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being a parent

Register a birth

• Cambridgeshire County Council services (This link will open in a new window)
• General Register Office (This link will open in a new window)
  Information about how to register a birth or death in England and Wales

Find local childcare

• Opportunity links (This link will open in a new window)
  Childcare in Cambridgeshire
• Childcare link (This link will open in a new window)
  Government line giving information about childcare options Freephone 0800 096 0296
• Childcare Index (This link will open in a new window)
  Information on pre-school childcare

Parent support

• Gingerbread (This link will open in a new window)
  Support for lone parent families
• Families need fathers (This link will open in a new window)
  Information and support for parents, including unmarried parents of either sex. FNF is chiefly concerned with the problems of maintaining a child's relationship with both parents during and after family breakdown.
• National Council for One Parent Families (This link will open in a new window)
  Runs a free Lone Parent Helpline and produces a range of free booklets on every aspect of one parent family-life, from benefits and tax to housing and childcare. Lone parents can ring 0800 018 5026. Mon-Fri 9.15 to 5.15.
• Parentline Plus (This link will open in a new window)
  Help and information for parents, grandparents, step-parents and foster parents. Helpline 0808 800 2222
• Parents online (This link will open in a new window)
  Advice, activities and reviews of products
• Relate (This link will open in a new window)
  Relationship counselling organisation

Places to visit with children

• IdeasForTheKids.co.uk (This link will open in a new window) is a comprehensive free online source of places to go and things to do with kids in the UK. It is aimed at parents and families (rather than the children themselves) and has over 10,000 child-friendly venues and attractions listed across the UK...over 2,200 of which are in Cambridgeshire and the South East of England.

Advice on bullying

• School bullying (This link will open in a new window)

Help and advice for children, teenagers and young adults

• Childline (This link will open in a new window)- information on health, exams, eating etc
• National Youth Agency (This link will open in a new window)- Advice and contacts
• YouthNet UK (This link will open in a new window)- guide to life for young adults aged 16-25
• BBC (This link will open in a new window)- information and advice for teens
  

Financial affairs

• Department for Work and Pensions (This link will open in a new window)
  Benefits and services for families.