Parental Support
Parenting
- Keeping Kids Healthy - A parent’s guide to keeping kids healthy this school year.
- Family Lives - A national charity providing help and support in all aspects of family life.
- Family and Childcare Trust - An independent charity that exists to make the UK a better place for families and children. They work with charities, businesses and public services to offer practical help to families.
- Vodaphone Digital Parenting Magazine - Helpful advice for parents on internet use and mobile technology.
- The Working Parent - Offers helpful information for parents who juggle work and family life.
- NSPCC - Support for parents.
- BBC - Bitesize Parent's toolkit.
- Child Behaviour Direct - Offers free parenting tips.
- Child Counselling - Offers a range of resources to support parents to understand and access emotional support for children.
Toileting
- The Department for Education has issued some guidance on supporting young children with toilet training.
- ERIC - The Children's Bowel and Bladder Charity has some resources for parents to help with toilet training.
Below is a lovely leaflet from The Foundation Years for parents who are toilet training.
Lone Parenting
- Gingerbread - Provides expert advice, practical support and campaigns for single parents.
- Single Parent Action Network - A uniquely diverse organisation empowering one parent families throughout the UK.
- Only Dads - Gives advice and support for single dads.
- Only Mums - Gives advice and support for single mums.
Additional needs parenting
- Contact a family - A national charity that exists to support the families of disabled children, whatever their condition or disability.
- Family Fund - The UK’s largest provider of grants to low-income families raising disabled and seriously ill children and young people.
- Mencap - Supports both adults and children with learning disabilities.
- Sibs - A charity for the brothers and sisters of disabled children and adults.
- Scope - A leading UK charity which supports both adults and children with disabilities.
Support with staying safe
- Yellow Door - A local charity supporting families who have experienced abuse.
- Stop Domestic Abuse - A charity to support families who have experienced domestic abuse.
- Childnet - Supports families with keeping young children safe online.
- Internet Matters - Provides free checklists and practical advice on keeping children safe online.
- RNLI - Has some great information about staying safe around water.
- RoSPA - A guide to road safety.
Online Safety
The Hamwic Online Safety Hub offers parents practical advice, expert reviews, and guidance to protect children from new and emerging safeguarding risks and online harms.