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Parent & Carer Support

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Best Start in Life: GOV.UK

The UK Government have a fantastic online database, called Best Start in Life. This online database helps parents from pregnancy to childcare right through to starting school. You can get advice and support for your child's development here. They offer a search bar, so you can check for family support in your local area, to you can find and access maternity and family support services and resources. Click here to access the website directly.

Confidential Family Support & Bullying Helpline: Family Lives

Family Lives offers a confidential and free helpline service for families in England and Wales. They offer emotional support, information, advice and guidance on any aspect of parenting and family life. All calls, emails and chats are confidential - and they will only break confidentiality if there is a life-threatening situation, or a child or adult is felt to be at risk of significant harm. For more information, click here.
Call Family Lives for free on 0808 800 2222.

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Parents Helpline: Mental Health: Youngminds

YOUNGMINDS offer tailored information, advice and support to parents and carers who are concerned about their child or young person's mental health. You can speak via phone, or chat to them online. It's free and confidential, and available across the entire UK. Click here to access their website directly.
Call their Parents Helpline for free on 0808 802 5544

Single Parent Support : Gingerbread

Gingerbread is a charity that supports single parents, fighting to create a world where all single parents and their children thrive. They provide advice on benefits, bereavement, childcare, child maintenance, cost of living, disability, domestic abuse, housing, legal help, LGBTQ+ single parenting, new relationships, parental responsibility, separation, and so much more. They offer support through local groups, an online community and expert advice via their website. Click here to find out more information.

Early Years whole-family support : Action for Children

Action for Children understands that every parent needs a little help from time to time. They're on hand, in communities and online. They offer parenting programmes, designed to help parents and children bond, learn, and overcome difficulties.

If you need some down-to-earth parenting advice you can trust, use their Parent Talk programme; it's all free, and no topic is too big, small, or embarassing. Click here for more information regarding their support and parenting programmes.
Visit their website to use their live webchat, or to leave a message via Whatsapp.

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Early Words Matter for families: National Literacy Trust

If you are concerned about your child's reading and communication skills, the National Literacy Trust has some fantastic free resources. Parents play a vital role in supporting their children's literacy at home, and with 185,000 5 year olds starting school without the literacy, communication, and language skills needed to thrive in 2023, the National Literacy Trust are dedicated to changing this for the better.

Click here for more information regarding their FREE Little Moments Together Cards.
Call their Helpline at 020 7587 1842

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Early Years Resources to use : NSPCC Learning:

A set of resources to help parents interact with their child, boosting child development and setting up positive behaviour as their child grows.

Handling Babies with Care: NSPCC Learning

Advice on positive ways to hold and care for your baby, and reduce the dangers of rough handling.

Emotional abuse and emotional neglect in preschool children : NSPCC Learning

Advice on positive ways to hold and care for your baby, and reduce the dangers of rough handling.

Talk PANTS: NSPCC Learning

Activities and resources to teach children aged 3 to 5 the underwear rule, to help keep them safe from abuse.

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