Helpful Web Addresses
These are links to some organisations that you may find helpful.
General advice and support for anybody who needs it. They cover topics such as basic rights at work, benefits and tax credits for people in work, rights of the police, environmental issues, disability discrimination and many more….
https://www.gov.uk/contact-jobcentre-plus
Job advice/job queries. Claims for jobseekers allowance. Adviser interviews for unemployed clients. Wide range of programmes.
Help with tax credits.
Applying for a school place in Cambridgeshire.
Find a wealth of information on this Cambridgeshire County Council website, including the Family Information Directory. It has information about early years, primary and secondary schools also.
Help identifies benefits you may be entitled to and calculating the benefits.
A great many free second hand household items.
General information covering families.
Home Start support families as they learn to cope with what life throws at them and helps to improve their confidence and build better lives for their children. Volunteers visit the family home for a couple of hours every week and tailor make their support to the needs of the parents and children.
Information and support for families with children who have special needs and disabilities.
Portage is a home-visiting educational service for pre-school children with additional support needs and their families.
https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/family/how-to-separate1/deciding-what-to-do-when-you-separate/
Advice and support for dealing with separation.
https://www.gov.uk/child-car-seats-the-rules
Information on car safety.
https://capt.org.uk/csw-road-safety/
Fun activities to do with your children to promote safety.
OFSTED
Ofsted is the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills. They inspect and regulate services such as ours.
Specialised advice
Support and advice about communication, language, literacy and maths. It contains a great many activities that you can do with your children to help them learn.
https://speechandlanguage.org.uk/information-and-support/
Working together to support everyone who works with children and young people in England to support their speech, language and communication.
A wealth of information about the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS).
http://www.nutritionist-resource.org.uk/articles/infants-preschool.html
Advice for a range of situations including breastfeeding, bottle feeding, introducing solids, teething and fussy eating!
Learn Together Series: This series of leaflets aims to help parents understand children’s development, play an active part in their learning & enjoy the time you spend with them.
Birth To 5 Matters – Guidance by the sector, for the sector
Birth to 5 Matters supports early years settings in all their statutory responsibilities within the EYFS areas of learning and development and educational programmes, and to help children make progress toward the Early Learning Goals (ELGs).
Bite size pieces of information for families with children from 4+ years.
https://www.cpft.nhs.uk/speech-and-language-therapy-children/
The aim of this service is to provide comprehensive packages of care for children and young people up to school leaving date who have difficulties with speech, language, communication and/or swallowing.
Digital parenting and online safety...advice can be found here.
Ofsted inspect services providing education and skills for learners of all ages. They also inspect and regulate services that care for children and young people.
Transport
Local bus service.
http://www.fenland.gov.uk/transport
Provides help with transport for people who are unable to use conventional public transport.
What’s on in the area?
Provides information about upcoming events in Parson Drove and surrounding villages.
Educational fun for children
www.oxfordowl.co.uk/home/reading/for-home/maths-owl/fun-activities
Fun with maths!
www.oxfordowl.co.uk/home/reading-site/expert-help/phonics-made-easy
Fun with letters and sounds!
Worried about a child?
Abuse is one of the very worst things that can ever happen to a child but it's not always easy to pick up the signs, and a child might not even know that what's happening is wrong.
It's vital to know what to do if a child ever reveals that they are being abused. By being prepared, and knowing what help is available, you can make a real difference to a child's safety and well-being.
Information on domestic abuse .
National domestic violence helpline 08082000247
https://www.nspcc.org.uk/preventing-abuse/keeping-children-safe/underwear-rule/
Talking to children about staying safe from sexual abuse is easy with NSPCC's PANTS activity pack.
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