
This session is charged at £5 for parents/carers and £10 for professionals
Family Matters workshop: Speech and Language in Richmond borough
Date: Thursday 26 February 2026
Time: 10.30am-12pm
Location: Teddington Health and Social Care Centre, 18 Queen’s Road, Teddington TW11 0LR
Come along to hear from the Richmond Speech and Language Therapy Team.The team will give an introduction to the Richmond Speech and Language Therapy Team, including how to access the service, followed by tips and strategies for supporting your child at home.
Suitable for parents of primary aged children.
This is a FREE session
Bright Futures @Home
Date: Tuesday 17 March 2026
Time: 10.30am-12.30pm
Location: DAAC, 4 Waldegrave Road, Teddington
A light touch session covering some of the things that come up for our young people in transitions. Topic TBC
This is a FREE session
Bright Futures workshop: Friendships and relationships
Date: Tuesday 21 April 2026
Time: 10am-1pm
Location: DAAC, 4 Waldegrave Road, Teddington
This session will cover how we can support our young people in healthy friendships and closer relationships
This session is charged at £5 for parents/carers and £10 for professionals
Bright Futures @Home: Scams
Date: Thursday 14 May 2026
Time: 11am-1pm
Location: DAAC, 4 Waldegrave Road, Teddington
Beth Burls from the Trading Standards Office for Merton, Richmond and Wandsworth will be talking about scams and how we can support our young people to be safe
This is a FREE session
Get in touch
Tora Sykes
Children’s Team Administrator