Links

 Contact a Family

UK charity aiming to support parents of children with disabilities. The website includes a directory of online and other resources on disability, holidays, benefits etc, factsheets and a searchable index of specific conditions.

 Disability Challengers

Disability Challengers is a registered charity, providing play and leisure opportunities for children and young people with any special need including a physical, learning or sensory impairment but mainly available for those in the Guildford area. There is a useful links page to other disability / special needs sites.

 Family & Parenting Institute

UK national charity working to support parents and families. Online guide to the law in various languages. Downloadable documents on topics such as family and work, child care, parenting teenagers and extensive links (including links on attachment.

 Family Friends

Service based in Windsor & Maidenhead aiming to help families with young children by preventing short-term emotional and practical difficulties from becoming serious problems. Volunteers can provide a listening ear or more practical help. Self-referrals are accepted.

 Family Rights Group

A UK charity aimed at providing advice and support for children and families involved with social services.

 Father Hudson`s Society

Birmingham based Catholic social care agency running a number of community projects to help support vulnerable families.

 Good Enough Parenting

Interesting article about the concept of good enough parenting and the impact of inadequate parenting from the Archive of Diseases in Childhood.

 Home Start

Home Start volunteers supports families by visiting their homes and providing emotional and practical support.

 Jill Curtis

Jill Curtis is a psychotherapist and author of books about families and parenting. Her website contains a number of articles which families involved in domestic disputes might find helpful, book reviews, video reviews and useful links, though not much of direct interest to the lawyer.

 Motherwise

A UK website for mothers! Run by Sue Wentworth-Sheilds, a life coach and qualified solicitor who has set up the site as a resource for mothers.

 National Association for Child Support Action

Anti-CSA site

 National Council For One Parent Families

UK charity producing booklets and factsheets which can be ordered online and with links to other sources of information for single parents.

 National Council of Voluntary Child Care Organisations

An umbrella organisation of charities working with children, young people and their families with a shared aim of improving the quality of life for children through maximising the voluntary sector's support.

 National Pyramid Trust

The NPT works with local partners to establish pyramid clubs providing a supportive environment for children of primary school age with significant social or emotional difficulties.

 Parentline Plus

UK registered charity offering support to anyone parenting a child. The charity runs a freephone helpline, courses for parents etc.

 Parents` Aid Southern Essex

Essex group offering support to families undergoing a child protection investigation (aiming to keep families together). Support offered can include home visits, advocacy at meetings with professionals, counselling and befriending. See related site for the Southern Essex Branch at http://website.lineone.net/~parents_aid/ which has good links.

 Relate

Relate is the largest relationship counselling organisation in the UK.

 Reunite

International Child Abduction Centre. Advice line.

 Salvation Army Social Services

The Social Services section of the Salvation Army runs community homes for children looked after by local authorities in South London, Liverpool and Southport. These units also offer respite care at weekends and during school holidays. The SA also run family centres in Belfast, Dublin, Portsmouth, Birmingham, Nottingham, Leeds and Greenock providing temporary accommodation and practical support to families with young children.