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Useful links

Family Information Service

The FIS is a free service for parents providing accurate and detailed information on child care and offering a signposting service to organisations and services offering help and advice for families.

NDNA

The National Day Nurseries Association is a national charity, which aims to enhance the development and education of children in their early years, through the provision of support services to their members. It seeks to develop, encourage and maintain high standards in education and care for the benefit of children, their families and their local communities.

Stretch-n-Grow

Fitness & nutritional programme for children. From 18 months to seven years.

Community Playthings

Makers of quality wood furniture and toys for infant, toddler, preschool and kindergarten environments.

Hello

The Hello campaign will make communication for all children and young people a priority in homes and schools across the country in 2011, so that they can live life to the full.

Mencap

The leading UK charity for people with a learning disability and their families.

Equality and Human Rights Commission

Independent statutory body established to help eliminate discrimination, reduce inequality, protect human rights and to build good relations.

Health Exercise Nutrition For The Really Young

Designed to tackle early childhood obesity by training community and health practitioners to work more effectively with parents and young families.

Baby Led Weaning

Letting your child feed themselves from the very start of weaning.

Give Blood

The National Blood Service web site, do something amazing today - give blood and save a life.

I CAN - The children's communication charity

The charity that supports children with speech, language and communication difficulties. Children with communication difficulties might find it hard to express themselves, understand words, speak in sentences and understand simple instructions.

 

TinyTalk

Classes and resources for parents and their babies.

High Scope

Independent nonprofit research, curriculum development, teacher training, and public advocacy organization.

Ofsted

Office for Standards in Education reports into schools, day-care providers and more.

Business Link

Business Link is a free business advice and support service.

Total People

Information for employers and young people about the flexible training available.

The National Association of Scholars

NAS is a non-profit organization of higher education faculty, administrators, and graduate students who stand for reasoned scholarship in a free society.

National Literacy Trust

Talk To Your Baby encourages parents and carers to talk more to children from birth to three, helping them to become good communicators - essential if they are to do well at school and lead happy, fulfilled and successful lives.

Sing Along

Children's Singing Sessions

Talking Point

Talking Point is a website all about children’s speech, language and communication. For parents, people that work with children, and children and young people themselves. It contains everything you need to know about supporting children’s speech and language development.

Afasic England

Afasic England supports parents and carers of children with speech and language impairments.

British Stammering Association

Your first point of contact for impartial information and support on stammering, also known as stuttering.

Dyslexia Action

The biggest dyslexia charity in the UK providing a wide range of services to people of all ages who have dyslexia and struggle with literacy.