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| ACE:Advisory Centre for Education | Provide information, support and legal advice that parents need to help their children at school, particularly when there are problems. For specific advice on exclusions, call 08088 000327. Email ACE on enquiries@ace-ed.org.uk |
| BBC | News, weather, sport, business, entertainment, learning and lifestyle. |
| BBC Webwise | How to use the internet safely and effectively. |
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Telephone: 0845 1202948 Email: clc@essex.ac.uk |
Provide legal representation for children. Ensures that children, parents, carers and professionals can get accurate information on child law and access the support and services to which they are entitled. |
| Contact a Family
Telephone: 0808 808355 email: helpline@cafamily.org.uk |
Provide advice, information and support to the parents of all disabled children, no matter what their disability or condition. They also help parents to get in contact with other families in a similar position. |
| Dad's Space | Dad's space is a social networking website where fathers who are separated from their children can build and enhance their relationship by staying in contact and interacting online |
| DadTalk | Dadtalk promotes all aspects of fatherhood, allowing fathers to share ideas, find information and learn about parenting through their social networking website. |
| Advice and information about the 11 plus exam, online shop, downloadable practice papers and parents forum. | |
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Telephone: 01926 742274 |
Provide advice on choosing childcare, parenting and child development, disability and additional needs support, health, and services available in your local community. |
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Telephone: 0800 7311696 Email: advice@frg.org.uk |
Provide specialist advice to families who are raising children involved with, or who need social care services. They promote policies and practises that help children to live safely and securely within their families. |
| Healthy Lunchboxes | Advice on healthy living, food hygiene and healthy lunch ideas. |
| A social networking source of support and advice for mums, connecting parents with each other and services in their local area. Netmumns Parent Supporters offer expert help to mums who need it. | |
| Ofsted | Read about Ofsted, view Ofsted reports online. |
One Parent Families/ Gingerbread Telephone: 0800 0185026 Email:info@oneparentfamilies.org.uk |
One parent families/ Gingerbread provides expertise and detailed advice to parents on a whole range of issues relating to lone parent family life. |
| A nationwide network of one parent families and organisations representing different backgrounds and cultures. The One Space website offers information on all aspects of parenting plus support from experienced parenting experts and other single parents in our online group. | |
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Telephone: 0808 800 2222 |
Parentline Plus offers parent-parent support to work through problems and find practical solutions. The Parentline helpline is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. |
| Parentlink | A website set up by teachers providing advice for parents on helping children with schoolwork. |
| Parents Centre | For information and support for parents on how to help with your child's learning, including advice on choosing a school and finding childcare. |
| Parents.org.uk | A website created for parents by parents. Includes information about education, health and leisure, news and online debates, plus links to the best of the rest of the web for parents and children. Other features are 'ask an expert' and ideas for activities and days out. |
| Parentpages | National directory for parents: schools, nurseries, tutors, clubs and more. |
| Qualifications and Curriculum Authority | Information about the QCA's role, the National Curriculum, and resources including guides for parents. |
| Relate Live Talk | Relate has created a new online instant messaging service, so that parents can engage easily with free relationship support services. |
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Public Enquiry Unit: 0870 0002288 email: info@dcsf.gsi.gov.uk |
Information on the Surestart programme, Extended Services, Child Tax Credits, the New Deal for lone parents, and more. |