FAMILY AND PARENTING
AFTERMATH -PO Box 414, Sheffield, S4 7RT. Tel/Fax 0114 275 8520. Support and counselling for families of serious offenders.
BOTH PARENTS FOREVER -39 Cloonmore Av, Orpington, Kent, BR6 9LE. Tel 01689 854 543. Advice to parents, grandparents, extended family and children on their rights following divorce, separation. Help in child abduction cases and overseas access.
BRITISH FALSE MEMORY SOCIETY -Roger Scotford, Bradford-on-Avon, BA15 1NF. Tel 01225 868 682. Support group for falsely accused parents. Offers information, advice and support.
CONTACT A FAMILY -170 Tottenham Court Road, London, W1P OHA. Tel 020 7383 3555/Fax 020 7383 0259. Network of local groups for parents of children with special needs. Assists with the setting up new groups. Contact address for a large number of support groups. www.cafamily.org.uk/
EXPLORING PARENTHOOD 20a Treadgold Street, London, W 11 4BP. Tel 020 7221 4471. Advice 020 7221 6681. Advice and counselling for dealing with problems or difficulties in the family.
FAMILIES NEED FATHERS -134 Curtain Road, London, EC2A 3AR. Tel 0207 613 5060. To maintain a child's relationship with both parents following separation. http://www.fnf.org.uk
FAMILY CRISIS LINE - 1 York Road, Woking, Surrey, GU22 7XH. Tel 01483 722 533 (l0amlOpm). Confidential service for those suffering from any problem, bereavement, grief, depression, stress.
FAMILY RIGHTS GROUP The Print House, 18 Ashwin Street, London, E8 3DL. Tel 020 7923 2628/Fax 020 7923 2683. Assists families with children in care or residential accommodation or involved in child protection procedures
FAMILY SERVICE UNITS 207 Old Marylebone Road, London, NW I SQP. Tel 020 7402 5175/Fax 020 7724 1829. Counselling, welfare and legal advice. Offices in all areas of the United Kingdom.
INSTITUTE OF FAMILY THERAPY -24-32 Stephenson Way, London, NW I 2HX. Tel 020 7391 9150/Fax 7391 9150. Specialises in family and couple therapy. Also problems for families, children, adolescents, marital problems, divorce, separation, illness and bereavement.
IN TOUCH -Ann Worthington, 10 Norman Road, Sale, Cheshire, M33 3DF. Tel 0161 905 2440. Promotes informal contacts for parents of children with rare disorders to enable them to offer and receive support and exchange ideas and information.
NACCC (NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHILD CONTACT CENTRES )Minerva House, Spaniel Row, Nottingham, NG1 6EP. Tel 0115 948 4557/Fax 941 5519. Provides a network of safe and neutral venues for children to be able to meet and play with parents)/family members. contact@naccc.org.uk
NATIONAL CHILDMINDING ASSOCIATION
NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE DIVORCED AND SEPARATED Dorothy Squires, PO Box 519, Leicester, LE2 3ZE. Tel 01623 652 136. Provides social activities through 115 nationwide branches. Counselling centres. Information and advice.
NATIONAL FAMILYAND PARENTING INSTITUTE
NATIONAL FAMILY MEDIATION 9 Tavistock Place, London, WC1H 9SN. Tel 020 7383 5993/Fax 7383 5994. Provides an impartial mediator following family breakdown due to divorce or separation.
NATIONAL PARENT INFORMATION NETWORK
NATIONAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO CHILDREN
PARENTLINE PLUS -Unit 520, Highgate Studios, 53-57 Highgate Road, London, NW5 1TL. Tel 020 7284 5555. Helpline 0808 2222. Information and support for all families, including stepfamilies. http\\:www.parentlineplus.org.uk
PARENTS' FRIEND -Joy Dickens, c/o Voluntary Action Leeds, Stringer House, 34 Lupton Street, Hunslet, Leeds, LS 10 1 QW. Tel O 113 267 4627 MonThurs 8-lOpm. National helpline for parents of lesbians, gays and bi-sexuals. Counselling, advice.
PRAMS -(Parent Resource And Mother unnort) Pip Hughes, Churchgate House, 96 Churchgate, Stockport, Cheshire, SKI IYJ. Tel/Fax 0161 477 0606. Information/resource service for parents and voluntary/statutory workers. Group counselling.