Age Range
Young people, parents and adults
Description
About the Practice
When you are too tired to know where to start, a free sleep helpline can help you ask the next safer question. Brighton and Hove The Sleep Charity Helpline gives Brighton and Hove families a route into sleep support when broken nights are affecting school, work, mood and family life. The focus is practical parent-facing support, with clear attention to SEND, neurodivergence and the limits of non-emergency sleep advice.
Clinical Expertise
General sleep difficulty, SEND-related sleep issues, bedtime routines and parent exhaustion
Autism, ADHD, disability, anxiety, sensory needs or additional-needs sleep support by route
Telephone helpline during advertised opening times
Why Work With Us?
National Sleep Helpline Route: Parents can see the professional route behind the sleep advice, including sleep training, clinical background or SEND experience where available.
Free Sleep Advice: The support is framed around what families can actually try at home, including routines, sleep diaries, parent guidance, written plans or follow-up where offered.
Sleep and Safety Boundaries: Parents can use this route before paying privately or while waiting for local services.
Location
Online / In-person
Telephone helpline during advertised opening times
Typical Wait Time
Ask provider
Fees / Price Range
Free helpline
Assessment Tools / Approach
General sleep difficulty, SEND-related sleep issues, bedtime routines and parent exhaustion
Self-referral Accepted
Parent enquiry accepted where the service offers a private or advice route; check eligibility, referral rules and safeguarding
Written Report Included
Advice conversation and onward signposting; ask about local follow-up routes
Post-diagnosis Support
Autism, ADHD, disability, anxiety, sensory needs or additional-needs sleep support by route
Daily Living Skills
Sleep routines, settling, night waking, morning functioning, family regulation and school-day stamina
School Support
Ask about SENCO, school, nursery or care-team involvement where sleep is affecting attendance or daytime functioning
Home / School Visits
Telephone helpline during advertised opening times
Sleep Specialist Role
Child sleep advice / SEND sleep support route
Sleep Training / Qualification
Trained sleep advisors; SEND-aware advisor route referenced
SEND / Neurodivergence Experience
Autism, ADHD, disability, anxiety, sensory needs or additional-needs sleep support by route
Age Range
Young people, parents and adults
Sleep Concerns Supported
General sleep difficulty, SEND-related sleep issues, bedtime routines and parent exhaustion
Support Format
Telephone helpline during advertised opening times
Sleep Plan / Follow-Up
Advice conversation and onward signposting; ask about local follow-up routes
DBS / Safeguarding
Free helpline route; not a substitute for urgent safeguarding or medical care
Fees / Availability
Free helpline
Clinical Limits
Advice and signposting, not diagnosis, crisis care or private therapy