Family support
Here are some links to organisations that can offer family support:
Parenting support and guides:
- Surrey's Family Information Services provides information, advice and assistance for families with children and young people aged up to 19 years (up to 25 years old for young people with special educational needs).
https://www.surreycc.gov.uk/people-and-community/families - Care for the Family has lots of useful leaflets to download and articles to help build a healthy family https://www.careforthefamily.org.uk/
- Family Voice Surrey supports families of children and young people with additional needs in Surrey https://www.familyvoicesurrey.org/
- Family Lives is a charity with over three decades of experience helping parents with challenging family life. https://www.familylives.org.uk/
- Family Learning Surrey offers free parenting courses and workshops https://www.surreycc.gov.uk/schools-and-learning/adult-learning/courses/family-learning
- Home Start provided information and (with a referral) can offer parenting support, groups and at-home support https://homestartraw.org/resources/
Children's health
- Children and Family Health Surrey is the Surrey-wide NHS community health service for children and young people from birth up to 19 years of age and their parents and carers https://childrenshealthsurrey.nhs.uk/
- Healthy Surrey have an advice line and have produced a leaflet explaining what do when your child is unwell (please see bottom of this page) https://www.healthysurrey.org.uk/children-and-families
- School nursing team information can be found at the bottom of this page (powerpoint presentation).
Children's mental health and emotional well-being
- Mindworks provide advice and can signpost parents to relevance agencies https://www.mindworks-surrey.org/
- Young Minds provides advice and support relating to children's mental health https://youngminds.org.uk/
- Health and Wellbeing Guide for Parents and Carers: Health and Wellbeing Guide for Parents & Carers v2 January 2021
- The Matthew Hackney Foundation is committed to supporting children with their mental health. They also run a local charity shop in the village to help raise funds for their invaluable work. https://www.thematthewhackneyfoundation.co.uk/
Financial support
- Money Matters offers financial advice http://www.moneymattersweb.co.uk/
- Byfleet United Charity supports local families who have resided in the village for at least 12 months https://byfleetunitedcharity.org.uk/
- Mindworks 'Helping ourselves and our loved ones' - resource pack at bottom of this page.
Online safety advice
- Think U Know aims to protect children online https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/
- Video link of presentation delivered at St Marys (Safer Internet Day 2022) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GLInaml9As
- Common sense media - forum where parents and children have reviewed games https://www.commonsensemedia.org/game-reviews
- Internet Matters - age rating explained https://www.internetmatters.org/resources/video-games-age-ratings-explained/
- Internet Matters - setting up parental controls https://www.internetmatters.org/parental-controls/smartphones-and-other-devices/
- Online safety guidance - please find guide at the bottom of this page
Activities
- Surrey Mummy provides a calendar of local events https://surreymummy.com/
- Families South West magazine lists local events and activities https://www.familiesonline.co.uk/families-magazines/families-surrey-west-magazine
- The Family Grapevine magazine lists events in the local area https://thefamilygrapevine.co.uk/gws/