Useful Links

The governments’ main information portal, DirectGov contains a large section for parents covering many areas from common concerns to special education needs and financial support.

Link: http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Parents/index.htm

 

The Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre is the UK’s main source of information for keeping safe online. It contains useful advice, educational quizzes and masses of good information.

Link: http://www.ceop.police.uk/

 

Childline is a charity dedicated to the support of children regardless of need, it provides advice on subjects such as building confidence and going back to school and also has a free confidential telephone support line to help children regardless of requirement.

Link: http://www.childline.org.uk/Pages/Home.aspx

 

The National Attention Deficit Disorder Information and Support Service, providing people-friendly information and resources about Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Link: http://www.addiss.co.uk/

 

The British Dyslexia Association offer advice, information and help to families, professionals and dyslexic individuals.

Link: http://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/

 

A BBC site containing lots of good advice for parents of Primary School aged children.

Link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/physical_health/child_development/child_index.shtml

 

A national charity promoting and providing advice for children, parents and schools on tackling the problems of bullying. Link:http://www.bullying.co.uk/

 

A medical and health information resource containing comprehensive and unbiased information in a patient-friendly form, this is a large site with advice on over 1,500 health topics. Link: http://www.healthopedia.com/

 

Emergency Childcare are the only organisation in the UK that give parents the opportunity to book local nursery and child minder places or an emergency nanny on a flexible, ad hoc or daily basis.

Link: http://www.emergencychildcare.co.uk/index/index.php

 

Find a baby sitter are the UK’s only childcare search site to offer background checks on babysitters, nannies, au pairs, childminders, house keepers and more. You can also book a babysitter……

Link: http://www.findababysitter.com/

 

Just Parents offers parenting and pregnancy advice for mums and dads, along with numerous other resources such as baby name lists, gender predictors and online forums, blogs and much more.

Link: http://www.justparents.co.uk/

 

Teaching Your Child provides advice and support for parents and carers on how to develop their child’s learning and support them during their early years. Link: http://www.teachingyourchild.org.uk/