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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.

 

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Family Matters: Managing Picky Eating

Date: Thursday 29 January 2026
Time: 10.30am- 12pm
Location: Online via Zoom

The session will be run by Grace Chapman, an experienced Peadiatric Occupational Therapist who specialises in Feeding at Words First, a multidisciplinary service placing Therapists in the heart of education settings. In this workshop we will explore the reasons behind feeding challenges; sensory considerations and strategies for home

This is a FREE session

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Family Matters Hounslow:Housing conditions and suitability of accomodation

Date: Wednesday 11 February 2026
Time: 10.30am- 12.30pm
Location: Skylarks, Inwood Road, Hounslow

Ruils and Skylarks have partnered with expert Housing Law solicitor Rosie Grewal from Ruban Solicitors to deliver an in person workshop on housing law and understanding your legal rights relating to housing conditions (disrepair, damp) and the suitability of accommodation. Bring your questions and get practical solutions on how these issues can be tackled against landlords or the council.

This is a FREE session

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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.

Charged at £5 for parents/carers and £10 for professionals

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Family Matters Richmond: Speech and Language Therapy

Date: Thursday 26 February 2026
Time: 10.30am-12.00pm
Location: Teddington Health and Social Care Centre, 18 Queens Road, Teddington

The session will be run by three Speech and Language Therapists from the Richmond team who will give introduction to their service, how speech and language therapy works and top tips, strategies and resources for supporting your child at home.

This is a FREE session

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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

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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 workshop is charged at £5 per parent/carer and £10 per professional

Bright Futures @Home: Scams - how to protect our young people

Date: Thursday 14 May 2026
Time: 11am-1pm
Location: DAAC, 4 Waldegrave Road, Teddington

Beth Burls from Trading Standards will be talking about scams and how we can support our young people to be safe

This is a FREE session

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Tora Sykes

Children’s Team Administrator