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Patient apple icon (PatientApple.gif) 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.

Patient apple icon (PatientApple.gif) 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.

Patient apple icon (PatientApple.gif) 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.

Patient apple icon (PatientApple.gif) 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.

Patient apple icon (PatientApple.gif) 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.

Patient apple icon (PatientApple.gif) Cry-sis

Offers supportfor families with excessively crying, sleepless and demanding babies.

Patient apple icon (PatientApple.gif) 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.

Patient apple icon (PatientApple.gif) 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.

Patient apple icon (PatientApple.gif) 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.

Patient apple icon (PatientApple.gif) 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.

Patient apple icon (PatientApple.gif) One Space

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

Patient apple icon (PatientApple.gif) 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.

Patient apple icon (PatientApple.gif) Positive Parenting Publications UK

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

Patient apple icon (PatientApple.gif) 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.

Patient apple icon (PatientApple.gif) Child Alert

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

Patient apple icon (PatientApple.gif) Jellybabys

Useful free baby and parenting advice and a chat forum for all newparents.

Patient apple icon (PatientApple.gif) Baby Chaos

Help and advice with all aspects of having a baby.

Patient apple icon (PatientApple.gif) Baby Directory (The)

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

Patient apple icon (PatientApple.gif) 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.

Patient apple icon (PatientApple.gif) 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, babynamer and pregnancy planner.

Patient apple icon (PatientApple.gif) 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

Patient apple icon (PatientApple.gif) 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.

Patient apple icon (PatientApple.gif) 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.

Patient apple icon (PatientApple.gif) Childless Stepmums Forum

The Childless Stepmums Forum was created to help women with stepfamilies and no children of their own come to terms with their new environment.

Patient apple icon (PatientApple.gif) Just Parents

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

Patient apple icon (PatientApple.gif) Special Mates

This service has been developed by a team of Clinical Psychologists to support parents of children with disabilities.

Patient apple icon (PatientApple.gif) Raisingkids.co.uk

Raisingkids.co.uk is here to offer support, information, and friendship to everyone who's raising kids - whatever their circumstances or income.

Patient apple icon (PatientApple.gif) 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.

Patient apple icon (PatientApple.gif) Care For the Family

Care for the Family aims to promote strong family life and to help those hurting because of family breakdown.

Patient apple icon (PatientApple.gif) Monitor My Baby - baby monitor specialists

Specialise in all baby monitor types - at discounted prices. Theseinclude digital and analogue audio baby monitors, audio/visual babymonitors and sensor baby monitors.

Patient apple icon (PatientApple.gif) Clever Little Things

Inovative products for babies and children. For example, products to help with feeding, sleeping, safety, etc.

Patient apple icon (PatientApple.gif) Bottle feeding

Information from NHS Choices - the government's patient information portal.

Patient apple icon (PatientApple.gif) Cradle cap

Information from NHS Choices - the government's patient information portal.

Patient apple icon (PatientApple.gif) Dental care for babies and children

Information from NHS Choices - the government's patient information portal.

Patient apple icon (PatientApple.gif) Babies, crying

Information from NHS Choices - the government's patient information portal.

Patient apple icon (PatientApple.gif) Babies, weaning

Information from NHS Choices - the government's patient information portal.

Patient apple icon (PatientApple.gif) Baby weaning

Information from BUPA.

See also the Patient UK pregnancy and childbirth and children's health pages.


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Checked: 23 Jul 2009

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