Advice resources

Organisations and services offering advice on a wide range of issues.

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Counselling Directory

If you're in need of support, search the Counselling Directory's network to be connected with a professional counsellor or psychotherapist.

Eaves

Eaves is a London-based charity that provides high quality housing and support to vulnerable women. It also carries out research, advocacy and campaigning to prevent all forms of violence against women.

Victim support

The national charity giving free and confidential help to victims of crime, witnesses, their family, friends and anyone else affected across England and Wales. It also speaks out as a national voice for victims and witnesses and campaigns for change.

Family Lives

Family Lives is a charity with over three decades of experience helping parents to deal with the changes that are a constant part of family life.

Family Rights Group

The Family Rights Group advises families in England and Wales whose children are involved with or need children’s services because of welfare needs or concerns.

Parentline Plus

A national charity that works for, and with, parents. It works to offer help and support through an innovative range of free, flexible, responsive services.

Relate

Counselling, support and information for all relationships.

Wandsworth Little Feet

Wandsworth Little Feet is a one-stop shop for mums and dads containing up-to-date information on pregnancy, breastfeeding and weaning.

General advice for professionals

National Council for Voluntary Youth Services

NCVYS offers products and services designed to help the youth sector: Safeguarding, Strategy, Planning and more.

General advice for young people

Justin Craig Education

A Level results day: Guidance for AS students.

General children's groups and charities

Barnardo's

Barnardo's runs "over 800 UK projects that transform the lives of more than 190,000 children and young people every year."

British Red Cross

An emergency response group.

Childline

Free national helpline for young people, with confidential advice on all sorts of problems. Telephone 0800 1111.

Children's Rights Alliance

CRAE protects the human rights of children by lobbying government and others who hold power, by bringing or supporting test cases and by using regional and international human rights mechanisms.

Children's Society

Help for disadvantaged children.

Family Lives

Family Lives's free service Parentline is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. You can call it about any family issue, big or small, or email or chat online with a parent support worker. Family Lives also runs face-to-groups throughout England and works in schools, GP surgeries and prisons.

NSPCC

The NSPCC's vision is to end cruelty to children in the UK. It campaigns to change the law, provides ChildLine and the NSPCC helpline service, offers advice for adults, and much more.

Save the Children UK

Save the Children works in 120 countries. It  says "We save children’s lives. We fight for their rights. We help them fulfil their potential."

The National Children's Bureau (NCB)

The National Children's Bureau (NCB) is a leading children's charity that for 50 years has been improving the lives of children and young people, especially the most vulnerable.

Cafcass

Cafcass looks after the interests of children involved in family proceedings. It works with children and their families, and then advises the courts on what it considers to be in the best interests of individual children.

Coram Children's Legal Centre

Coram Children’s Legal Centre, part of the Coram group of charities, specialises in law and policy affecting children and young people.

Guide to child car seats - the law

Knowledge of child car seats is essential for any parent or guardian. This Direct Line guide gives information on the law surrounding this topic.

Law and Parents

This site aims to assist you in finding the right legal information to all of your parental issues.