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help and info
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organisations
Black UK (Online) Limited
Head Office
Westerfield Business Centre
Main Road Westerfield
Ipswich IP6 9AB
Tel: 0845 193 4431 or 01473 287728
Website: www.blackukonline.com
An award-winning online newspaper for Britain's black community, which encourages dealing with issues affecting black people in Britain today. The site includes relevant articles dealing with the issues of family life, including relationships within stepfamilies, and provides details of helpful organisations.
ChildLine
Freepost Natn 1111
London E1 6BR
Helpline: 0800 1111 (24 hours)
Textphone: 0800 400 222
General enquiries: 020 7650 3200 (Mon-Fri 9am-5.30pm)
Website: www.childline.org.uk
Free, confidential 24-hour helpline staffed by counsellors who are trained to encourage children and young people to talk about any issue that is worrying them and offer useful advice. The charity warns that lines can be busy so callers should be persistent. The ChildLine website also contains a wealth of news, features and advice on various topics including domestic violence, bullying and exam stress.
Families Need Fathers (FNF)
134 Curtain Road
London EC2A 3AR
Helpline: 0870 760 7496 (Mon-Fri 6pm-10pm)
Tel: 020 7613 5060
E-mail: fnf@fnf.org.uk
Website: www.fnf.org.uk
FNF looks extensively at how the law affects fathers, particularly in cases of divorce and separation, sets out the organisation's Father's Manifesto and provides advice and support for dads in the UK. FNF is chiefly concerned with the problems of maintaining a child's relationship with both parents during and after family breakdown.
Gingerbread
7 Sovereign Close
Sovereign Court
London E1W 2HW
Tel: 020 7488 9300
Advice Line: 0800 018 4318 (Mon-Fri 10am-4pm)
E-mail: advice@gingerbread.org.uk
Website: www.gingerbread.org.uk
Provides day-to-day support and practical help for lone parents and their children via a national network of local self-help groups. The helpline provides advice about a range of issues affecting lone parents, including the law, benefits and childcare.
National Council for One Parent Families
255 Kentish Town Road
London NW5 2LX
Freephone helpline: 0800 018 5026
Tel: 020 7428 5400
E-mail: info@oneparentfamilies.org.uk
Website: www.oneparentfamilies.org.uk
Organisation which offers help and support to lone parents caring for a child with a disability. The site offers survival tips, helpful legal information and live counselling via the online helpdesk.
National Family and Parenting Institute
430 Highgate Studios
53-79 Highgate Road
London NW5 1TL
Tel: 020 7424 3460
E-mail: info@nfpi.org
Website: www.nfpi.org
This campaigning organisation works to improve life for parents all over England and Wales. The website has guides to the law, government policy and state benefits as well as features on how to deal with relationships in a family and improve your family's lifestyle.
Parentline Plus
Helpline: 0808 800 2222 (24 hours)
Textphone: 0800 783 6783
Tel: 020 7284 5500
E-mail: contact@parentlineplus.org.uk
Website: www.parentlineplus.org.uk
Offers support to anyone parenting or helping to raise children, from newborn babies to young adults. There are free telephone and email helplines, parenting courses and information leaflets. The website offers lots of advice, real-life stories and relevant news as well as a helpful A-Z of related topics.
Stepfamily Scotland
5 Coates Place
Edinburgh EH3 7AA
E-mail: info@stepfamilyscotland.org.uk
Website: www.stepfamilyscotland.org.uk
Helpline: 0845 122 8655
Provide support and information for all members of stepfamilies and those who work with them. People can call the helpline if they want to talk through issues and feelings related to stepfamilies. The website has a range of information and publications.
Youth Access
1-2 Taylors Yard
67 Alderbrook Road
LondonLE5 3GJ
Tel: 020 8772 9900
E-mail: admin@youthaccess.org.uk
Website: www.youthaccess.org.uk
A national membership organisation which champions the provision of better youth information, advice and counselling services. Provide details of and referrals to local youth agencies and counselling services for young people aged between 14 and 25, but do not offer direct advice.
websites
Familyonwards.com
www.familyonwards.com
Family site offering support for parents and grandparents of children coping with divorce. Edited/written by British psychotherapist Jill Curtis, the site has special sections on stepfamilies, divorce and second weddings.
Whole Family
www.wholefamily.com/indexNN.html
Website from the US offering a wide range of articles on many aspects of relationships in family life, including divorce, teenagers and in-laws.
The Second Wives Club
www.secondwivesclub.com
North American site that aims to provide a haven, a sympathetic forum and support for second wives and stepmothers.
UKparents
www.ukparents.co.uk
Lots of information on parenting, plus the benefit of other parents' experience n a range of issues.
reading
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Stepparenting by Ericka Lutz (Alpha Books, 1998) |
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Step-families: Living successfully with other people's children by Suzie Hayman (Vermilion, 2001) |
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Stepwives: 10 steps to help ex-wives and stepmothers end the struggle and put the kids first by Lynne Oxhorn-Ringwood and Louise Oxhorn (Simon & Schuster, 2002) |
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Help... I'm A Stepmother by Sonja Ridden (Metro Books, 2003) |
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