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NATIONAL The Association for Shared Parenting
Tel: 01789 750891 (evenings); Fax: 01789 751081
Email: spring.cott@btopenworld.com
www.sharedparenting.org.uk
Exists to promote the rights of children to the nurture of both parents after separation or divorce. Support and advice to fathers and mothers who are worried about the welfare of their children after separation or divorce. Most commonly advice surrounding issues central to family law, parental responsibility, contact, residence, Children's Act etc. Care for the Family
Garth House, Leon Avenue, Cardiff CF15 7RG
Tel: 029 2081 0800
Email: mail@cff.org.uk
www.careforthefamily.org.uk National charity which aims to promote strong family life and to help those hurting because of family breakdown. Offer help and support to those who have been widowed at a young age and to bereaved parents, and a wide range of other support services to families experiencing any kind of difficulty. Child Support Agency
PO Box 55 Brierly Hill DY5 1YL
Tel: 08457 133 133; Text: 08457 138924
www.csa.gov.uk The Child Support Agency (CSA) is part of the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission. Our role is to make sure that parents who live apart from their children contribute financially to their upkeep by paying child maintenance. Emergency Childcare
16 Elysium Gate, 126-128 New Kings Road, London SW6 4LZ
Tel: 0845 676 7699
Email: info@emergencychildcare.co.uk
www.emergencychildcare.co.uk Emergency Childcare is the only organisation in the UK that gives you the opportunity to book local nursery and childminder places or an emergency nanny on a flexible, ad hoc or daily basis. Childcare solutions for employee benefits packages. London: Family Action
501-505 Kingsland Road, London E8 4AU
Tel: 020 7254 6251;
www.fwa.org.uk Manchester: Family Action
184 Lightbowne Road, Moston, Manchester M40 5EE
Tel: 0161 684 2180
www.fwa.org.uk National organisation which supports families and disadvantaged people in a variety of ways, including home and project based support to children and families, community based mental health services, financial help for families in need and educational grants for disadvantaged people. MAMA (Meet A Mum Association)
54 Lillington Road, Radstock BA3 3NR
Helpline: 0845 120 3746
Email: jeanette@mama.co.uk
www.mama.co.uk Support and help for mums who feel depressed and isolated when their baby is born. Local support groups and online support. Mothers Apart From Their Children (MATCH)
BM Box No. 6334, London WC1N 3XX
Email: enquiries@matchmother.org
www.matchmothers.org Voluntary self help network for mothers separated from their children, informal local meetings, contact list etc. National Society for Children and Family Contact
Helpline: 0870 766 8596
Email: contact@nscfc.com
www.childrenneedfathers.org
When a relationship breaks down it isn't just the partners who suffer. It's the children who have most to lose; and not just because of the stress of seeing their parents at odds. They also risk losing contact with one of their parents, and with that parent's family too. Grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins: half their family, half their life, can be devastated by parental acrimony. The NSCFC believes that continuing contact with a child's extended family is vital for the child's balanced development, and it works to foster those all-important family contacts. As such we offer free support and advice to all those in need, Helpline at National rate also available 24hours a day. NSPCC
Weston House, 42 Curtain Road, London EC2A 3NH
Childline: 0800 1111
Helpline (Adults): 0808 800 5000
www.nspcc.org.uk National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children advice and information. One Parent Families
255 Kentish Town Road, London NW5 2LX
Helpline: 0800 018 5026
Tel: 020 7428 5400
Email: info@oneparentfamilies.org.uk
www.oneparentfamilies.org.uk Helpline and other support for lone parents. Advice on maintenance, benefits and other money matters, legal rights, childcare, education, holidays. SCOTLAND One Parent Families Scotland
13 Gayfield Square, Edinburgh EH1 3NX
Helpline: 0800 801 0323
Tel: 0131 556 3899; Fax: 0131 557 7899
Email: info@opfs.org.uk
www.opfs.org.uk Organisation which provides support and advice for lone parents and their families. Aberdeen: VSA Children and Family Services
VSA, 38 Castle Street, Aberdeen AB11 5YU
Tel: 01224 212 021; Fax: 01224 580772
Email: info@vsa.org.uk
www.vsa.org.uk VSA's Children & Family Services incorporates Aberdeen Children's Society, Linn Moor School and Richmondhill House and provides help to families on low incomes in times of crisis, support to children with special needs and families experiencing the emotional distress of break-up. We aim to enable children to have the childhood many of us took for granted. Home-Start Aberdeen
25 Greenfern Road, Mastrick, Aberdeen AB16 6TS
Tel: 01224 693545
Email: homestartaberdeen@talktalkbusiness.net
www.homestartaberdeen.org.uk Home-Start is a voluntary organisation that offers support, friendship and practical
help to parents with at least one child under 5 in the City of Aberdeen. NORTHERN IRELAND Gingerbread NI
169 University Street, Belfast BT7 1HR
Helpline: 0808 808 8090
Tel: 028 9023 1417; Fax: 028 9024 0740
Email: enquiries@gingerbreadni.org
www.gingerbreadni.org Gingerbread NI is the lead agency working with and for one-parent families in Northern Ireland. We work with various organisations and agencies in creating services and developing networks in local communities to help tackle the issues facing one-parent families. Offices in Belfast and Londonderry. REPUBLIC OF IRELAND Barnardos
Christchurch Square, Dublin 8
Tel: 01 453 0355/1850 222 300
Fax: 01 453 0300
Email: info@barnardos.ie
www.barnardos.ie Organisation providing services to improve childrens' welfare in disadvantaged communities. Offer family support projects, children's bereavement counselling service and other support and information. One Family
Cherish House, 2 Lower Pembroke Street, Dublin 2
Tel: 1890 662212/01 6629212; Fax: 01 6629096
Email: info@onefamily.ie
www.onefamily.ie/home.htm One Family is a leading national organisation for one-parent families in Ireland. We aim to provide high-quality, much-needed services to the many different one-parent families in Ireland and the professionals working with them. We also work hard to ensure that one-parent families have a clear voice that is heard by policy and decision-makers. |
