About us

Who we are

The Transition Information Network (TIN) is an alliance of organisations and individuals who come together with a common aim: to improve the experience of disabled young people's transition to adulthood. TIN is a source of information and good practice standards for disabled young people, families and professionals.

The Transition Information Network is based at the Council for Disabled Children, the umbrella body for the disabled children's sector. The Council for Disabled Children is hosted by the National Children's Bureau.

What is TINTRO?

TINTRO was created to 'house' the resources that were originally produced by the National Transition Support Team and partners, Child Health and Maternity Partnership (CHaMP) and National Strategies (NS), for the Transition Support Programme (TSP). The TSP (part of Aiming High for Disabled Children) was a 3-year government programme that aimed to raise the standards of provision for disabled young people in all local areas in England. 

The Transition Support Programme came to an end on 31 March 2011. A wide range of tools, case studies and resources were produced to support local areas.

The purpose of TINTRO is to continue to provide local areas access to these TSP resources, as well as ongoing access to new TIN resources.

What is TINTRO's self assessment tool?

TINTRO includes a self assessment tool which enables local areas to 'self assess' their transition provision by answering a number of questions about specific topics, which leads to online feedback on how they could improve their provision, links to relevant legislation and guidance, and resources that they may find useful.

For further information about the Transition Information Network, visit the main website.