Parenting Support including Family Learning

Please click on the link below to access The Safe Parenting Handbook

Here is a list of useful websites to help support parents in Lancashire

www.parentlineplus.org.uk – A website offering support to anyone parenting a child. It includes an e-mail support service and downloadable information materials for parents. The Parentline Plus helpline is available free of charge 24 hours a day, on 0808 800 2222.

www.raisingkids.co.uk – For information on bringing up children.

www.familyandparenting.org – The National Family and Parenting Institute is a charity working to support parents in bringing up their children, to promote the wellbeing of families and to make society more family friendly.

www.parentinguk.org – Parenting UK is the national umbrella body for people who work with parents. It developed the National Occupational Standards for Work with Parents.

www.dcsf.gov.uk/parentknowhow – Parent Know How is a programme from the DCSF which comprises a suite of free services designed to serve everyone in a parenting role. It ensures access to expert advice through existing telephone helplines or a new generation of services delivered online and to mobile phones.

www.practicalparent.org.uk – Practical parenting advice.

www.bbc.co.uk/parenting – Information on every stage of being a parent from babies to teenagers.

www.forparentsbyparents.com – Parenting information and advice for parents of children aged 0-5years old. Parental experiences and situations are discussed.

www.lhsp.org.uk - For information about Healthy Schools Programme workshops on talking with children about a range of topics e.g Growing up and Sex and Relationships; Drugs, Alcohol and Tobacco; Anti bullying; Risk taking and teenagers.