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Last Updated: 08.11.11
| 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. |
| Childnet International | Childnet International is a non-profit organisation working with others to “help make the Internet a great and safe place for children”. |
| 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. |
| Gingerbread | Gingerbread provide advice and practical support for single parents. |
| Health Protection Agency | The Health Protection Agency is an independent UK organisation that was set up by the government in 2003 to protect the public from threats to their health from infectious diseases and environmental hazards. It does this by providing advice and information to the general public, to health professionals such as doctors and nurses, and to national and local government. |
| 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. | |
| NHS Choices | The online 'arm' of NHS Direct, NHS Choices country's biggest health website and gives all the information you need to make choices about your health,
from decisions about your lifestyle, such as smoking, drinking and exercise, to finding and using NHS services in England. |
| NHS Direct | Telephone: 0845 4647* Open 24-hours a day. You can call this number if you are feeling unwell, have a non-urgent medical query or would like information about another health related issue. |
| Ofsted | Read about Ofsted, view Ofsted reports online. |
| 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. |
| Parentpages | National directory for parents: schools, nurseries, tutors, clubs and more. |
| ParentPay | Payments may be made on ParentPay for school meals, Woosh Club, swimming, music lessons and visits. ParentPay allows you to make payments whenever and wherever you like 24/7, safe in the knowledge that the technology used is the highest internet security available. |
| POLICE (non-emergency) | 101 is the new telephone number that can be used to ring the Police to report incidents that are not emergencies such as a stolen car or vandalism. It can also be used to contact a local police team. When you call 101 , the system will determine your location and connect you to the police force covering that area. You will hear a recorded message announcing the police force you are being connected to. If you are on a boundary between two or more forces, the recorded message will give you a choice of which force to be connected to. |
| 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. |