| Organisation-National | What it does | Website |
| Family Lives | providing advice and support to children and families online, over the phone, and face-to-face. | https://www.familylives.org.uk/ |
| Family Lives Parentchannel.tv: | videos of parents talking about real life issues that affect families and solutions that could help | Parentchannel.tv https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpGvO-Wj0EcEZpM5luobs1g |
| Young Minds | information and support (including a helpline) for parents/carers worried about their child’s behaviour or mental health | https://youngminds.org.uk/find-help/for-parents/ |
| Gingerbread: | advice and practical support (including a helpline) for single parents | https://www.gingerbread.org.uk/ |
| Change4Life | useful tips and advice to help your family can become healthier and more active | https://www.nhs.uk/change4life |
| GOV.UK | the place to find government services and information (replacing Directgov and Business Link) for all childcare related services, including child benefit, disabled people, childcare and parenting. | https://www.gov.uk/browse/childcare-parenting |
| NSPCC: | organisation whose vision is to end cruelty to children. They run a range of services for both children and adults and they work with local communities. | https://www.nspcc.org.uk/ |
| NSPCC Underwear Rule | help protect children from abuse. Download the guides for children, parents and foster carers. | https://www.nspcc.org.uk/preventing-abuse/keeping-children-safe/underwear-rule/ |
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| A Better Start Southend | provides programmes for parents from work skills and industry visits for job-seeking parents to tailored Let’s Talk sessions for babies and young children. | https://abetterstartsouthend.co.uk/ |
| Livewell Southend | provides parents and carers with services, information, and guidance around many aspects of family life, such as childcare, Children centres, activities, SEND Local offer, Family services, Money Matters, Education, training and employment, and Health. | www.livewellsouthend.com
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| Southend Children’s centre | The core purpose of Children’s Centres is to improve outcomes for young children and their families and reduce inequalities between families in greatest need and their peers in: -child development and school readiness -parenting aspirations and parenting skills -child and family health and life chances The services are designed to meet the local needs of children and their families, with a particular emphasis on user involvement, volunteering, outreach services and targeting vulnerable and hard to reach families. The Children Centres are designed using the Early Years Foundation Stages (EYFS) with opportunities for early education through exploration and play readily available. | https://www.family-action.org.uk/what-we-do/early-years/childrens-centres__trashed/ |
