Parenting and Family support

Black Families Education Support Group

Supporting Black families and exploring Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic culture, heritage and identity.

Boloh

| Tel: 0800 151 2605

Boloh is a helpline offering support to adult asylum seekers or a Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic parents or carers.

Bright Start Children's Centres

| Tel: 01225 395400

Bright Start Children’s Centre Services provide opportunities for parents & carers with children aged 0-5 years to come together to share the challenges and joys of parenthood. We offer a range of family activities and family support services to help with all aspects of parenting to make sure every child gets the ‘best start in life’ and they, and their families, thrive.

BSW Maternity Voices Partnership Plus

| Tel: 07775 546 071

Bath & North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire (BSW) Maternity Voices Partnership Plus is a group of volunteer parents and birth workers, midwives, doctors and commissioners. The MVP is a voice for those who use local maternity service and is made up of volunteers who have recently used maternity services. MVP also host various padlets on different topics including Baby & Toddler Groups, Dads and Partners, Perinatal Mental Health and much more.

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS)

| Tel: 0800 023 2133

Bath and North East Somerset CAMHS is a specialist service that helps children and young people who are struggling with a range of different mental health issues.

Children and Young People Domestic Abuse Service

| Tel: 0117 942 4986

Our Children and Young People (CYP) service offers practical and emotional support, information, and education for CYP who are experiencing or have experienced domestic abuse.

Connecting Families

| Tel: 01225 396931

We work with families who have multiple or complex needs and require intensive interventions to help them achieve positive outcomes for themselves. Our aim is to work with you as a family to make a positive difference to your progress.

Define Fine - Parent Peer Support for children with School Attendance Difficulties

| Tel: 07745179999

Define Fine has been created by a small, committed team of parents and professionals who have lived experience of school attendance difficulties   We are a parent/carer-led organisation set up in response to the growing number of children and young people who experience school attendance difficulties. This is sometimes referred to as ‘school refusal’, or emotionally based school avoidance and may be due to unmet Special Educational Needs & Disabilities including physical or mental illness, either suspected or diagnosed, bullying or issues relating to academic pressure, or even the school environment.

Empire Fighting Chance

| Tel: 0117 2442372

Empire Fighting Chance combines non-contact boxing and intensive personal support to challenge and inspire vulnerable young people to realise their true potential. We weave in personal support while young people learn to box, using the sport as a platform to mentor, deliver therapy and offer careers support.

Families Also Matter

| Tel: 01225 329411

We can help to reduce the impact of someone else's drug or alcohol use on their families and friends.