Adoption and Fostering
BAAF - Adoption and Fostering BAAF Adoption and Fostering is an independent organisation and charity, promoting the highest standards of child centred policies and services for children separated from their families of origin.
Fostering We are an independent fostering agency who are passionate about ensuring positive outcomes for children and young people.
Au Pair/Childcare Agencies, Organisations & Recruitment
Au Pair Agency Rainbow Au Pairs both find and place au pairs within the
UK.
AuPairs etc. Au Pairs Etc is a self service employment referral and resource for nanny agencies, in home childcare positions, professional nannies, aupair employment career search, care givers, travel nannies, domestic help and nanny jobs worldwide.
Best Bear Childcare Best Bear Childcare is recommended by WHICH? for its definitive list of recommended childcare agencies and nurseries that pass its rigorous testing criteria. There is a section for parents, for childcarers and for agencies, plus an Ask The Expert section.
Child Care Jobs An online jobsite specialising in nursery and other child care jobs.
Child Care Services Nurseryjobsonly.com provides online child care jobs and nursing jobs search service facilities to all the job seekers looking for jobs in childcare and nurse settings.
Child Nurseries Guide Child Nurseries Guide is a comprehensive guide for childrens nurseries. Find the right nursery for your child.
Child-Daycare-Directory.com Search for accredited daycare centers in your area, learn about accreditation for daycare providers, and shop for quality children's products.
Ebor Nannies Ltd Need care for your children? We will find a carer for your children should you need a Nanny, Mother's Help, Maternity Nanny, Babysitter, daily or live in, full or part-time, permanent or temporary. Jane, the founder and Director of Ebor Nannies is a mother of two with personal experience of employing childcare for own children. Her ethos for the company is to provide a personal service with highest level of professionalism. The children are at the heart of every consideration. Great emphasis is placed in vetting and screening all applicants. Ebor Nannies are a registered body of the Criminal Records Bureau. Of equal importance is to understand exactly from the family the children's needs and those of the family. Getting that right means a long term, happy relationship for all
Emergency Childcare The only organisation in UK that helps parents find backup childcare whenever they need it. This is made possible due to our exclusive relationship with the NCMA/SCMA, with nurseries up and down the country and our collaboration with Tinies Childcare. We also provide corporate childcare solutions for companies – we tailor the service to meet the company’s needs, to provide a back up care solution for ALL their staff. We work with benefits providers, all the leading voucher companies, and HR and payroll departments of all sizes.
Hire A Nanny Features articles that will help you find, interview and hire a nanny.
Little Darlings Nanny Agency, UK Little Darlings is a Nanny Agency supplying Nannies, Maternity nurses, Mothers Help, Equestrian and Domestic Staff. All clients are personally visited to understand their home and life style and all of the nannies are carefully screened and police checks conducted. Support is also provided through contract negotiation and advice on insurance and statutory requirements.
Live In Nanny Canadian nanny placement agency specializing in live-in caregivers, nannies, elderly companions and housekeepers.
Miss Molly Miss Molly is the UK’s only nationwide babysitter database. Whether you are a parent looking for a special someone to look after your children or a babysitter with some time to spare, Miss Molly can help.
Our easy-to-use service gives parents access to detailed profiles of babysitters and child carers in every corner of the country enabling you to find exactly the right person for your family whenever and wherever you want them.
Nanny Directory UK The convenient way to find a nanny or childcare agency anywhere in the UK. There's also lots of useful information as well as tips & advice on various childcare and employment issues in order to help with your
childcare arrangements.
Nanny Net Australia Australia's leading Au-Pair and Nanny agency.
Out of School Care Outofschoolcare.co.uk has been developed as a simple search and booking service for parents looking for children's holiday club providers and summer camps in their area. Book online at the same price as offered by the clubs. We also provide corporate childcare solutions for companies – we tailor the service to meet the company’s needs.
Tinies Childcare, UK, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa Tinies Childcare is the UK's leading chain of childcare agents for parents and child carers. They provide a wide range of services for parents and families who are looking for child care, and for Nannies and Child Carers who are looking for employment.
Child Health, Wellness and Disabilities
Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities This site has been designed to provide information about issues which affect the lives of people with learning disabilities and the work of the Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities. The website, which is the largest site on learning disability issues in the United Kingdom, has also been designed to act as a gateway to some of the other resources on learning disabilities, both in the UK and overseas.
Dr Paul - Children's Health and Wellness Dr Paul Roumeliotis is the paediatrician responsible for the Dr Paul Child Health and Wellness site. dr Paul produces state of the art educational health resources, which are trustworthy, accessible and informative.
Birth Defects Foundation The Birth Defects Foundation (BDF) is a UK based registered charity, founded by parents, doctors and business people in 1991. BDF's mission is to improve child health, aid families and create awareness of these child health challenges.
The Association For Research Into Stammering In Childhood Stammering is a complicated problem which can be very distressing for children and their families. ARSC is a charity that was set up to help, its main aim being to support the specialist speech and language therapy service that is offered at the Michael Palin Centre for Stammering Children in London.
NCH NCH is one of the UK's leading children's charities. NCH improves the lives of the UK's most vulnerable children and young people by offering them diverse, innovative and responsive services and by campaigning for change.
Counselling Services and Psychologists
Alternative Online Counseling Your relationship with others is based on your relationship with yourself. Our services remove what holds you back in your personal and spiritual growth. Get the help you need, right here, right now.
Counselling Directory UK Providing the UK with a huge counselling support network, enabling those in distress to find a counsellor close to them and appropriate for their needs. This is a free, confidential service that will hopefully encourage those in distress to seek help. The website also contains a number of sections on emotional disorders (types of distress section) and provides some useful statistics. Every counsellor on the site who has submitted their profile has either sent a copy of their qualifications and insurance cover to us, or is registered with a professional body online with recognised codes of ethics and practice, this way we can be assured of their professionalism.
Elemaitch Counselling A safe, nonjudgmental environment where you can talk, cry, laugh, feel angry, or do something creative, to enable you to start moving forward in your life. Open to women, children and families. Among the many issues covered are families going through divorce and parenting issues, children and teenagers also dealing with divorce and family issues, and women going through pregnancy.
Karen Lehman, Ph.D. Clinical Psychologist Karen is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist in Santa Barbara,CA. She specializes in issues related to parenting, prenatal preparation, women's issues, and family therapy. Karen would be available to consult or conduct therapy either locally in Santa Barbara, or over the telephone.
Royal Oak Therapy Sheri Noga's reputation has been built on her commitment to her clients as well as honesty, support and goal-focused therapy. Sheri's goal as a therapist is to understand a client's underlying issues and the necessary therapeutic interventions as quickly as possible. She will often give clients feedback and a sense of direction for the therapy by the end of their first session.
Family Issues
Child Suicide A supportive resource for families who have lost a child to suicide. Owned and run by Jan Andersen.
Marriage & Family Therapists The Family & Marriage Counseling Directory provides therapists and marriage counselors in the US, as well as marriage counseling alternatives, articles, books, and live phone counseling.
Relate - Realtionship Counselling Relate is the UK's largest and most experienced relationship counselling organisation. For over 60 years they have been helping people to work through their relationship difficulties and reach their own decisions about the best way forward.
The Adoption Counselor - Brenda McCreight Consulting Brenda provides counseling, consulting, and training to adoptive and foster families and to professionals who are challenged by concerns such as attachment disorder spectrum, cognitive impairments, behavior disorders, fetal alcohol syndrome, post-institutionalization trauma, resolving pre-placement abuse, placement planning, and placement adjustment. Brenda also provides capacity to parent assessments for child protection agencies, for private lawyers, and for the courts.
The Children's Project This project is the first nd only UK publishing company that is 100% dedicated to supporting the family and improved outcomes for children, combining the experience and expertise of parents, health professionals and academics to provide up-to-date information in an easily accessible form.
Grief Resources
Child Suicide A supportive resource for families who have lost a child to suicide. Owned and run by Jan Andersen.
The Compassionate Friends The Compassionate Friends (TCF) is an organisation of bereaved parents and their families offering understanding, support and encouragement to others after the death of a child or children. They also offer support, advice and information to other relatives, friends and professionals who are helping the family.
Infertility Support
Nourish Conception Conditioning Programe Nourish is a natural and healthy way to optimise conditions for a healthy pregnancy. The Satellite Clinic Network and Conception Conditioning treatment programme will help you to prepare both emotionally and physically for conception. If you are preparing for IVF, recovering from a miscarriage, or simply want to try naturally, we can support you.
Fertility Forum - Infertility Help and Information Site. Fertility Forum provides positive information about infertility and fertility issues, giving you the opportunity to explore the experiences of real couples and find options and solutions for the problems you have, or will face, in conceiving children. You can also ask questions and share information in our live chat rooms or on the discussion boards.
Issue -The National Fertility Association A totally confidential and comprehensive service, which includes factsheets, information, support, counselling and literature on infertility and reproductive health.
Helpline: 01922 722888 email: info@issue.co.uk
CHILD - The National Infertility Support Network CHILD is the national infertility support network in the UK. They offer that support in 2 ways, both practically and emotionally. They offer over 40 factsheets on all aspects of infertility, plus other options, a quarterly magazine called CHILDchat, books that can be purchased from CHILD at the same price as in the shops with no postage & packing charges and Medical Advisers who are infertility specialists to whom their members can write for advice. They offer emotional support by way of helplines, manned by people who are members of CHILD and who are happy to share experiences and information with others, local support groups wherever someone is kind enough to volunteer to run one and local telephone contacts. They also run regional information days for patients, as well as co-organising the recent National Infertility Day. CHILD has Regional offices as well as a head office. Membership is not a prerequisite for their assistance.
Telephone: 01424 732361 Facsimile: 01424 731858
E-Mail: office@child.org.uk
Mother and Baby Clubs
Huggies Mother and Baby Club By registering as a member with the Huggies' Club, you'll be able to chat on-line with other parents, ask the experts, find out where to go and what to do in your area, take advantage of special offers and find out about the things that really matter to you, your baby and your family.
Tesco's Baby and Toddler Clubs It costs you nothing to join either Baby Club or Toddler Club. By becoming a member you will be entitled to many benefits, including: saving up to £150 on a whole range of baby or toddler essentials, special treats and exclusive offers and receiving free magazines focusing on the key stages of pregnancy, childbirth and your child's development, packed with advice from experts.
Bounty When you join bounty.com you become part of a large community designed to keep you informed of the most important information and offers available to you as a parent.
Sainsbury's LittleOnes Designed especially for you and your children under five, it's packed with terrific offers, fresh food ideas and savings on products from Sainsbury's.
Tumble Tots Tumble Tots, the leading active physical play concept for pre-school children was first introduced in 1979 by ex-national Olympic Gymnastics Coach, Bill Cosgrave. Designed to develop children's physical skills of agility, balance, co-ordination and climbing through the use of brightly coloured Tumble Tots equipment. The programme is structured to develop children's positive personality traits including confidence and self-esteem. Each 45-minute weekly session is led by trained staff and is structured according to the different ages and stages of a child's development. Tumble Tots has more than 450 centres in the UK and over 60,000 members. Since its inception in 1979, close to a million children worldwide have benefited from the Tumble Tots programme.
Heinz Baby Club Heinz Baby Online offers a vast range of nutritional and product information to help your baby grow into a healthy child.
New Mum Support
Happy Mums Happy Mums was set up by Emma McCulloch. Emma has two children and after having an emergency caesarean section with her second child she would have loved some extra help around the home. Emma found that due to not being able to drive or do heavy housework her home wasn't to the standard she liked and not running as smoothly as it was before the birth. It was during this time that she decided that she should help other mums who are in a similar situation and thats how she came up with the idea of Happy Mums.
Newsletters, Community and Discussion Groups
Nanny's Notes Nanny's Notes is a free weekly email newsletter with short items of interest to parents or grandparents of infants and young children to age eight. Topics include safety, health, education, crafts, books, toys, web sites for kids, and resource sites for parents.
Ourselves The Newsletter for Women at the Center of Life. OurSelves helps women navigate and embrace midlife during this extraordinary
time in history.
Pregnancy Complications
APEC - Action on Pre-Eclampsia Action on Pre-eclampsia (APEC) is a UK charity set up in 1991 to ease and prevent suffering from pre-eclampsia and improve care and understanding of the condition.
Ectopic Pregnancy Trust The aim of the Trust is to raise awareness of ectopic pregnancy amongst health professionals, all women of childbearing age and the general public, to campaign for improvement in diagnosis and management, to research causes, treatment and prevention and to provide support and information to those affected by this condition.
Pregnancy and Childbirth
Active Birth Centre Helping you to you can make informed choices, and gain the confidence to be actively in charge of your pregnancy, birth and early parenting.
ARC ARC is the only national charity that provides non-directive support and information to parents throughout the antenatal testing process. Their role is to help parents arrive at the most appropriate decision for them in the context of their family life. ARC offers information and support to parents who are making decisions during the antenatal testing process and those who are told that their unborn baby has an abnormality and are having to make difficult decisions about continuing the pregnancy.
Home Birth Reference Site The aim of this site is not to persuade you to choose home birth, but to provide information about home birth, for parents who think that it might be the right choice for them, and for health professionals looking for facts and ideas. Includes a wonerful section for older mothers.
DNA Help Organisation DNA Help Organisation is a leading independent advice agency, specializing in advice on DNA testing. With many DNA testing companies available over the internet -some bogus - individuals can now research amd ask DNA related questions through this website. Parents even contemplating taking a DNA test can use this organisation as a source of reference before opting for this procedure.
Contact La Leche League Our aim as an international charity is to help mothers to breastfeed through mother-to-mother support, encouragement, information and education. We also aim to promote a better understanding of breastfeeding as an important element in the healthy development of the baby and mother.
La Leche League Leaders are accredited breastfeeding counsellors who take helping calls and lead monthly breastfeeding support groups throughout the country (and worldwide).
The National helpline 0845 120 2918 connects you directly to your nearest counsellor, who can offer support and information and details of local support meetings.
Post Natal Depression Support
Post Natal Depression Support Association South Africa PNDSA (Post-Natal Depression Support Association of South Africa) is a non-profit-making association started by a group of health professionals and women who have recovered from Postnatal Depression. The association is dedicated to supporting other women who may be going through the same experience and to making it easier for them to find help.
Veritee's Post Natal Depression Site This site provides you a comprehensive list of links to sites of help to PND sufferers, together with an online forum, personal stories and recommended books.
Beyond The Baby Blues This award-winning website is intended to be used as a resource for sufferers who are looking for help or information on PND. The Discussion Forum also gives sufferers the chance to see that they are not alone and the opportunity to share their experience with others which can be of enormous benefit.
Women's Health
Women's Health Information This site has information for women and their partners regarding pregnancy choices, complications and investigations, in addition to some information on common gynaecological conditions. Very comprehensive links.
BBC Health A one-stop shop for all your queries about being a woman and enjoying it! Fitness and food will have you up and running. Rest easy by understanding the blues. Or simply be informed about sexual health. And there's more...
