Families, lone parents and childcare
Information for families, including support for separated families, single parents and children.
30 hours free childcare offer on 188体育 鈥� information on how to use the scheme
Child arrangements if you divorce or separate guide on 188体育 鈥� information on making child arrangements if you divorce or separate
鈥� information to help parents make an informed choice about child maintenance
鈥� online social network and search for parents and childcare providers
鈥� information on government help with childcare costs for parents
鈥� supporting children and young people impacted by parental imprisonment
鈥� advice, support and peer support for men who have experienced relationship breakdowns and are single parents
鈥� provides information and signposting services for parenting and childcare issues
Foster care information on 188体育 鈥� information on how to become a foster carer
Free school meals 鈥� check to see if your child is eligible for free school meals
鈥� online advice and helpline for single parents
鈥� NHS Healthy Start scheme gives you free weekly vouchers to buy milk, fruit, vegetables and infant formula milk
鈥� support for families and how to gain confidence as a parent
Internet Access Needs 鈥� a scheme to temporarily increase data allowances for mobile phone users on certain networks to help children and young people access remote education if their usual classroom based education is disrupted
鈥� directory of places where children can eat for free during half term
鈥� advice and support for grandparents, siblings and family members who step in to raise children when a parent can鈥檛
鈥� confidential support for parents and carers of children who have been abused
鈥� an online parenting news and support community
鈥� check if a childcare provider is registered with Ofsted
鈥� support to help parents choose the right childcare for them
鈥� relationship counselling, children and young people counselling and mental and emotional education
Separated parents: children and the family courts on 188体育 鈥� a guide on what to expect at family court
鈥� Barnardo鈥檚 led partnership to help children, young people and families cope with the effects of the pandemic with a focus on early intervention
Separating or divorcing 鈥� a 188体育 guide 鈥� information on what you need to do when separating or divorcing
- provides help and access to support services for single parents
鈥� information and support for separated or separating families
鈥� employability mentoring programme for parents and carers returning to work
Sure Start on 188体育 鈥� find a Sure Start Children鈥檚 Centre for advice and support on child and family health, money, training and employment
鈥� support for sick, disabled or disadvantaged children and young people including specialist or sensory equipment
鈥� online and advice and helpline for working parents and carers including benefits, tax credits, employment rights and maternity discrimination
鈥� practical advice to support your child鈥檚 mental health
- information about childcare options available in Bath and North East Somerset
- locations of Children鈥檚 Centres in Bath聽and North East Somerset
- services provided at Children鈥檚 Centres in Bath聽and North East Somerset
- available to families with a child or young person up to the age of 25 with additional needs, a special educational need or disability
- Provides legal advice and representation to social welfare law for people living in Bristol who could not otherwise afford access to justice
- Various family orientated courses
- Works with women who have experienced the removal of two or more of their children
- locations and services provided at Children鈥檚 Centres in Bristol
- information about childcare options available in Bristol
- search for childcare providers near to you
- information about childcare options available in Bristol
- information about fostering in Bristol
- services available to Bristol parents returning to work, for childcare and other activities
- provides a wealth of information in relation to childcare
鈥� registered childcare provision which includes childminders and day nurseries
- information about fostering in South Gloucestershire
- Details of the locations and services provided at Children鈥檚 Centres
- A directory of local services relating to Children, Adults and health
- Check if your child can get free school meals in South Gloucestershire
- information on local childcare provision and rates
- support and links for children and family related support
- locations and services provided at Children鈥檚 Centres in South Gloucestershire
- information about childcare options available in North Somerset
-information about fostering in North Somerset
- Details and locations of childcare provision, including Children鈥檚 Centres,聽in Somerset
- information about childcare options available in Somerset
- If you are struggling to find appropriate childcare
- includes a step-by-step guide to becoming a foster carer and provides further information about the fostering process
- Giving parents, carers and young people advice and support to prevent a crisis
-Support for Young Parents
- several links to support for families and children
- information on local childcare provision and rates
- Aspects of family life that include all stages of a child鈥檚 development, issues with schools and parenting/relationship support
- information about childcare options available in Gloucestershire
- locations and services provided at Children鈥檚 Centres in Gloucestershire
- information about fostering in Gloucestershire
- help families with young children deal with the challenges they face
- Children鈥檚 Centres in Bedfordshire
- Information, support, childcare and things to do for families, children and young people
- provide free, confidential, impartial information, advice and support on all matters relating to special educational needs and disability for children and young people aged 0 to 25 and their parents/carers
- Information and support for children, young people and families in Oxfordshire
- Children鈥檚 Centres聽
- A list of useful information for parents and carers of 0-19 year olds
- Children鈥檚 centres
- Children鈥檚 centres
鈥� a resource of local support and schemes available to families in Essex
Morgan Sindall 鈥� contact your Work Coach about this lone parent mentoring opportunity across Essex
鈥� runs a Lone Parent Support Resource Project in Chatham to support lone parents into sustainable work
鈥� runs a Childcare Advice Line and provides a directory of children centres
- runs a Separated Parents Information Programme to help parents manage conflict and gain practical parenting knowledge
鈥� a directory of Children and Family Hubs in Medway
鈥� access to the Kent Children and Young People鈥檚 Mental Health Service
鈥� provides support for parents and carers of children with special needs in Canterbury
- For families with disabled children and young people in Sussex
- provide practical support, education, and advice
- support for parents
- Care and support for children
- provides information, advice and guidance on services and support for children, young people and families
- Provides services for children, young people and adults
- Support for families
- Family Information Service
- Find your nearest children centre in Runcorn and Widnes
- Find a nursery or childcare provider
- Children鈥檚 centres
- Family Information Service
- Childcare
Early years and childcare
- Supporting new mothers and families who are struggling to meet the financial and practical burden of looking after a new baby
- support with parenting.
- Family Hubs
- Free early education and childcare for two year olds
- Uniform exchange for Kirklees
- support for women
- support for families with sick or disabled children
- provides free, up to date information, advice and contacts for families
- offers free, impartial information to families with children
鈥� provides provision for play and leisure activities for disabled children
- provides information on childcare
鈥� provides information on how you can foster or adopt a child in Wolverhampton
鈥� provides family support for families struggling with ADHD, requires a Work Coach referral
鈥� provides support for families in Norfolk where an adult or child has autism
Crystal Pathways 鈥� contact your Work Coach about this employability and skills programme for lone parents in Norwich
鈥� provides mental health support for children, families and new mums when a loved one is in prison across East Anglia
鈥� a directory of local organisations in Peterborough that supports families
Realise Futures 鈥� contact your Work Coach about this families and early years courses for parents and carers in Suffolk
鈥� provides an Into Work programme for disadvantaged families, including lone parents across East Anglia
- provides support to families and children 0-5 years old on how to access high quality childcare and free entitlements
- search for nurseries and child carers or find out about children鈥檚 centres
- offer regular support, friendship, and practical help to families
鈥� provides emergency baby supplies and support with baby feeding
- provides information on childcare
- provides information on childcare
鈥� offers support to parents as they learn to cope, improve their confidence and build better lives for their children
- offers support to children, young people and their families to find and get help from different services in the area
- offers advice for parents and carers
Strickland Mums - offers mums mental health and addiction support postnatally as well as during their pregnancy - contact your Work Coach about this support
- offers flexible support for families with young people aged 0-19 (25 with additional needs)
- provides a range of information, parenting groups and courses based around the specific needs of the communities
- promotes the interests and rights of people with a disability, their families and carers, in Chesterfield and North East Derbyshire
- provides support to families when raising a child with a disability
- information and signposting service for families with children and young people
- offers a range of services, evidence-based programmes and guidance to children, families and professionals
- offers support to families with children who suffer from ADHD, Autism and other associated conditions
- supports parents in and around Tamworth, who are going through challenging times
- provides support to families who are experiencing long or short term difficulties
30 hours free childcare offer on 188体育 鈥� information on how to use the scheme
鈥� family support groups for families affected by alcohol issues
鈥� a local information service for Scotland which includes help for families and lone parents
鈥� support for disabled children and their families
鈥� information to help parents make an informed choice about child maintenance
鈥� online social network and search for parents and childcare providers
鈥� information on government help with childcare costs for parents
鈥� Scottish children鈥檚 charity offering support to prevent abuse and neglet
鈥� supporting children and young people impacted by parental imprisonment
鈥� support for families across Scotland
鈥� advice, support and peer support for men who have experienced relationship breakdowns and are single parents
鈥� provides information and signposting services for parenting and childcare issues
Foster care information on 188体育 鈥� information on how to become a foster carer
鈥� check to see if your child is eligible for free school meals
鈥� online advice and helpline for single parents
鈥� NHS Healthy Start scheme gives you free weekly vouchers to buy milk, fruit, vegetables and infant formula milk
鈥� information and support for people divorcing or separating in Scotland
鈥� support for families and how to gain confidence as a parent
Internet Access Needs 鈥� a scheme to temporarily increase data allowances for mobile phone users on certain networks to help children and young people access remote education if their usual classroom based education is disrupted
鈥� directory of places where children can eat for free during half term
鈥� advice and support for grandparents, siblings and family members who step in to raise children when a parent can鈥檛
鈥� advice for kinship carers in Scotland
鈥� confidential support for parents and carers of children who have been abused
鈥� an online parenting news and support community
鈥� check if a childcare provider is registered with Ofsted
鈥� runs online support services and a lone parent helpline
鈥� support to help parents choose the right childcare for them
鈥� relationship counselling, children and young people counselling and mental and emotional education
鈥� information for parents about child online safety
鈥� support for childminders across Scotland and advice for anyone who鈥檇 like to become a childminder
鈥� offers online support, local services and a helpline
Separated parents: children and the family courts on 188体育 鈥� a guide on what to expect at family court
鈥� Barnardo鈥檚 led partnership to help children, young people and families cope with the effects of the pandemic with a focus on early intervention
Separating or divorcing 鈥� a 188体育 guide 鈥� information on what you need to do when separating or divorcing
- provides help and access to support services for single parents
鈥� information and support for separated or separating families
鈥� employability mentoring programme for parents and carers returning to work
Sure Start on 188体育 鈥� find a Sure Start Children鈥檚 Centre for advice and support on child and family health, money, training and employment
鈥� offers relationship and individual counselling sessions remotely across Scotland
鈥� support for sick, disabled or disadvantaged children and young people including specialist or sensory equipment
鈥� online and advice and helpline for working parents and carers including benefits, tax credits, employment rights and maternity discrimination
鈥� practical advice to support your child鈥檚 mental health
鈥� offers parenting, budgeting, welfare ad housing support to parents living within the north east and east end of Glasgow
Horizons 鈥� contact your Work Coach about this lone parent training programme in Govan, Maryhill and Parkhead
REACT 鈥� contact your Work Coach about this young parents workshop and group activities service for east end of Glasgow
School Gates Initiative 鈥� contact your Work Coach about this parental employment opportunity in Glasgow
鈥� information and support for young parents aged 16-24 in Forth Valley and Clackmannanshire
鈥� offers meditation and counselling services for families that are separating in Aberdeenshire
鈥� access to a voluntary home visiting programme for first time mums aged 19 and under at the start of pregnancy in Tayside
鈥� support and advocacy for parents of children with additional support needs or a terminal illness in Angus, Dundee or Perth and Kinross
Whole Family Wellbeing Fund 鈥� contact your Work Coach for information about this initiative to prevent families reaching a crisis point in Aberdeenshire
鈥� provides childcare practice and learning support services for children up to the age of 16 and their families in Inverness
鈥� local information and access to the Children and Family Services for Inverness, Nairn and Inverness-shire
鈥� support and information for families of children with additional special needs in the Highlands
Parental Employment Support 鈥� contact your Work Coach about this job search and confidence building service for parents in South Lanarkshire
鈥� offers money advice for families in North and South Carrick
The Lennox Partnership 鈥� contact your Work Coach about this tailored support service for families with children under 5 in North Ayrshire
30 hours free childcare offer on 188体育 鈥� information on how to use the scheme
鈥� online social network and search for parents and childcare providers
鈥� information on government help with childcare costs for parents
Child arrangements if you divorce or separate guide on 188体育 鈥� information on making child arrangements if you divorce or separate
鈥� information to help parents make an informed choice about child maintenance
鈥� supporting children and young people impacted by parental imprisonment
鈥� advice, support and peer support for men who have experienced relationship breakdowns and are single parents
鈥� provides information and signposting services for parenting and childcare issues
鈥� each local authority has its own Family Information Service
Foster care information on 188体育 鈥� information on how to become a foster carer
鈥� check if your child can get free school meals in Wales
鈥� online advice and helpline for single parents
鈥� NHS Healthy Start scheme gives you free weekly vouchers to buy milk, fruit, vegetables and infant formula milk
鈥� support for families and how to gain confidence as a parent
Internet Access Needs 鈥� a scheme to temporarily increase data allowances for mobile phone users on certain networks to help children and young people access remote education if their usual classroom based education is disrupted
鈥� directory of places where children can eat for free during half term
鈥� advice and support for grandparents, siblings and family members who step in to raise children when a parent can鈥檛
鈥� confidential support for parents and carers of children who have been abused
鈥� an online parenting news and support community
鈥� check if a childcare provider is registered with Ofsted
PaCE 鈥� contact your Work Coach about this Parent, Childcare and Employment support service
鈥� support to help parents choose the right childcare for them
鈥� relationship counselling, children and young people counselling and mental and emotional education
Separated parents: children and the family courts on 188体育 鈥� a guide on what to expect at family court
鈥� Barnardo鈥檚 led partnership to help children, young people and families cope with the effects of the pandemic with a focus on early intervention
Separating or divorcing 鈥� a 188体育 guide 鈥� information on what you need to do when separating or divorcing
- provides help and access to support services for single parents
鈥� information and support for separated or separating families
鈥� employability mentoring programme for parents and carers returning to work
Sure Start on 188体育 鈥� find a Sure Start Children鈥檚 Centre for advice and support on child and family health, money, training and employment
鈥� support for sick, disabled or disadvantaged children and young people including specialist or sensory equipment
鈥� online and advice and helpline for working parents and carers including benefits, tax credits, employment rights and maternity discrimination
鈥� practical advice to support your child鈥檚 mental health
鈥� helps people in Wrexham overcome challenges such as postnatal depression, lack of confidence and low self-esteem
鈥� support Wrexham families who are under stress and have at least one child aged 5-11
鈥� help people with severe mental health issues and their families towards recovery
Home Start 鈥� call 0800 068 6368 to access support and advice for parents when their children are young
JIGSAW Autism Project 鈥� contact info@jigsawsupport.org for access to this project in Denbighshire
鈥� provides a prison bus service to the family and friends of offenders serving custodial sentences
鈥� support for parents who are unemployed or on a low income in Powys with education, training or help with equipment to start a job
鈥� targets training and recruitment of professional workers in rural communities
鈥� supports families with special educational needs (SEN)
鈥� wellbeing workshops across South East Wales both remotely and in person
鈥� runs Kids Clubs across South West Wales
鈥� provides support to disadvantaged families to have a holiday
鈥� provides family support signposting for families in South West Wales
鈥� an early years initiative for children under 4 in Ceredigion
鈥� a family community centre based for Pyle
鈥� parent and child centre in Bridgend focussed on supporting parents with disabled children