Useful links - for parents/carers

Links to external sites have been added for the convenience of users. While care is taken in choosing a link, Dudley's childcare strategy team & Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council takes no responsibility for access to the site or the site content and does not endorse any services/products as detailed in the external sites.

Tax Credits

• Inland Revenue - www.hmrc.gov.uk

• Working Families - www.workingfamilies.org.uk

Employer support

• Inland Revenue - www.hmrc.gov.uk

• Direct Gov - http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Employment/

• Working Families - www.workingfamilies.org.uk

• Parents Direct - www.parentdirect.org.uk

• Inland revenue - www.hmrc.gov.uk/childcare

• Busy bees - www.busybeesvouchers.com

• Fathers Direct - www.fathersdirect.com

Child Development

• Every child matters - www.everychildmatters.gov.uk

• Parents Centre - www.parentscentre.gov.uk

• Parent Line Plus - www.parentlineplus.org.uk

• Literacy Trust - www.literacytrust.org.uk

Health, nutrician and exercise

• Healthy Start - www.healthystart.nhs.uk

• Food Standards Agency - www.food.gov.uk

• Schools Food Trust - www.schoolfoodtrust.org.uk

• British Heart Foundation - www.bhf.org.uk

• La Leche League - www.laleche.org.uk

• National Child Birth Trust - www.nct.org.uk

Smoking

• British Heart Foundation - www.bhf.org.uk

• Smokefree - www.gosmokefree.co.uk

Alcohol

• NHS - www.nhs.uk/livewell/alcohol/Pages/Alcoholhome

• Alcohol Concern - www.alcoholconcern.org.uk

Drugs

• Frank - www.talktofrank.com

Sex and relationships

• Parentlineplus - www.parentlineplus.org.uk

• Family Planning Association - www.fpa.org.uk

• R U Thinking - http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/Sexandyoungpeople/Pages/Sex-and-young-people-hub.aspx

• Brook - www.brook.org.uk

Children with SEN/ disabilities 

• Contact a family - www.cafamily.org.uk

• National Parent Partnership - www.parentpartnership.org.uk

• Early Support - www.earlysupport.org.uk

• Teachernet - www.teachernet.gov.uk/wholeschool/sen/

• Askability - https://www.askability.org.uk/

Staying Safe

• NSPCC - www.nspcc.org.uk

• thinkuknow - www.thinkuknow.co.uk

• Safeguarding - www.everychildmatters.gov.uk/socialcare/safeguarding

Play and Recreation 

• Sport England - www.sportengland.org

• Parks in the borough - www.dudley.gov.uk/leisure-and-culture/parks-and-open-spaces/play-facilities

• 24hourmuseum - www.24hourmuseum.org.uk

• Show me - www.show.me.uk/site/news/STO1219.html

School

• Connexions - www.connexions-direct.com/parentcarer

• Education - www.direct.gov.uk/en/educationandlearning/index.htm

Parenting support and training

• National Family and Parenting Institute - www.familyandparenting.org

• Homestart - www.home-start.org.uk

• National Childbirth Trust - www.nct.org.uk

• Sure Start - http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/everychildmatters/earlyyears/surestart/whatsurestartdoes/

• Ante-natal/post natal courses http://www.dgoh.nhs.uk/home/_public/_servportals/neonatal/default.asp

• Parenting education and support forum - www.parentscentre.gov.uk

• Parentlineplus - www.parentlineplus.org.uk

• Not your fault - www.itsnotyourfault.org

• Smacking - www.bbc.co.uk/parenting/

• Mental health - www.youngminds.org.uk

Bullying

• Childline - www.childline.org.uk/bullying.asp

• Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) - www.dfes.gov.uk/bullying

• Parentlineplus - www.parentlineplus.org.uk