Please find below, details of various organisation that can offer specific support for you and your family:
Support for your family:
| Relate Cambridge |
www.relatecambridge.org.uk |
Relationships within the family |
| The Red Hen Project | The Red Hen Project: Helping children to achieve at home and at school in Cambridge |
Support for families with children up to the age of 12 1:1 family support, term-time drop-ins/holiday groups |
| Children and Family Centres | Cambridgeshire Online Childandfamilycentre.south@cambridgeshire.gov.uk |
Child and family workshops and sessions |
| Education Inclusion Family Advisor (EIFA) | Education Inclusion Family Advisors | Cambridgeshire County Council | Support including managing behaviour, worry, sleep, eating, sibling rivalry |
Emotional wellbeing:
| YOUnited (CAMHS) | www.cpft.nhs.uk/younited | Children's mental health support |
| NHS Talking Therapies | NHS Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Talking Therapies | CPFT NHS Trust | Emotional support for adults |
| Keep your Head | Keep Your Head – Mental health and wellbeing information for children, young people, adults, professionals, and schools across Cambridgeshire & Peterborough | Mental health website for parents and young people living in Peterborough and Cambridgeshire |
| Kooth | Kooth Digital Health - Home |
Online counselling/mental health support for children and adults |
| RCE Wellbeing Hub | RCE | CPFT NHS Trust |
Offering short bitesize courses, online and face to face, on a variety of topics aimed at helping us look after our own wellbeing and those around us |
Finance and Housing:
| P3 Charity | https://p3charity.org | Housing advice |
| John Huntingdon Charity | John Huntingdon's Charity | Housing advice and grants |
| Citizen’s Advice - Debt and Money | Debt and money - Citizens Advice | Impartial financial advice |
| Cambridge Money Advice Centre |
adviser@cambridgemoneyadvicecentre.org.uk 01223 727455 |
Financial advice |
Food banks and nutrition:
| Food bank vouchers (Council) | 01954 713000 (Benefits team) | For families to self-refer to get food vouchers |
| Food bank (Barrington) | Barrington Church |
For families living in Barrington – no voucher needed
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| Harston Food Hub | Harston Community Food Hub | Neighbourly | Every Wednesday and Friday (11.30-1) |
SEND:
| NESSie | https://nessieined.com | Emotional support for families of a child with SEND |
| Pinpoint | Cambs SEND Parent/Carer Support from Pinpoint Cambridgeshire | Support for families, parent courses and events |
| SENDIASS | Cambridgeshire Online | SEND Information, Advice and Support Service (SENDIASS) | Independent advice on legal rights |
Domestic Abuse:
| Cambridgeshire Constabulary | Support organisations for victims of domestic violence | Cambridgeshire Constabulary | Support for victims of domestic abuse |
| Cambridge and Peterborough Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence Partnership | Cambridgeshire County Council DASV Partnership - Local Contacts | Support for victims of domestic abuse |
| Domestic Abuse Support Service (DASS) | www.impakt.org.uk/dass | Individuals can refer themselves, or be referred by a professional |
| Woman’s Aid |
Cambridge Women's Aid - Supporting women affected by domestic abuse |
Support for victims of domestic abuse |
| Immediate help from the Police | 999 | Once you have dialled 999, you can press '55' to alert the operator that you need assistance but are unable to talk |
Substance abuse:
| CASUS/Centre 33 – Stepping Stones Pathway | Casus@cpft.nhs.uk 01480 445316 |
Support for children of parents affected by substance abuse |
Legal advice:
| Anglia Law Clinic (ARU) | Law Clinic - ARU | Offering a free, 30 minute legal advice session |
| Civil Legal Aid | Civil Legal Advice (CLA) - GOV.UK | Free legal aid for those who meet the eligibility criteria |
| Child Law Advice | Home new - childlawadvice.org.uk |
Free to access 'How to' guides |
Online resources for parents:
| Parentkind |
Parent webinars | Parentkind |
Free online webinars for parents |
| Togetherness | Online Learning | Free parenting courses relating to emotional wellbeing, additional needs and feelings |
| Family Lives | Online parenting courses - Coram Family Lives | Free parenting courses relating to confidence, neurodivergence, sibling relationships, divorce, new baby, co-parenting |
| Action for Children - Parent Talk | Parent Talk - Support for Parents from Action For Children | Free resources for parents relating to neurodiversity, school life, feelings and behaviour, home life |
| Witherslack Group | Children's Mental Health Support Pack | Children's Mental Health Support Pack including support relating to anxiety, dysregulation, transitions |