ContinYou - Changing lives through learning

ContinYou is one of the UK's leading education charities. We believe that every child and young person must have an education that enables them to develop to their full potential.

Face 2 Face Befriending Service

Discovering your child has a disability can be a devastating experience. It is easy to feel isolated, shocked, even guilty.

Face 2 Face is a national one-to-one parent(s) befriending service offering emotional support to parents whose children have been recognised as having a disability or special need, or at any other time a parent feels overwhelmed with issues relating to their child’s disability. The service is delivered by trained parent volunteers who are supported by professionals working within a structured quality scheme.

The Face 2 Face online (email) and telephone befriending service complements the Face 2 Face schemes and delivers the same support to:

parents who do not have a local Face 2 Face scheme
those who find it easier to discuss their feelings by email or telephone and may not be ready to meet with someone in person
those with commitments that make meeting in person difficult.

If you would like to talk to another parent or find out more about the service, please contact Juliet Blackburn by telephone on 01454 618756 or via email at Juliet.blackburn@scope.org.uk