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organisations

Parentline Plus
Helpline: 0808 800 2222 (24 hours a day, every day)
Textphone: 0800 783 6783
E-mail: contact@parentlineplus.org.uk
Website: www.parentlineplus.org.uk
Offers support to anyone parenting a child; the child's parents, stepparents, grandparents and foster parents. Runs free telephone and email helplines, parenting courses and offers information leaflets.

British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP)
Globe Centre
PO Box 9
Accrington BB5 0XB
Tel: 01254 875 277
E-mail: babcp@babcp.com
Website: www.babcp.org.uk
The leading body for cognitive-behavioural therapy in the UK. The website has a search facility to find an accredited therapist and gives information on how the therapy works.

British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP)
35-37 Albert Street
Rugby CV21 2SG
Tel: 0870 443 5252 (Mon-Fri 8.45am-5pm)
E-mail: bacp@bacp.co.uk
Website: www.bacp.co.uk
BACP can provide you with a list of private counsellors in your area, plus information on counselling and choosing a counsellor. Please telephone or send an SAE to the above address. Alternatively, you can search for a counsellor at the website which, along with an online directory of counsellors, contains details about membership, training and an extensive publications list.

Centre for Fun and Families
177-179 Narborough Road
Leicester LE3 0PE
Tel: 0116 223 4254
E-mail: centre@funandfamilies.org.uk
Website: www.funandfamilies.com
A national voluntary organisation committed to promoting the welfare of families by supporting families experiencing behaviour and communication difficulties. The Centre runs group work within Leicestershire to enable them to improve their problem solving abilities and resolve conflict situations. Produce numerous resources, details of which can be found on the website.

Family Nurturing Network (FNN)
112 Magdalen Road
Oxford OX4 1RQ
Tel: 01865 791711
E-mail: info@fnn.org.uk
Website: www.fnn.org.uk
A charitable organisation based in Oxfordshire. Offers direct and intensive group programmes for families with children aged 2 to 12 years and parenting skills courses for adopters.

Gingerbread
7 Sovereign Close
Sovereign Court
London E1W 2HW
Advice Line: 0800 018 4318 (Mon-Fri 9am-5pm)
Tel: 020 7488 9300
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. Call the helpline for advice on benefits, childcare, CSA, contact, divorce, employment, housing, maternity rights and lone parenthood.

Home-Start
2 Salisbury Road
Leicester LE1 7QR
Info line: 08000 68 63 68
Tel: 0116 233 9955
E-mail: info@home-start.org.uk
Website: www.home-start.org.uk
Offers support, guidance and practical help to families with children under five, in their own homes. See the website for further information and details of local schemes.

One Parent Families
255 Kentish Town Road
London NW5 2LX
Lone Parent Helpline: 0800 018 5026 (Mon-Fri 9am-5pm)
Tel: 020 7428 5400
E-mail: info@oneparentfamilies.org.uk (nb: cannot answer emails seeking personal advice)
Website: www.oneparentfamilies.org.uk
Free confidential and independent information for lone parents on a variety of issues including maintenance, tax credits, benefits, work, education, legal rights, childcare and holidays. Also information about other organisations and local groups who may be able to help.

FWA Newpin
Edward Wilson House Resource Centre
29 Prince of Wales Drive
London SW11 4SH
Tel: 020 7738 1004
Website: www.fwa.org.uk
A voluntary organisation working with families to help break the cycle of destructive family behaviour. Works through a network of centres where parents and their children develop in an atmosphere of equality, empathy and respect.

Relate
Relateline: 0845 130 4010 (Mon-Fri 9.30am-4.30pm)
Relate Direct booking line: 0845 130 4016 (Mon-Fri 9am-5pm)
E-mail: enquiries@relate.org.uk
Website: www.relate.org.uk
The largest relationship counselling organisation in the UK. Offers counselling, psychosexual therapy, and other services to help those experiencing difficulties in any adult couple relationship. Some branches of Relate offer individual counselling to young people. Relateline is for couples experiencing emotional crisis who wish to talk things through with an experienced Relate counsellor. Relate Direct is a telephone counselling service (see website for more details, including costs).

websites

e-parents
www.e-parents.org
Information, advice and resources for parents. From the National Family and Parenting Institute.

Institute of Family Therapy (IFT)
www.instituteoffamilytherapy.org.uk
Specialises in working with families, individuals, couples and other relationship groups. Works across the whole range of relationships including families with young children and adolescents.

The National Family and Parenting Institute (NFPI)
www.nfpi.org
An independent charity working to support parents in bringing up their children, to promote the wellbeing of families and to make society more family friendly.

Raisingkids.co.uk
www.raisingkids.co.uk
An informative site offering support, information and friendship to everyone who's raising kids. Has a section featuring information, advice, articles and a chat forum on the subject of teenagers.

UKparents
www.ukparents.co.uk
A community of parents of children of all ages, and would-be parents. Features articles written by our resident experts, and experiences and advice from other parents.

reading

	Closing the Gap: A Strategy for Bringing Parents and Teens Together by Jay McGraw (Simon & Schuster, 2002) A new plan that provides a solution to the conflict between parents and teenagers by working through the issues that divide them. Get this book
	Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Children and Families edited by Philip Graham (Cambridge University Press, 2004) This new and revised edition provides practical treatment guidance for professionals working with disturbed children. The subjects covered range from school refusal to eating and sleeping disorders and substance abuse. Get this book
	Families and How to Survive Them by Robin Skynner and John Cleese (Vermilion, 1993) This book, using modern experiences of family therapy, shows how understanding relationships in families can be made. Get this book
	Get Out of My Life, But First Take Me and Alex into Town by Tony Wolf & Suzanne Franks (Profile Books, 2002) An invaluable survival guide for parents who find themselves marooned among volatile and incomprehensible aliens on Planet Teen. Get this book
	How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish (Piccadilly Press, 2001) This bestselling publication provides practical, sensible advice for improving communication between parents and children. Get this book
	Setting Limits by Robert Mackenzie (Prima Publishing, 1998) The author aims to highlight how to raise children effectively by setting boundaries, eliminating power struggles, establishing rules that encourage cooperation, and teaching problem-solving skills. Get this book
	The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Families: Building a beautiful family culture in a turbulent world by Stephen Covey (Simon & Schuster, 1999) The author explains how applying the 'seven habits of highly effective people' to family life can enrich and improve family relationships. Get this book
	What Can a Parent Do? by Michael Quinn and Terri Quinn (Family Caring Trust, 2000) Practical skills to help parents (of children aged 5-15) be happier and more effective. Useful in reducing tension, squabbling, tantrums and fighting, establishing clearer, more respectful parenting guidelines, and making children happier and more responsible. Available from www.familycaring.co.uk/course_parents.htm.

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