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Family information links

Useful organisations and resources for families*

Informal childcare/home learning
The Grandparents Assocation	www.grandparents-association.org.uk
Early Home Learning Matters	www.earlyhomelearning.org.uk/parents

General parenting
Family Information Services	Find your FIS
Families in the Foundation Years	www.foundationyears.org.uk/parents
Parents Direct	www.direct.gov.uk/parents
Netmums	www.netmums.co.uk
Gingerbread	www.gingerbread.org.uk
Working Families	www.workingfamilies.org.uk
Working Mums	www.workingmums.co.uk
Fatherhood Institute	www.fatherhoodinstitute.org
4Children	www.4children.org.uk

Disability
Contact a Family	www.cafamily.org.uk
Disabled Parents Network	www.disabledparentsnetwork.org.uk
KIDS	www.kids.org.uk

Paying for childcare and other financial support
Paying for childcare website	www.payingforchildcare.org.uk
HMRC	www.hmrc.gov.uk/childcare
Student Finance	www.direct.gov.uk/studentfinance
Shelter -housing and debt advice	england.shelter.org.uk/get_advice/debt_and_arrears
The Money Advice Service	moneyadviceservice.org.uk/parents/

Childcare information in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Scottish Childcare	www.scottishchildcare.gov.uk
N. Ireland Directgov	www.nidirect.gov.uk/parents

*Through providing this information, Daycare Trust is not endorsing or agreeing with the content of other organisations' websites. Information is purely provided for general interest and promotion of others' work and services.