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NATIONAL ATD Fourth World
48 Addington Square, London SE5 7LB
Tel: 020 7703 3231
Email: atd@atd-uk.org
www.atd-uk.org National organisation which aims to help families in difficulty because of poverty or exclusion. They offer one-to-one support, home visits, projects and family respite care at their Family House in Surrey. 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. Cry-sis
BM Cry-sis, London WC1N 3XX
Helpline: 08451 228669
www.cry-sis.org.uk Helpline for parents or carers of excessively crying, sleepless and demanding babies. Offers a listening ear and suggestions about how to calm a baby, help it sleep better and generally help parents to cope. Does not give medical advice. Cult Information Centre
BCM Cults, London WC1N 3XX
Tel: 0845 4500 868
www.cultinformation.org.uk Telephone information and advice on cults for concerned families and friends of peopple involved in cults. Information on cult related problems, help and advice for ex-members of cults. Produces a range of literature. Runs training and talks for schools, professionals and community groups. Contact a Family
209-211 City Road, London EC1V 1JN
Helpline: 0808 808 3555; Textphone: 0808 808 3556
Email: helpline@cafamily.org.uk
www.cafamily.org.uk Contact a Family is the only UK-wide charity providing advice, information and support to the parents of all disabled children - no matter what their disability or health condition. We also enable parents to get in contact with other families, both on a local and national basis. Disabled Parents Network
81 Melton Road, West Bridgford, Nottingham NG2 8EN
Helpline: 0300 3300 639
Email: information@disabledparentsnetwork.org.uk
www.disabledparentsnetwork.org.uk Organisation of disabled people who are parents or hope to become parents. Helpline enables callers to talk to a disabled parent for advice and membership information. Aims to improve services for and support disabled parents. Resource centre and meeting facilities. 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. 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. Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (FFLAG)
PO Box 495, Little Stoke, Bristol BS34 9AP
Helpline: 0845 652 0311
Email: info@fflag.org.uk
www.fflag.org.uk Support for parents and their gay, lesbian or bisexual sons and daughters. Provide a network of local parents self-help groups and telephone contacts for advice, information and a listening service. Also assists people who wish to tell their parents they are lesbian or gay. London: Family Action
501-505 Kingsland Road, London E8 4AU
Tel: 020 7254 6251;
www.family-action.org.uk The charity has been a leading provider of services to disadvantaged and socially isolated families since its foundation in 1869. We work with over 45,000 families a year by providing practical, emotional and financial support through over 100 services based in communities across England. A further 150,000 people benefit from our educational grants and information service. We tackle some of the most complex and difficult issues facing families today - including domestic abuse, mental health problems, learning disabilities and severe financial hardship. Gingerbread/One Parent Families
255 Kentish Town Road, London NW5 2LX
Single Parent Helpline: 0800 018 5026
Tel: 020 7428 5400
Email: info@gingerbread.org.uk
www.gingerbread.org.uk Gingerbread is an organisation for Lone Parent Families. It is the leading and largest charity providing help for 2.5 million lone parents and their children nationally. Holiday Endeavour for Lone Parents (HELP)
P.O. Box 244, Gainsborough DN21 9AQ
Tel 01427 668717
Email: janice@help.fslife.co.uk
www.helphols.co.uk H.E.L.P. is a registered charity arranging low cost holidays for lone parent families, single access parents, prisoners' wives and forces wives whose husbands are abroad. Our holidays are at Pontins, Haven and Butlins. We also own static caravans at Flamingoland Theme Park and Zoo, Haven Golden Sands, Mablethorpe and Haven Primrose Valley, Filey. Home-Start UK
Info Line: 0800 068 6368
www.home-start.org.uk Home-start runs schemes around the country providing support, friendship and practical help to families with children under five in their own homes. Please visit their website to find your local office. It's Not Your Fault
www.itsnotyourfault.org NCH website offering advice and support for children, young people and parents going through a family break-up. Kidscape
2 Grosvenor Gardens, London SW1W 0DH
Helpline: 08451 205 204
Tel: 020 7730 3300; Fax: 020 7730 7081
www.kidscape.org.uk Telephone advice for parents/carers of bullied children. Also run one day courses for children who have been severely bullied. Resources/publications on bullying and personal safety. Training programmes for schools and groups. NB: helpline is for the use of parents, guardians or concerned relatives and friends of bullied children. If you are a child and are experiencing bullying problems, then please visit or ring Childline on 0800 1111; www.childline.org.uk 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. National Childminding Association of England and Wales (NCMA)
Royal Court, 81 Tweedy Road, Bromley BR1 1TG
Helpline: 0800 169 4486
Tel: 0845 880 0044
Email: info@ncma.org.uk
www.ncma.org.uk Helpline and other services to promote quality home-based childcare for the benefit of children, families and communities. Telephone information on a range of topics including what to expect from childcare and where to find it. Parentline Plus
520 Highgate Studios, 53-79 Highgate Road, Kentish Town, London NW5 1TL
Tel: 0808 800 2222
www.parentlineplus.org.uk
24 hour helpline for anyone involved in caring for children including stepfamilies. Offers listening, support, information and guidance on all issues of concern. Parenting classes and workshops for parents to share ideas and learn new skills. Reunite - International Child Abduction Centre
PO Box 7124, Leicester LE1 7XX
Advice Line: 0116 2556 234
Tel: 0116 2555 345; Fax: 0116 2556 370
Email: reunite@dircon.co.uk
www.reunite.org Advice, support and information for parents and families in cases of parental child abduction or in cases where abduction is feared. Provides information to lawyers, social workers and other professionals who are involved in the issue of child abduction. Offers advice on prevention of abduction. SCOTLAND Glasgow: Notre Dame Centre
Child Guidance Clinic, Tower Adolescent Unit, 20 Athole Gardens, Glasgow G12 9BA
TeL: 0141 339 2366; Fax: 0141 357 1443
Email: info@notredamecentre.org.uk
www.notredamecentre.org.uk The Notre Dame Centre was founded 75 years ago in response to local demand from parents, teachers and other professionals who needed specialised help for vulnerable children. Over the years, we have become renowned for our innovative and successful approach in the treatment of young people with emotional and behavioural problems. From child abuse to the loss of a parent, from drug addiction to adoption - we have helped youngsters and their families through stressful and often dangerous situations, by giving them the practical and emotional support they need. Stepfamily Scotland
Gills Centre, 113 Whitehouse Loan, Edinburgh E10 1BB
Helpline: 0845 122 8655
Tel: 0131 623 8951
Email: info@stepfamilyscotland.org.uk
www.stepfamilyscotland.org.uk Helpline giving support and information for all members of stepfamilies, whatever their relationship or age, and for those working with stepfamilies. Range of factsheets and booklets covering emotional and legal issues available to callers. Scottish Childminding Association
7 Melville Terrace, Stirling FK8 2ND
Advice Line: 01786 449063
Tel: 01786 445377; Fax: 01786 449062
Email: information@childminding.org
www.childminding.org Helpline offering information and advice for anyone with a query about childminding. 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. ENGLAND Family Rights Group
Second Floor, The Print House, 18 Ashwin St, London E8 3DL
Advice Line: 0808 801 0366
Tel: 020 7923 2628; Fax: 020 7923 2683
Email: advice@frg.org.uk
www.frg.org.uk The Family Rights Group is the charity in England and Wales that advises parents and other family members whose children are involved with or require social care services. They run a confidential telephone advice service for families. Huddersfield: National Children's Centre
Brian Jackson House, New North Parade, Huddersfield HD1 5JP
Tel: 01484 519988; Fax: 01484 435150
Email: info@nccuk.org.uk
www.nccuk.org.uk Services and support for children and families in need and for working and unemployed parents. Nursery, contact centre, furniture sceme, anger management and training, courses in infant massage, parenting, English as a second language and lifeskills. London: 2 As 1
113A Anerley Road, Crystal Palace, London SE20 8AJ
Tel: 0700 2222 7000; Fax: 020 8659 6659
Email: supportcentre@2as1.net
www.2as1.net Provides support to couples and individuals for the following issues: family issues, cultural issues, pre-marital support, relationship enhancement, crisis intervention, domestic violence, abuse, gender & sexuality, emotional wellbeing, self esteem & confidence, loneliness, depression & isolation, drugs, alcohol and other substance abuse, suicide & self harm, stress management and anger management. Service is aimed at Britain's black community, although welcomes all people regardless of race, gender, religion, disability or sexual orientation. London: Mosac
141 Greenwich High Road, London SE10 8JA
Helpline: 0800 980 1958
www.mosac.org.uk Voluntary organisation supporting all non-abusing parents and carers whose children have been sexually abused, to provide support, advice, information and counselling following the discovery of sexual abuse. NORTHERN IRELAND Parents Advice Centre
2nd Floor, Andras House, 60 Great Victoria Street, Belfast BT2 7BB
Helpline: 0808 8010 722
Tel: 028 9031 0891; Fax: 028 9031 2475
www.pachelp.org Helpline and face-to-face services for parents with any family difficulty. Support and guidance on a wide range of issues including abuse, emotional problems, bullying, effects of separation and divorce. 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. |
