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A-Z Links…

Barnardo’s: whatever the issue – from drug misuse to disability; youth crime to mental health; sexual abuse to domestic violence; poverty to homelessness; Barnardo’s can bring out the best in every child. www.barnardos.org.uk/index.htm

Care for the Family: visit this website for useful articles and information for all families, and to sign up to the free e-newsletter. Care for the family also runs projects for single parents, step families and parents with special needs families, as well as projects for bereaved parents and bereaved partners. Each of these projects has its own e-newsletter. The website also has details  about Care for the Family’s nationwide seminar programme of talks for parents. www.careforthefamily.org.uk

The Centre for Studies on Inclusive Education (CSIE) is an independent centre, set up in 1982, actively supporting inclusive education as a basic human right of every child.  The Centre is funded by charitable donations, with additional income from sale of publications and small grants for research or other projects.  CSIE’s work is driven by a commitment to overcome barriers to learning and participation for all children and young people. Key activities include lobbying and campaigning, research, training, consultancy and dissemination of information.  For more information please see www.csie.org.uk.

Child Obesity and other Weighty Issues blog is owned by Judith Manson, the author of Child Obesity – A Parent’s Guide.  www.happyweightchildren.blogspot.com

The Department for Children, Schools and Families: www.dcsf.gov.uk

The Disabilities Trust is a leading national charity providing quality care, rehabilitation and support for people with physical disabilities, autism (including education), acquired brain injury and learning disabilities. They offer a range of purpose-built accommodation, community-based housing and other services – all aimed at improving quality of life for people with complex disabilities. www.disabilities-trust.org.uk/index.asp

DrugScope is a leading drug policy and information charity and the national membership organisation for the drug sector.  You can find out more about their work by visiting the website. www.drugscope.org.uk

The Dyspraxia Foundation is a countrywide charity, founded in 1987 as the Dyspraxia Trust by two mothers who met at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children. After being told that their children had dyspraxia, they were astonished and dismayed to discover that no facilities existed to help or inform parents and children with the condition. They decided to form their own group to help others to help themselves. www.dyspraxiafoundation.org.uk

The Fostering Network is the UK’s leading charity for everyone with a personal or professional involvement in fostering. They improve the lives of children in care by campaigning for a better foster care service and by directly supporting foster carers. They have a membership of more than 60,000 foster carers as well as almost all local authorities across the UK. www.fostering.net

Gabbitas Education: established in 1873, Gabbitas is one of the UK’s leading educational consultancies offering advice and support in all aspects of independent education. www.gabbitas.co.uk

La Leche League GB: you are expecting a baby and want to know more about breastfeeding. You are already breastfeeding and want help with challenges. You need information on starting solids or weaning. You want to meet other breastfeeding mums to share support and experiences. You are interested in reading more about breastfeeding, birth and parenting. You are a health professional interested in learning more about breastfeeding. You want to find out about peer counselling programmes. You want to help other breastfeeding mothers. Visit www.laleche.org.uk.

Lactation Consultants of Great Britain (LCGB) are International Board Certified Lactation Consultants, (IBCLC) and support breastfeeding families in a variety of situations. Many of them are employed in the health care system as midwives, neonatal nurses or health visitors. Others work as breastfeeding counsellors in the voluntary breastfeeding organisations. Some are in specialist hospital or community posts such as Infant Feeding Advisers or Breastfeeding Co-ordinators and a number of IBCLCs work in private practice. www.lcgb.org

Narcotics Anonymous. www.ukna.org

National Association for Children of Alcoholics (Nacoa): there are almost a million children living with an alcohol-dependent parent(s) in the UK today, many of them hiding their problems, living in fear and without support. Nacoa was founded to provide information, advice and support for these vulnerable children and people concerned for their welfare. They do this through their free confidential helpline. Call for help on 0800 358 3456 or email helpline@nacoa.org.uk. www.nacoa.org.uk

National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) is the independent organisation responsible for providing national guidance on the promotion of good health and the prevention and treatment of ill health. For the latest national guidance on all health matters, visit www.nice.org.uk

Parent Lifeline offers emotional support and understanding to parents under stress of any kind, whatever the ages of their children. Parent Lifeline is not just a helpline for times of crisis, but for any time that a mother or father feels the need for someone to turn to and talk things over with a sympathetic listener. They believe that asking for help is a sign of responsibility, not a mark of failure. Parent Lifeline can often suggest further avenues of help if the caller wishes. Callers may wish to remain anonymous. www.parentlifeline.org.uk/home

St James’ Priory Project: Drug & Alcohol Addiction Treatment - St James’ Priory Project provides abstinence based support and treatment for people with a substance dependency. Walsingham House is a ‘first stage’ residential rehab service for up to 14 people and includes an integrated Dual Diagnosis programme. Treatment lasts 12 weeks. St James’ House is a ‘third stage’ supported accommodation provision for 10 people who are in recovery from addiction. Clients can stay up to 24 months. www.stjamesprioryproject.org.uk

UK Drug Rehab: if you think you have a drug or alcohol problem, and you want to do something about it, the National Addiction Treatment & Rehabilitation Directory contains the contact information needed to start the process. www.uk-rehab.com

Voice is committed to achieving change for children and young people in the care system by: empowering children and young people in care to speak out for changes in their lives; campaigning for improvements to the lives of children and young people in care; supporting the active participation of children and young people in their services and campaigning work. www.voiceyp.org

Weight Loss Resources offers a safe, reliable and evidence-based weight management service with hundreds of pages of free content available online. www.weightlossresources.co.uk

Wikipedia Article: this is Need2Know’a article.  www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Need2know

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