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ACHUKA Children's Books, UK
- Offering blog, chat, events, features and shopping.
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Annabel Karmel
- Best-selling child nutrition expert offers a comprehensive guide to feeding babies and toddlers, with recipes, advice, articles and a forum.
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Ask a Mum
- Online home of two leading pregnancy and parenting magazines, offering forums, polls and articles from experts.
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Associated Shared Parenting
- Registered charity whose work involves giving support and advice to fathers and mothers who are worried about the welfare of their children after a separation or divorce.
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Bare Facts
- The BBC provides a library of resources for parents covering sex and relationships education in the family and at school.
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BBC Parenting
- Offers articles and advice on all aspects of parenting, from pregnancy to empty nest syndrome, including sections on parenting teenagers and managing a work-life balance.
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Bubbalicious
- Provides a community and help and advice for young parents and parents-to-be.
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Change a Nappy
- Offering a directory of categorised baby links.
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Child Maintenance Options
- Provides free and impartial information and support to help both parents make informed choices about child maintenance in the event of a separation.
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Custody Minefield
- Features a wealth of free guides, information sheets and downloadable resources to support parents, grandparents and step parents in England and Wales who are involved in a child custody process.
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Dad.info
- Ezine and portal for fathers, with articles, news and shopping.
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Disabled Parents Network
- National organisation of and for disabled people who are parents or who hope to become parents; includes news and list of publications.
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Dorothy Boswell - Parenting-Coaching.com
- Offers parenting classes and courses, and coaching (including by telephone or Skype); includes a profile, details of her services, a collection of her articles, and contacts.
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Equal Rights for Separated Dads
- Featuring articles and advice for separated fathers in the UK.
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Families Need Fathers
- Consists of resources, documents and news articles dealing with issues and problems about fatherhood.
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Family and Parenting Institute
- Aims to use research into family and parenting issues to lobby policy makers on behalf of the UK's parents. Includes details of current events and campaigns, plus news and a publications list.
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Family Rights Group
- Advises parents and other family members whose children are involved with or require social care services.
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Fatherhood Institute
- UK's fatherhood think-tank and a resource for fathers with articles, news, training and research.
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For Parents, By Parents
- Contains parenting articles, message boards, competitions and links to local groups.
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FQ Magazine
- Promotes this UK magazine for Dads and Dads-to-be. Includes subscription information, articles and forum.
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Got A Teenager
- Resources for those parenting teens, including message boards, interactive how-to modules, videos and social networking functions.
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Home Start
- National charity offering practical support to families with young children across the UK. Includes information on being a home visiting volunteer.
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HomeDad
- Presenting forums for discussion of fatherhood and related issues.
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iVillage UK: Parenting
- Channel featuring parenting news, advice and articles for all stages and types of families.
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Just Parents
- Provides parenting forums as well as articles and reviews.
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Kids and Media
- Non profit organisation which aims to assist parents in understanding and monitoring their children's use of digital media including video games, the internet and mobile phones.
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MAHM - Mothers at Home Matter
- Works to represent and support mothers who want to be at home to bring up their children; includes news, campaigns, and contacts.
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MATCH
- Non-judgemental emotional support for all mothers living apart from their children.
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Meet a Mum Association
- Charitable organization registered in UK, dedicated to providing friendship and support to mothers and expectant mothers.
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Money for Mums
- Provides a financial guide for new and expectant parents, covering benefits, maternity leave and investments, with handy calculation tools.
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Mothers 35 Plus
- Presents an active forum for older mothers plus articles, advice and features.
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Motivating Mum
- Offering support, advice and community features for Mums working from home.
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Mumpreneurs Networking Club
- Networking organisation specifically for Mums who run their own home business. Includes membership information and event listings.
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Mums Room
- A UK based discussion forum for mothers offering chat, parenting tips and announcements.
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Mumsnet
- Community for Mums with practical parenting advice and product reviews.
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My Drawings
- Free to use tool which allows parents to scan and upload their children's artwork and to share with others, to keep private, as they wish.
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National Association of Child Contact Centres
- Information on contact centres, a safe, neutral place where children of separated families can spend time with one or both parents.
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National Association of Family Information Services (NAFIS)
- Supports and promotes Family/Childcare Information Services across England, Wales and Scotland. Includes a directory of local services, news, and contacts.
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National Evaluation of Sure Start (NESS)
- A guide to an ongoing programme of evaluation of Sure Start Centres and their impact, with reports, resources, and contacts.
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National Society for Children and Family Contact
- Believes that the needs of children and society best served where children benefit from the love and support of both parents even after separation or divorce. They offer estranged parents a 24/7 helpline service, with an added service for men suffering Domestic Violence.
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The Parent Connection
- Provides compassionate advice for parents who are concerned about their marriage or are in the process of separation or divorce, with an emphasis on helping parents to ensure positive outcomes for their children.
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Parent Network Scotland
- Aims to support parents to bring up confident, happy and co-operative children; provides a guide to their courses and facilitators, with contacts and resources.
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Parent Port
- Government backed site which aims to make it easier for parents to report media content which is unsuitable for children.
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Parentchannel.tv
- Provides a collection of videos to support and encourage parents and carers of children aged 5-19, addressing day-to-day questions and concerns.
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Parenting Across Scotland
- Partnership of adult relationship organisations and children’s charities across Scotland. Includes a resource database and information on publications.
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Parenting UK
- National membership body for organisations and individuals who work with parents. Features details of the services, training and funding available.
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Parentline Plus
- National charity offering help and support to parents, including a 24 hour help line. Features message boards and articles, plus a section dedicated to parenting teenagers.
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Parents' Forum
- Holds regular meetings and debates for independently minded parents.
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Parents Outloud
- A news and information portal for parents of school age children; includes interactive resources.
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Positive Parenting Publications and Programmes
- Formed to provide support to parents through courses and information, and provide training for the parenting workforce. Includes details of their regional hubs, courses and manuals, and contacts.
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Practical Parent
- Provides a forum for parenting advice plus a variety of tips and articles for coping with demanding situations.
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Raising Kids
- Presents a wealth of articles and features on all aspects of parenting, with advice, competitions and an active forum.
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Relate
- Relate offers advice, relationship counselling, sex therapy, workshops, mediation, consultations and support .
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Rethinking Childhood
- Official website of Tim Gill, a leading thinker on childhood and advocate for change. Includes a profile, and details of his writing, research, and consultancy focused on children’s play and free time.
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Shout out for a Sure Start
- A campaign to preserve the Sure Start provision and prevent closures of centres; includes news, materials, and how to get involved.
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Sofeminine Parenting
- Features articles and advice on parenting including pregnancy, breast-feeding, and conception.
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Supernanny
- Official site of this TV show, offering plenty of parenting advice, community features and articles as well as show clips.
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Sure Start Centres
- A guide to the network of centres across England, that provide advice and support for parents and carers from pregnancy through to school age. Includes a tool to find your local centre.
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Talk To Your Baby
- The National Literacy Trust provides a comprehensive collection of resources to encourage and support talking to young children and its benefits.
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UK Deed Poll
- Information on parental responsibility issues when changing a child's name in England and Wales.
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