About SNAP
SNAP is an Essex charity for families with children and young people who have any additional need or disability.
The online Directory provides a comprehensive guide to useful contacts to point you in the right direction.
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.
There’s nothing too small or too large you can do to help SNAP; if you would like to support us, there’s lots of opportunity and we’d welcome your contribution.
From our base in Brentwood, SNAP is an Essex charity which helps thousands of families with children and young people who have an additional need or disability.
SNAP is an Essex charity for families with children and young people who have any additional need or disability.
From its Brentwood base, SNAP offers a helping hand to thousands of families who need support in a variety of ways.
No formal diagnosis or professional referral is necessary to access SNAP services, available to families with children and young people aged 0 to 25 who live under Essex County Council, Thurrock and Southend. Facilities at the centre include a training room, a multi-purpose activity hall, multi-sensory room and specialist IT suite.
SNAP’s aims are to inform, encourage and support parents so that they can grow in strength and knowledge and become better equipped to give the best possible help to their children.
See how SNAP has grown from a group of just 8 concerned parents to the major Essex charity it is today.
The family services and business responsibilities of the charity are delivered by our dedicated team of staff and volunteers.
Find articles on how our training sessions are empowering parents, learn more about the positive impact of our services and activities, be inspired from our family, volunteer and supporters stories and find out more about some of our future opportunities.
Another year has flown by at SNAP where everyone concerned, be it supporters, volunteers, staff members or Trustees, have been busy supporting Essex families with children and young people with special needs or disabilities.
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