Children & Family Links

Health

• Breast Cancer Care
  Breast Cancer Care is the national organisation offering information and support to those affected by breast cancer.
• Contact A Family
  Support and advice for parents of children with disabilities or rare syndromes. They have information on over 1,000 rare syndromes and rare disorders and can often put families in touch with each other.
• Enuresis Resource and Information Centre
  Here you can find out all about wetting and soiling. Whether you are a child, a parent, or a professional, you'll feel right at home with ERIC Online.
• Infertility Network
  The Infertility Network is working to improve comprehensively the quality and delivery of infertility care nationwide.
• National Deaf Children's Society (NDCS)
  The National Deaf Children's Society is the UK's leading charity for deaf children and their families.
• Positively Women
  Positively Women is the only national registered charity offering peer support - support for women living with HIV by women living with HIV.
• The Suzy Lamplugh Trust
  The Suzy Lamplugh Trust is the leading authority on personal safety. Its role is to minimise the damage caused to individuals and to society by aggression in all its forms - physical, verbal and psychological.
• Young Minds
  YoungMinds is the national charity committed to improving the mental health of all children and young people.
• Wellbeing
  The health research charity for women and babies
• Healthy Schools
  The National Healthy Schools Programme is a long term initiative that helps young people and their schools to be healthy. They are making a difference to the health and achievement of young people in thousands of schools across England.

Information

• BBC - Parenting Support
  A list of organisations and associations that can help you with different aspects of parenting.
• Fathers Direct
  Information and resources on all aspects of fatherhood
• Junior Magazine
  Parenting magazine web site featuring information on health, education, development and much more.
• National Family and Parenting Institute
  An independent charity working to improve the lives of parents and families by campaigning for a more family-friendly society.
• Netmums
  Netmums is run on a voluntary basis by local mums with the majority of the information being offered by netmums members, from their own local experience.
• Parentline Plus
  Parentline Plus offers support to anyone parenting a child - the child's parents, stepparents, grand parents and foster parents. Parentline Plus runs a freephone helpline, courses for parents, develops innovative projects and provides a range of information.
• Raising Kids
  You can get information and advice about children of all ages. They also have over 1000 pages of useful help and advice, organised by age of child.
• The Royal College of Psychiatrists
  The Royal College of Psychiatrists provide a number of fact sheets for parents, teachers and young people about growing up.
• Tigerchild
  A balanced source of information on raising children. Tigerchild is committed to guiding you through the internet straight to the authorative answers.
• What About The Children?
  A national charity which promotes parental responsibility with particular emphasis on the emotional needs of children during their crucial first three years.
• Think U Know?
  This website provides information to help parents advise their children on chatting safely online. As part of the campaign a booklet has been produced which provides additional tips and advice which can be downloaded from the site.

Family Planning

• British Pregnancy Advisory Service
  Advice for whether you are pregnant, or if you think that you might be.
• Female Health Company
  The Female Health Company is the maker of FC Female Condom® - the first and only female-initiated barrier method of contraception and disease prevention.
• fpa (formerly The Family Planning Association)
  fpa is the only registered charity working to improve the sexual health and reproductive rights of all people throughout the UK. They work with the public and professionals to ensure high quality information and services are available to everyone who needs them.

Miscarriages & Bereavement

• Child Bereavement Trust
  The Child Bereavement Trust produces resources and information for children and families and all the professionals who come into contact with them in the course of their work.
• CRUSE Bereavement Care
  Cruse Bereavement Care is a charity which offers free information and advice to anyone who has been affected by a death .
• Miscarriage Association
  The Miscarriage Association provides support and information for those suffering the effects of pregnancy loss.

Miscellaneous

• Adoption UK
  Adoption UK provides a comprehensive range of services for anyone interested in adoption.
• Child Accident Prevention Trust (CAPT)
  Child Accident Prevention Trust is a national charity in the United Kingdom committed to reducing the number of children and young people killed, disabled and seriously injured as a result of accidents.
• Cry-sis
  Cry-sis offers support for families with excessively crying, sleepless and demanding babies.
• National Association for Children of Alcoholics
  NACOA was set up to address the plight of children growing up in families where one or both parents suffer from alcoholism, or similar addictive problems.
• NEWPIN
  NEWPIN is a voluntary organisation working with families to help break the cycle of destructive family behaviour.
• NSPCC
  The National Society for the Provention of Cruelty to Children is the UK's leading charity specialising in child protection and the prevention of cruelty to children..
• Tommy's - The Baby Charity
  Tommy's is determined to end the heartache caused by premature birth, miscarriage and stillbirth. We fund a national programme of research, education and information aimed at understanding and preventing these tragedies.
• Women's Aid
  Women's Aid Federation of England (Women's Aid) is the national charity working to end domestic violence against women and children.

Bereavement

• The Child Bereavement Trust
  The Child Bereavement Trust is a national UK charity, founded in 1994.
• Cruse Bereavement Care
  Anyone can contact Cruse if they want to talk about themselves or someone they know who has been affected by a death.
• RD4U
  RD4U is a website designed for young people by young people. It is part of Cruse Bereavement Care's Youth Involvement Project and is here to support people after the death of someone close.
• Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide
  SOBS (Survivors Of Bereavement by Suicide) is a self-help, voluntary organisation. Many of those helping have, themselves, been bereaved by suicide.
• Winston's Wish
  Winston's Wish helps bereaved children and young people rebuild their lives after a family death.

Carers

• Carers Information
  This site provides up to date resources and information on issues relevant to carers and those professionals who assist them in their role.
• Carers UK
  Carers UK is a partnership website. It provides carers, those supporting them and others with national and local information.

Children

• Child Stress
  Tips on how to beat stress for children and adults.
• Parentline Plus
  Parentline Plus is a UK registered charity which offers support to anyone parenting a child - the child's parents, stepparents, grand parents and foster parents.
• Raising Kids
  Raisingkids.co.uk offers support, information, and friendship to everyone who's raising kids - whatever your circumstances or income.

Divorce & Separation

• National Mediation Service of Britain
  A network of local not-for-profit Family Mediation Services in England and Wales offering help to couples, married or unmarried who are in the process of separation and divorce.
• NCH: Its Not Your Fault
  Sections for parents, teenagers and children about separation.
• Relate
  Relate offers advice, relationship counselling, sex therapy, workshops, mediation, consultations and support.
• Rights of Women
  Rights of Women have produced four information sheets on divorce, child contact orders, child residence orders, and parental responsibility.
• Young Minds: Information For Parents
  These pages are mainly for parents who are separating or divorcing, and is based on extensive research into how separation and divorce affect children, and how parents can help their children to cope.

Domestic Violence

• Domestic Violence Intervention Project
  DVIP's main aim is to increase the safety of women and children who experience domestic violence by providing a range of diverse services challenging men, supporting women, working in partnership, influencing policy and campaigning for change.
• Women's Aid: If you or a friend needs help
  Women's Aid Federation of England (Women's Aid) is the national charity working to end domestic violence against women and children.

Family

• Family Tracing Service (Salvation Army)
  The mission of the Family Tracing Service is to restore (or to sustain) family relationships, by tracing relatives with whom contact has been lost, either recently or in the distant past.
• National Missing Persons Helpline 0500 700 700
  UK charity dedicated to helping missing people and supporting their families while they wait for news.

Older People

• Age Concern
  Age Concern is the UK's largest organisation working with and for older people. We provide vital local services as well as influencing public opinion and government.
• Are You Over 50?
  This is a Government guide for people aged 50 or over and is published by the Department for Work and Pensions. It contains information about a number of other Government and non-Government organisations. Find out more about the organisations involved in the terms of use section.

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