Riverside Children's Centre, Canterbury
Useful Links
Links to other websites can be found in the Just For Children, For Dads and Useful Contacts area of our site
- Breast Feeding
- Child Development
- Childcare
- Children's Learning
- Family Support
- Fun
- Health
- Immunisation
- Lone Parent
- Parenting
- Post Natal Illness
- Pregnancy
- Special Needs
Breastfeeding Network
Aims to be an independent source of support and information for breastfeeding women and others. They run a service that automatically connects you to your local Breastfeeding Supporter
Breastfeeding Network
The La Leche League
The La Leche League International mission is: To help mothers worldwide to breastfeed through mother-to-mother support, encouragement, information, and education and to promote a better understanding of breastfeeding as an important element in the healthy development of the baby and mother
La Leche League
Coram Family
Works with deprived & disadvantaged children in order to help them reach their full potential
Coram Family
National Association of Toy and Leisure Libraries
To heighten public awareness of the importance of play for all children and to support, advise and inform member toy and leisure libraries and user families including disadvantaged and those with special needs
National Association of Toy and Leisure Libraries
Save The children
Long-term development and prevention work to help children, their families and communities to be self-sufficient. We learn from the reality of children's lives and campaign for solutions to the problems they face.
Save The children
The School of Infant Mental Health
Training in all aspects of parent / Infant relationship for professionals and parents who work with under-5s
The School of Infant Mental Health
Best Bear
A service listing recommended childcare agencies near you and offering researched information on all areas of childcare.
Best Bear
ChildcareLink
A national website that helps you find useful information about childcare and holds details of local childminders, nurseries, playgroups and more.
ChildcareLink
Daycare Trust
Runs a helpline for parents with general childcare queries. Their web site contains information on childcare options and details of financial support available to pay for childcare.
Daycare Trust
National Childminding Association
Can provide parents with information to help find and choose a childminder. Offer a range of factsheets designed to inform parents about the different types of childcare on offer and the factors to consider when choosing childcare.
National Childminding Association
BBC Parent's Music Room
The BBC Parents' Music Room is a new web site that encourages all parents, irrespective of their own musical ability, to support their child's musical development at home from the very earliest stages.
BBC Parent's Music Room
Childrens BBC
The national children's BBC website
Childrens BBC
Enchanted Learning
Full of play and educational ideas for you and your children. You can use these ideas to have fun learning together.
Enchanted Learning
Formative Fun
This web site has been designed to assist parents and teachers working with children who are experiencing a difficulty with an area of learning. It also provides a source of educational toys.
Formative Fun
Home Start (UK)
Home-Start is the UK's leading family support organisation for families with children in the 5+ age group. Home-Start volunteers provide emotional and practical support and friendship to families in their own homes. By doing so they represent a lifeline for many families when things are difficult.
Home Start (UK)
National Family and Parenting Institute
The National Family and Parenting Institute (NFPI) is an independent charity working to support parents in bringing up their children, to promote the well being of families and to make society more family friendly.
National Family and Parenting Institute
Action for children
Action for children works to improve the lives of the UK's most vulnerable children and young people
Action for children
One plus one
Working for the well being of couples and their families
One plus one
Family Holiday Association
A national charity dedicated to providing holidays for deprived families
Family Holiday Association
Yahooligans
A safe environment where children can surf, play, learn and also chat in a monitored environment
Yahooligans
Healthy Start
Healthy Start is the new name for the Welfare Food Scheme - instead of milk tokens you will now get Healthy Start vouchers to spend on milk, fresh fruit, fresh vengetables and infant formula. You can also get free vitamin supplements.
You qualify for Healthy Start if you are pregnant or have a child under four yeras AND:
- you or your family get income support, or
- you and your family get income-based Jobsekker's Allowance, or
- you or your family get Child Tax Credit (but not working Tax Credit) and have an annual family income of £14,495 or less (2007/08)
- OR, you're pregnant and under 18 years of age
Institute of Child Health
Through its innovative research and its high-quality training programmes, the Institute of Child Health has created a world-class centre for the study and treatment of childhood disease. Together with Great Ormond Street Hospital, it has made a major contribution to the health and well-being of children and their families worldwide
Institute of Child Health
International Association of Infant Massage
Promotes nurturing touch and communication through training, education and research so that parents, caregivers and children are loved, valued and respected.
International Association of Infant Massage
Kids Teeth
Provides a parent's guide to looking after their children's teeth. It includes some very useful tips on how to encourage regular brushing.
Kids Teeth
NHS Direct
Provides a large database of information about common complaints together with self-help advice. You can also speak to someone 24hours a day via the telephone helpline on 0845 4647.
NHS Direct
Patient UK
Information on health, self help and patient support groups. Also provides a directory of websites and provides NHS information.
Patient UK
The National Asthma Campaign
Provides education and support to people with asthma. They run a helpline staffed by asthma specialist nurses and can put you in touch with local support volunteers.
The National Asthma Campaign
The National Eczema Society
Dedicated to helping people with eczema and their families
The National Eczema Society
Immunisation
Government backed Health site giving concise information about all the immunisations and the reasons why they are recommended.
Immunisation
Gingerbread
A national support organisation for lone parent families in England & Wales
Gingerbread
National Council for one parent families
Providing lone parents with the means to help themselves & their families by offering information and advice, working with communities & developing new solutions to meet changing needs
National Council for one parent families
BBC Parenting
This site provides information from things to play and do, baby learning, childcare, A to Z of support services, child health, hints and tips written by parents for parents and more www.bbc.co.uk/health/parenting
BBC Parenting
Childrens project
Supporting parents in caring for their children
Childrens project
Daycare Trust
Provides a helpline for parents with general childcare queries. Their web site contains information on childcare options and details of financial support available to pay for childcare.
Daycare Trust
Mad Mums
Pregnancy and parenting advice web site, a web based community and discussion forum for parents of all ages and backgrounds
Mad Mums
Parentline Plus
A source of help before a problem becomes a crisis! They provide help and information to anyone looking after a child including parenting courses
Parentline Plus
The School of Infant Mental Health
Training in all aspects of parent / Infant relationship for professionals and parents who work with under-5s
The School of Infant Mental Health
Association of Post Natal Illness
Offers advice and support to women suffering from postnatal depression. This support can include putting you in contact with other women who have previously suffered from postnatal depression
Association of Post Natal Illness
Action on Pre-Eclampsia (APEC)
Aims to raise public and professional awareness of pre-eclampsia, improve care and ease or prevent physical and emotional suffering caused by the condition
Action on Pre-Eclampsia (APEC)
BirthChoice UK
Aimed at pregnant women to help them choose where to give birth. This could mean choosing a hospital, a birth centre, midwifery-led unit or a home birth
BirthChoice UK
National Childbirth Trust
Offering support in childbirth, pregnancy & early parenthood
National Childbirth Trust
Twin & Multiple Births Association
Offers support and information to anyone expecting or caring for twins, triplets or more. Their services include Twinline, a confidential helpline staffed by trained volunteers who are parents of multiples.
Twin & Multiple Births Association
Additional Needs
Provides information, activities and resources for teachers, pupils, parents and others who have an interest in additional needs
Additional Needs
AFASIC
Afasic is the UK charity representing children and young adults with communication impairments, working for their inclusion in society and supporting their parents and carers
AFASIC
Autism Independent UK
Society For The Autistically Handicapped. The Society exists to increase awareness of autism, together with well established and newly developed approaches in the diagnosis, assessment, education and treatment. The main goal is to improve the quality of life for persons with Autism.
Autism Independent UK
Contact a Family
UK charity helping children with special needs &/or disabilities
Contact a Family
Deaf Parenting Project
Set up to improve information and resources for deaf and hard of hearing parents. They also run a thriving Deaf parenting email group that you can join through the web site
Deaf Parenting Project
Disabled Parents Network
Run by disabled parents, their allies and family members, disabled people who would like to be parents in the future and others who are already grandparents. They offer a telephone helpline, a support network across the country and a quarterly newsletter for members.
Disabled Parents Network
High Scope Institute
Promoting a particular teaching method for children with learning difficulties.
High Scope Institute
I CAN
The national educational charity for children with speech and language difficulties.
I CAN
Sense
National charity for children and adults who are both deaf and blind
Sense
