Cerebra
Working Wonders for Children with Brain Conditions
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Latest posts
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Budget 2026: what it means for families of disabled children
The Budget offers modest help with household costs and one long-awaited reform for carers, but says nothing about SEND, disabled children or children’s social care. It focused on energy bills, housing, youth employment and defence. The most significant measure for the families…
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Mindfulness Webinar Review
This review of the webinar delivered by Sue Hutton, an expert mindfulness teacher from Canada, and Dr Samantha Flynn, a family wellbeing researcher and Cerebra podcast host, explains what mindfulness is, why it may be helpful for parents and family carers, and what research says…
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New ebooks available on BorrowBox
As well as having a sensory toy library and postal lending library we also have a selection of books on neurodevelopmental conditions as e-books and audiobooks in our BorrowBox library. There’s also a selection of children’s audiobooks, if your child prefers to listen to a story…
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Meeting the Long-Term Needs of Children with Cerebral Palsy
For many families, caring for a child with cerebral palsy involves navigating a wide range of needs, including therapy, specialist equipment, home adaptations, educational support and ongoing care. While valuable support may be available through the NHS, local authorities and…
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Home to School Transport – the Local Government Association ordered to hand over data
On 2 July last year, the Local Government Association published a report on the future of home to school transport. It predicted spending by councils was going to ‘soar’ and would reach nearly £2 billion by the end of 25/26. The report recommended scrapping the current statutory…
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Cerebra’s Impact Report 2025: Real Lives, Real Change
We’re proud to share Cerebra’s Impact Report 2025, a reflection of the difference your support has made for children with brain conditions and their families over the past year. It’s a report shaped by real experiences — moments of challenge, moments of joy, and moments that…
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We’re giving away a switch toy!
We’re celebrating the launch of our adapted toy shop by giving you the chance to win a Switch Adapted Peppa Pig Bubble Machine! The Switch Adapted Toy Peppa Pig Bubble Machine will have your little one bursting with excitement when they watch hundreds of bubbles float up, up,…
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A Very Modern Family: Book Review
A Very Modern Family by Carrie and David Grant gives us an insight into a unique family of two parents and four children having to navigate neurodiversity, LGBTQ+ identities, mixed heritage, mental health challenges and life with well-known parents. A family adapting within a…
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New Books in the Library
We have just added some new books to our specialist postal lending library. They are all together in one list. If you are looking for something that helps explain your child’s condition we have books on neurodevelopmental conditions, neurodiversity and special educational needs.…
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Vote for Cerebra in the Tesco Carmarthen store
We’re in the customer vote for a Tesco Fruit & Veg grant. It’s a scheme which gives community projects like ours grants of up to £1,500. Tesco customers will be able to vote in the Carmarthen store from now until the end of November to decide how much funding we get, so please…