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SNAP’s vision is to provide a safe environment offering a wide range of support and specialist services with the aim to increase resilience and empowerment within our families. SNAP’s ethos is about strengthening all members of the family.
SNAP Charity
SNAP is an Essex charity whose aim is to inform, encourage and support families with children and young people who have any special need or disability, allowing parents and carers to grow in strength and knowledge so they are better equipped to give the best possible help to their children.
From its Brentwood base, SNAP offers a helping hand to thousands of families who need support. No formal diagnosis or professional referral is necessary to access SNAP services, available to families of children and young people aged 0 to 25.
The charity’s vision is to provide a safe environment offering a wide range of support and specialist services with the aim to increase resilience and empowerment within our families. SNAP’s ethos is about strengthening all members of the family.
“When parents first come to The SNAP Centre they often feel isolated and don’t know where to turn, but with SNAP’s support they grow in strength and knowledge and become better equipped to give the best possible help to their children,” says Karen Boath, SNAP CEO.
Registered Charity No.1077787
“SNAP have been so supportive and helpful, offering signposting, guidance, advice and validation, all of things which have been missing from the journey of my child’s ADHD and ASD diagnosis.
There needs to be a lot more support and there are very low resources and help elsewhere, especially after diagnosis.
SNAP have been so helpful, and they are a much needed charity for children and young people with additional needs or with a diagnosis of ADHD or ASD.”
The strategies employed to achieve our objectives:
- Education, training and support for parents, carers and professionals working with children and young people
- Activities, courses and therapies for children and young people
- Activities, courses and support for siblings
The SNAP Centre offers a wide range of services:
Parent Advice and Support
- Helpline (telephone and email)
- Face-to-Face Parents Support
- Specialist Talks and Training Courses
- Library of Specialist Books
- Website with comprehensive SNAP Directory of useful contacts
- Online Information Network
- Counselling
Activities
- Parent and Pre-school Children’s Sessions
- Drama and Activity Groups
- Music Therapy
- Holiday Sessions
- SNAP+ Group for Older Children and Young People
- Sibling Support
- Multi-Sensory Room
- Specialist IT Suite
Key Statistics
Here are a few key statistics highlighting the work that SNAP does with families
All figures are correct as of December 2023.
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Families have been supported by SNAP since we began.
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Families are currently receiving our support
2023 Statistics
Number of families with children and young people with have any additional need and disability supported in 2023
Year on year there is an increasing demand from families for SNAP’s services.
Inform
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Participants in training courses and talks
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Face-to-face parent advice appointment and surgeries
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Helpline telephone calls and emails
Encourage
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New Families Registered
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Children and young people attended clubs and activities
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Children and young people attended holiday services and individual sessions
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Total hours of children's services attended
Support
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Counselling sessions for parents and families
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Siblings young carers supported
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Current families
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Children and young people with additional needs
Family Case Study
“The SNAP team really are local heroes, and I can’t thank them enough for their support and warmth towards my family.”
Rebecca shared how SNAP has made a difference to her family, in particular her son, Thomas.
The value of being a SNAP Volunteer
Volunteering for SNAP is a really rewarding experience bringing many benefits to both the charity and to the individual themselves. With around 60 volunteers, of all ages, SNAP offers a stepping stone to future employment or other pursuits.
Recent News
Full of pure joy
SNAP’s Drama Club, Junior Choir and Parent Choir came together to showcase their talent in SNAP’s Party Bonanza.
Celebrating through Song – SNAP’s 24 Hour Kitchen Disco tops the charts!
Music Therapist Emily hosted SNAP’s 24 Hour Kitchen Disco once again with Karen and Alli
A Delicious Day filled with Coffee, Cake, and Catch-ups
The SNAP Centre was a hive of excitement on 6th November as its doors were open for SNAP’s annual Coffee, Cake and Catch-up!
Carp-a-diem: 48 Hour angling competition is a great catch!
The competition saw 35 anglers across the big lake at Suffolk Water Park and raised an incredible amount for SNAP!
Par-tee time for SNAP Charity
Throughout the gloriously sunny day, golfers played a SNAP Scramble over 18 holes
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Helpline: 01277 211300
Email: [email protected]
9.00am until 4.00pm Monday to Thursday
and 9.00am until 3.00pm on Friday.
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