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Family Services Directory
Liverpool Family Services Directory is an online directory, that allows you to search for any services available to children, young people, families and professionals.
You can search quickly and simply, accessing the information via Google technology. The aim of the Family Services Directory is to provide as comprehensive and accurate picture of services as possible including:
- Health
- Parenting
- Childcare
- Education and Learning
- Housing
- Financial
Click here to view the Family Services Directory
Liverpool Charity and Voluntary Services (LCVS)
The purpose of LCVS is to promote, support and develop charitable giving and effective voluntary action in Liverpool and its vicinity. They offer information, advice and training to help the development of your organisation, supporting trustees, managers, staff and volunteers. A wide range of training courses are available, and bespoke events can also be offered through their In-House training service. Other training providers are also listed on their website.
Click here to view the LCVS website
Liverpool Community Network (LCN)
Liverpool Charity and Voluntary Services enables third sector organisations to be well represented through Liverpool Community Network.
Their mission is to support and promote partnership working between Liverpool's voluntary, community and faith sectors and the member organisations of Liverpool First. By working in partnership, Liverpool Community Network (LCN), is succeeding in:
- Informing communities about issues that matter to them
- Influencing public agencies in the design and delivery of better services
- Improving quality of life through representation and participation
Liverpool Community Network welcomes all voluntary, community and faith groups and organisations and is free to join.
Click here to view the LCN website
Merseyside Expanding Horizons (MEH)
MEH is an organisation that specialises in tackling social inclusion.
We work across Merseyside and deliver a range of projects in partnership with others. These include, provision of information on social inclusion, projects which support individuals into training and employment, small grants to community and voluntary organisations working with excluded groups, customised support to those organisations, and grants for social enterprise development.
Click here to view the MEH website
The Family and Parenting Institute
The Family and Parenting Institute is the leading centre of expertise on families and parenting in the UK. Families, in all their diversity, form the basis of our society and the foundation for the future. Our mission is to support them in bringing up children.
Click here to view The Family and Parenting Institute website
National Academy for Parenting Practitioners (NAPP)
The National Academy for Parenting Practitioners uniquely links research, training, practical support and information to provide objective, evidence based advice for those who work with parents.
Click here to view the NAPP website
Children England
Children England is the leading membership organisation for the children, young people and families voluntary sector. Our mission is: "To create a fairer world for children, young people and families by championing the voluntary organisations which work on their behalf."
We seek to achieve this by:
- Providing a range of practical resources to our members including training, events and a high quality information service which includes e-mail news bulletins, policy briefings and our quarterly magazine Outlook
- Promoting good practice including by bringing members together to support each other and take collective action
- Stimulating policy debate on the issues which matter most to our members
- Lobbying and influencing central and regional government, local authorities and decision makers on the issues that matter most to our members, using the knowledge and experience of our members.
Click here to view the Children England website
Grandparents Plus
Grandparents Plus is the national charity which champions the vital role of grandparents and the wider family in children's lives - especially when they take on the caring role in difficult family circumstances.
Click here to view the Grandparents Plus website
DfES. Every Child Matters. Change for Children.
'The Government is asking local authorities to develop a strategic approach to the design and delivery of parenting support services, identifying a single commissioner of parenting support services and taking account of parents' views'.
Click here to access this document
'Talk to me about...'
This is a 'rough guide' to young people's health & things that impact on thier health. It is aimed at adults who play an active role in the lives of 11 - 16+ year olds, and to act as a reference point and raise awareness.
Topics covered include; sexual health, alcohol use, diet, mental health.
The booklet has been developed by Cheshire & Merseyside Child Health Development programme in consultation with a range of health professionals.
copies can be obtained at £5 each from David Waugh - tel. 07713641210
Useful websites
www.dcsf.gov.uk/everychildmatters/healthandwellbeing/ahdc/AHDC
