www.bbc.co.uk/parenting/

Advice on parenting, preparing for parenthood throughout the pregnancy. Illnesses, baby's needs, your needs. Produced in collaboration with the Health Education Authority (now the Health Development Agency - www.ohn.gov.uk).

 

www.bestbear.co.uk

A guide to agencies across the UK which will help parents and childcarers make informed decisions when choosing childcare.

 

1 Regent Place

Rugby

CV21 2PJ

01788 578328

www.bacp.co.uk

Provides information and advice on practising counsellors and organisations throughout the country.

 

PO Box 488

Cardiff

CF15 7YY

02920 810800

01222 814089

www.care-for-the-family.org.uk

Provides support for families through seminars, resources and special projects.

 

95-99 Effingham Street

Rotherham

S Yorkshire

S65 1BL

01709 512436

01709 512550

www.dudley-gateway.co.uk/cz/czindex.htm

UK based resource for information and help about issues concerning the changing family.

 

www.ipd.co.uk

For more help with employment law, it's a good idea to click into the section 'confused about employment law'.

 

Waterview Park

Pattenson Industrial Estate

Washington

Tyne and Wear

NE38 8QA

08701 555540

Administers all child benefit claims. Click on section families and children and then bringing up children, for help with child benefits.

 

Star House

104-108 Grafton Rd

London

NW5 4BD

020 7284 1355

www.childpsychotherapytrust.org.uk

Publishes a series of useful leaflets for parents and other carers. The Understanding Childhood series covers a range of children's emotional health and development issues. Titles include 'Your new baby, your family and you', 'Crying and sleeping in the first years of life'. Further details can be obtained by sending a SAE to the Trust at the above address.

 

PO Box 55

Brierley Hill

West Midlands

DY5 1YL

08457 133 133

www.csa.gov.uk

A section of the department for Work and Pensions.

 

info@childalert.co.uk

www.childalert.co.uk

Childalert is an information service for parents and anyone looking after children about child safety and wellbeing in the home and on the move - covering pre-conception, to the first weeks at home, the energy and determination of toddlers through to the concerns of raising boys and girls and how different they can be. Visit the A-Z of Parenting.