SEND Support Services
Select your local authority using the buttons below to find SEND Support Services in your area.
You can visit the Ask Us young people's zone here: www.askusnotts.org.uk/YPZ
Ask Us Nottinghamshire is your local Information and Advice Support Service (IASS) for Nottingham and Nottinghamshire.
Ask Us offer a range of advice from signposting, helpline support and one-to-one advice for intensive support for complex issues, including education, EHCPs and health and social care issues.
The information, advice and support service is for young people and parents of children with special educational needs and disabilities. Ask Us are available via the helpline and can offer help on a wide range of issues.
Ask Us Nottinghamshire


You can access Derby SENDIASS via their website www.derbysendiass.org.uk/young-people/
You can contact our service Monday to Fridays. You can leave a message outside of these times and at busy times and we will call or email you back as soon as possible.
Derby SENDIASS number: 01332 641414 Email: SENDIASS@derby.gov.uk
Do you need some more information to help make decisions and choices around education, health and social care?
Do you need someone to talk to about the difficulties you are experiencing?
We can provide you with impartial information and advice suited to your specific needs as well as guiding you through the SEND processes and procedures. We’re here to help when you’re not sure of something, including:
The law on SEND, health and social care
Personal budgets
Requesting Education Health Care Plans (EHCP) – formerly statutory assessment
The Local Offer (what is available in Derby)
Transition Post 16
Preparing for adulthood
Resolving disagreements
Exclusions and part time timetables from school
Signposting to other organisations
Derby SENDIASS number: 01332 641414 Email: SENDIASS@derby.gov.uk
Derby SENDIASS

Ask Us Nottingham
You can visit the Ask Us young people's zone here: www.askusnotts.org.uk/YPZ
Ask Us Nottinghamshire is your local Information and Advice Support Service (IASS) for Nottingham and Nottinghamshire.
Ask Us offer a range of advice from signposting, helpline support and one-to-one advice for intensive support for complex issues, including education, EHCPs and health and social care issues.
The information, advice and support service is for young people and parents of children with special educational needs and disabilities. Ask Us are available via the helpline and can offer help on a wide range of issues.