Parent Support + Information

"Time Out For Special Needs": FREE course in Ware: Information(67KB)

Volunteer Centre - Broxbourne & East Herts: Information(101KB)

Family Support Co-ordinators for WAVES area! Click for Information1 (653KB) Information2 (1.98MB)

Spring edition of HAND News, our eNewsletter containing news and information for parents and carers of children with additional needs and disabilities, has now been published and can be viewed at http://handnews.hertscc.gov.uk

Free courses for parents from Natural Flair

Raising Kids in 21st Century: Information (1.32MB)

Understanding Teens: Information (1.51MB)

First Aid for families - basic 1/2 day course: Information (116KB)

Ash Valley Children's Centre: January - April 2011: Programme (347KB)

Struggling with Debt? Brochure (383KB)
FREE debt counselling for everyone from an award winning charity (896KB)

Silver Birches Children's Centre: April - July, 2011 Programme (319KB)

Time out from Anger - FREE course for Parents/Carers - Silver Birches Children's Centre, St. Catherine's School - Jan/Feb: Information (250KB)

Dads, Lads and Little Ladies - New club - Launch Programme (180KB)

"Happy Days" After School Club based at Pinewood School - open to pupils from other schools: Information flier (1.1MB)

OCD: Carers' Group (484KB); Sufferers' Group (84KB)

Transition booklet - Primary to Secondary School: Big School (1.3MB)

Dads / Fathers / Male Carers - this is for you!!!! Information (3.6MB)

CHIPS & ChatSS Forum – For Parents and Carers of Children with Additional Needs

Job forum for young people with disabilities 16 -25yrs: Information (704KB) Booking form (52KB)

Free Speech and Language drop in group for parents and children under 5: Information (172KB)

Course for parents of year 7 starters - September: Information (76KB)

Parenting Club at The Chauncy: Information (36KB) Contact information in box below.

Grandparents - a website for you!! Be Grand (422KB)

Hertsavers Credit Union: Information (172KB)

Parentline open 24/7: tel. 0808 800 2222 (free from landlines and most mobiles.

Hertfordshire Family Services Directory

Tax Credits - Hertfordshire information

Childcare information?? Go to Direct.Gov Information Service

Useful Information for Parents and Teenagers Information(54KB)

New PCT Health Staff:

Information for Parents (141KB) Information for Staff (152KB)

Parent Support Group (ADHD / ASD) Information(52KB)

Affected by alcohol?? Family Matters (151KB)

Short of money?? Credit Crunch websites (35KB)

Courses:

Summary of Events:

Bishop's Stortford Area: He Started It! (88KB); Living with Teens (96KB); Raising Under 5s (128KB);
Parenting Puzzle (172KB) (The Family Links Nurturing Programme); Time Out From Anger (132KB)

Buntingford Area: Pre-Teens(116KB)

Hertford Area: 'Work it Out' (52KB) workshops (creche information to be confirmed, poster pending)
Confident Parent, Confident Family(52KB) (venue to be confirmed, poster pending)

Ware Area: Raising Confident Children (100KB)

Watton-at-Stone area: Self Esteem for Teens(120KB); Self Esteem for 3 - 11 (96KB)

Courses for parents/carers - East Hertfordshire(457KB)

Courses for parents/carers - Broxbourne(283KB)

Courses for parents/carers - all over Hertfordshire!

School Admissions - go to News page for more information.

Parentline (a national charity for parents):

Launch of i-parent (110KB)

Parentline Plus partners with Bounty (78KB)

What about Dads? (63KB)

Recession (66KB)

Parents as children's role models (72KB)

Terminal Illness and Death : talking to kids about it (49KB)

Partner in Prison? (237KB)

Recession Challenges for Parents (75KB)

Aggressive Children - briefing (296KB)

A number of consortium members hold events from time to time including transition from Primary to Secondary Schools. There are also sometimes courses in neighbouring consortia venues.

Course	Venue	Date	Cost	Contact
Well being group (71KB) Please come and talk about your feelings and behaviour around food. Listen with others who share similar feelings and experiences. Our self-help therapeutic group relieves us from our inner-turmoil, restoring harmony and “Well-Being".	The Orchard Room, Peartree School, Peartree Lane, WGC, Herts. AL7 3XW	Thursday 1.30pm to 3.00pm every week		Contact Denise 07933 686260
"Saturdads"(271KB) For male parents/carers	Hoddesdon Methodist Church Middlefield Road Hoddesdon EN11 8BD £ 1.50 per family	Saturdays from 10.00am – 12 noon	£1.50	Contact for more information 0844 800 9880
Cherubs Parent Support Group (359KB)	Windhill Children's Centre, Bishop's Stortford, CM23 2NE	One Tuesday per month 7 - 9pm		Hayley 07960 281 868
Chauncy School Parenting Club (32KB) For parents/carers of children at ANY school	The Chauncy School, Park Road, Ware, SG12 0DP	Five Tuesdays per term 7 - 9pm.	Free	Rosemary Hutchinson 01920 411200 rosemary.hutchinson @chauncy.herts.sch.uk

Help for single parents who want to work:

Hertfordshire County Council can help Poster (50KB)

What's on at Ware Library?? Poster (44KB)

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