Advice and information

Whizz-Kidz provides information and advice to families with disabled children and young people. The majority of the families we support often find it difficult to get information about what their child is entitled to or where they can get the right wheelchairs or training. We also look to incorporate individual children’s cases into our campaigning work so that we can lobbying more effectively. 

Information

We provide information to disabled children, young people and their families and professional workers on a range of issues associated with mobility and disability.

If you have an enquiry, please take a look at our frequently asked questions to see if we have the answer there. If not, please email us or telephone our Advice and Information Coordinator on 0845 052 1231 (Local rate call). 

Advice

Whizz-Kidz provides advice to families of disabled children who are looking for our support or simply looking for guidance on how to go about approaching their local NHS wheelchair service or where to start when purchasing a wheelchair privately. Again, finding the right information can be a minefield so we point families in the right direction.

If you have a question you would like help with, please start by taking a look at our frequently asked questions to see if your question is already answered there. If not, please email us or telephone our  Advice and Information Coordinator on 0845 052 1231 (Local rate call).

For information about how to apply to Whizz-Kidz for mobility equipment, please go to mobility equipment. 

Raising Awareness

Getting the right equipment for your child can be a very frustrating time and particularly if your local wheelchair service is unable to meet your child’s individual needs.

Whizz-Kidz actively campaigns to raise awareness and influence government to improve services for disabled children and young people.

We campaign on particular mobility related issues and build individual case studies into our work to illustrate the problems families face. When we see an opportunity to highlight or campaign around a common problem we utilise our resources so that our efforts can benefit the maximum number of families in the most effective way.

If you’re having problems accessing the right mobility equipment from your local wheelchair services and would be happy for us to incorporate your child’s case into our campaigning work, please email us

For more information about our campaigning work and how you can get involved, please go to campaigning.

If you’d like to apply to Whizz-Kidz for mobility equipment, please go to mobility equipment.