Parenting and Baby / Child Care

UK sources of information and / or support

Parentline Plus

Charity which offers help to anyone parenting a child - parents, step-parents, grandparents and foster parents. Parentline Plus runs a freephone helpline, courses for parents, develops innovative projects and provides a range of information for parents.

Direct Gov

Directgov is the place to turn to for the latest and widest range of public service information. Includes a section for parents dealing with issues such as having a baby, child care, money, employment, adoption, etc.

Start4Life

By introducing healthy habits right from birth, you can give your baby the building blocks for a healthier and happier future. Information from the Department of Health.

Weaning

Information from the Department of Health.

Maternity and Early Years - Making a good start to family life

Policy document from the Department of Health published in March 2010.

Family Support NI Website

Provides details of a wide range of services provided by statutory, voluntary and community organisations in Northern Ireland. You can access up-to-date information on a range of services available to support families. This information will help Families, Young People, Children and Practitioners in Northern Ireland to find local services to meet their needs.

Centre for Fun and Families

A national voluntary organisation with charitable status. The Centre has been set up to assist families where parents are experiencing behaviour and communication difficulties with their children and teenagers.

Parent Lifeline

Parent Lifeline began operating as a registered charity in January 1978. They offer emotional support and understanding to parents under stress of any kind, whatever the ages of their children.

NHS Baby LifeCheck

An interactive website to help parents and carers keep their babies healthy, happy and safe. The NHS Baby LifeCheck is designed to provide information and advice to mums, dads and carers of babies aged five to eight months.

NHS Birth to Five

Information from the Department of Health.

Cry-sis

Offers support for families with excessively crying, sleepless and demanding babies.

Disability, Pregnancy & Parenthood International

A small UK based registered charity, controlled by disabled parents, which promotes better awareness and support for disabled people considering, during and after pregnancy and as parents. DPPi is a charity for disabled people who are already parents and their families, those who wish to become parents and their families and also for health and social work professionals and other individuals and organizations concerned with disability and/or pregnancy and parenting.

Disabled Parents Network

Run by disabled parents, their allies and family members, disabled people who would like to be parents in the future and others who are already grandparents. DPN puts disabled parents and would-be parents in touch with each other. You can be linked to disabled parents who have a similar disability to your own, or who have found their own solutions to the challenges you are facing as a parent.

Home-Start

A leading family support charity in the UK. Home-Start volunteers offer friendship, support and practical help to families with at least one child under five years old. Reasons why parents and families come to Home-Start include bereavement, children's behavioural problems, disability, domestic violence, ill health, isolation, poor housing, post natal depression,poverty, relationship difficulties, single parenthood and twins or triplets.

Parenting UK

Parenting UK is the national umbrella organisation for people who work with parents. Their aim is to promote best practice in the field through the National Occupational Standards for Work with Parents, supporting good practice, keeping members informed about new developments in the field, providing opportunities for members to network and informing policy makers about best practice and what is needed.

One Space

Information, advice and first-hand experiences to help you manage and enjoy life as a single parent.

Jane's Breastfeeding and Childbirth Resources

Information on breastfeeding, pregnancy & childbirth. It has access to the best and most wide-ranging breastfeeding information on the Internet.

Positive Parenting Publications UK

PP's aim is to provide information, resources and training to equip parents and those who support them.

Ask a Mum

askamum is a site that couples the wealth of advice and information in Mother & Baby and Pregnancy & Birth magazines with the first hand wisdom and knowledge of mums and mums to be. From pregnancy to toddlers it covers everything mums want and need to know about the most exciting and rewarding time of their life.

Child Alert

Offers reference and guidance on parenting topics including safety and well being. Site includes topical news stories and products.

Baby Chaos

Help and advice with all aspects of having a baby.

Baby Directory (The)

The leading UK-based pregnancy, baby and under fives guide.

Baby Registry (the)

Pregnancy and parenting information/reference site for new and expectant parents in the UK. 1000 pages of factsheets, advice from mums and dads and hundreds of contacts.

Babyworld

Parenting website for new and expectant parents to find advice and support. Information on all aspects of parenting, daily updates, competitions, celebrity news, a friendly and thriving community, experts include GP, midwife, health visitor, breastfeeding counsellor, online antenatal classes run by NCT antenatal teacher, baby namer and pregnancy planner.

Mellow Parenting

Mellow Parenting is a 14 week one day a week group designed to support families with relationship problems with their infants and young children. It combines personal support for parents with a video and direct work with parents and children on their own parenting problems.

Twins And Multiple Births Association

A registered charity in the United Kingdom for all parents with twins, triplets, quads, sextuplets or more. The organisation provides information and mutual support networks for families.

WATCh? What about the children?

A national charity which promotes parental responsibility with particular emphasis on the emotional needs of children during their crucial first 3 years.

Sleep Scotland

A charity which supports the parents and carers of children and young people with additional support needs and sleep problems. It aims to help children and young people with additional support needs to sleep better and consequently to improve their daytime performance. Also, to help parents and carers by giving them specific tried and tested behavioural and cognitive techniques to adapt their child's night-time behaviour.

Childless Stepmums Forum

The Childless Step mums Forum was created to help women with step families and no children of their own come to terms with their new environment.

Just Parents

Just Parents is a place to make new friends, meet other parents, swap tips and advice, and chat on the forums.

Peri Natal Illness

Perinatal Illness - UK is a registered charity for women and their families who have or think they have any type of Perinatal Illness (PNI). Perinatal Illness incorporates any distressing psychological and emotional condition which has developed during pregnancy, birth or during the postnatal period. These include antenatal depression, postnatal depression, puerperal psychosis and birth trauma.

Comprehensive patient resources are available at www.patient.co.uk

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