A Strategy for Supporting and Involving Parents in Tameside

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Throughout this strategy the term “parents” is used to include mothers, fathers, carers or any other adults who have responsibility for caring for children and young people.

1. Introduction

Parents are children’s first educators and they have a significant impact on the life chances of a child. There are a number of protective factors related to the role of parents. Strong, sensitive and affectionate relationships with parents, recognition and praise, and parental interest and involvement in education are all linked with better outcomes for children. On the other hand, lax parental supervision, parental abuse or neglect of children, inconsistent and violent discipline, and children having poor or no relationship with one or both parents, are linked with higher chances of negative outcomes. 

The importance of parents’ involvement and interest in their children’s learning and its impact on children’s adjustment and achievement is strongly evidenced in the Desforges and Aboucher research. (Desforges, C and Aboucher, AA 2003 ‘The impact of parental involvement, parental support and family education on pupil achievement and adjustment’ London DfES). Parents’ positive engagement in their child’s play and learning will play a strong role in promoting positive behaviour (Manchester Positive & Responsible Parenting Board 2008).

Some parents are able to get help and support from family and friends as well as gaining support from organised services. There is recognition that all parents will need some advice and support at some time and this strategy will support the delivery of a range of services that will help parents. Recognition of the emphasis that Tameside places on supporting parents is reflected in the Tameside Children & Young Peoples Plan (C&YPP) where the commitment to support parents is explicit. A Safer Parenting Handbook has been distributed to all parents.

Tameside also recognises that parents have a role in the development of services for children and young people. It wants to make sure that all parents have the opportunity to have an influential and constructive role within their community.

Research has been carried out in Tameside looking at all of the parenting courses delivered by a range of agencies (see appendix 1). A needs assessment has been completed and a number of professionals and parents were interviewed to gain their views about making improvements. The report was taken to the Children & Young People’s Partnership with a number of recommendations. These recommendations have been addressed in this strategy.

All services will work together to deliver the strategy consistently at neighbourhood level, enabling parents to access support, advice and be actively involved in developing and evaluating services for families.

2. The national context

The role of parents in delivering the Every Child Matters Outcomes Framework has been emphasised in a plethora of government guidance and legislation. The National Service Framework for Children, Young People and Maternity Services includes a detailed standard on ‘Supporting Parents or Carers’. This sets out the requirement of services to work together to ensure that parents and carers are empowered with information, services and support to help them to care for their children and equip them with the skills they need to ensure that their children reach their potential. 

The School’s White Paper and subsequent Education and Inspections Bill 2006 propose a new role for the local authority as a champion of parents. The white paper states that the education system needs to be driven by parents and their choices. Parents will have increased support and access to information, greater involvement and a greater input into decision-making.

The Respect Action Plan highlights the role of parents in helping their children develop positive values and behaviour, and requires local authorities to take a lead role in ensuring effective parenting support and interventions are available at every level of need (Home Office 2006).

3. The vision

• Parents in Tameside will be provided with high quality information to make informed choices and offered a range of support to empower them to support their children to achieve their full potential.
• There will be a range of services to support teenage parents, men who care for children, parents of children and young people with learning difficulties and/ or disabilities and parents with learning difficulties and/or disabilities.
• Parents will feel empowered and have the opportunity to influence the development and delivery of services for families.
• Support will be available for vulnerable parents including those with drug and alcohol problems, mental health needs and those who are victims of domestic violence.
• Agencies and services will all recognise the importance of engaging parents in achieving outcomes for children and develop plans to ensure that parents are engaged in all aspects of their children’s development.
  

4. Parent power values

• Parents will be treated with respect.
• The needs of children and young people come first.
• Positive action to support parenting is good prevention.
• Good parenting starts before birth and continues throughout the life of the child.
• All parents are valued and can make a positive contribution to their community.
• All parents can develop the confidence and capability to love, protect and care for their family members.
• Seeking help with parenting when needed is a strength.
• Parenting support recognises and builds upon parents’ existing strengths.
• All parents should know how and where to get help when they need it and feel supported.
• All parents are entitled to high quality information and support to help them with parenting and it is at a level appropriate for their needs.
• Parents are able and encouraged to contribute to the development of services for children and young people.
• Parent support services cover a wide range of need, from the provision of simple advice and information to more complex support arrangements.
• Specific parent support is available for teenage parents, men who care for children, parents of children with learning difficulties and/or disabilities, parents with learning difficulties and/or disabilities, parents with drug and alcohol problems, mental health needs, those who are victims of domestic violence and members of black and minority ethnic communities.
  

5. What are the needs in Tameside?

It is estimated that 214,400 people live in Tameside, 2006. Using the Index of Deprivation 2007, Tameside was ranked as 56th out of 354 Local Authorities (LAs), with 1 being the most deprived. Deprivation is not an absolute measure of poverty but a measurement of wealth relative to the surrounding community. The high level of deprivation locally resulted in Tameside being designated a Spearhead Local Authority (LA).

There are stark differences between electoral wards, with some parts of the LA experiencing considerable deprivation. Since 2000, Super Output Areas (SOAs)1 have been used as the sub district, in place of electoral wards.

Within Tameside there are 141 SOAs, with 11 falling into the 5% most deprived nationally. Hattersley, Haughton Green, Ashton, areas of Stalybridge North and Hyde fall into the 5% most deprived nationally.

1 SOAs are an amalgamation of the Census Output Areas used to publish results from the 2001 census. There are three tiers of SOAs, each based broadly on the population size of the sample area (not physical size). The SOA level used for deprivation is lower level SOA, for which the mean population size is 1,500. There are 141 SOAs in Tameside, which produces a more detailed picture of deprivation.

Any strategy to support parents must be founded upon an understanding of the make-up of the population and the high levels of need facing many families:

• Tameside has an estimated population of 54,985 young people aged 19 years and under; this is 25.7% of the population.
• The 2001 census identified 96% of Tameside’s population as White British compared with 92% for the North West and 88% for England. Four per cent of Tameside’s population belongs to an ethnic minority (EM) group: 2.7% are Asian or Asian British; 0.3% Black or Black British; 0.2% Chinese; 0.7% of mixed ethnic origin and 0.1% other ethnic group ii. This is lower than the average for England and the North West though in three electoral wards a comparatively high proportion of residents belong to an EM group. In Ashton St. Peter’s ward 20% of the population belong to an EM group, 15% in Hyde Werneth and 10% in Ashton St. Michael’s.
• 315 (2004) children received a service from the Children with Disabilities Team. Of these 11 were looked after.
• At the end of December 2007 there were 328 looked-after children and young people in Tameside. This equates to 66 children per 10,000 ‘looked after’ by the Local Authority. The national figure is 55 children per 10,000.
• A total of 17.8% of households with children received free school meals (Feb 08) and 23.39% of households with children aged 0-15 received workless benefits (2006).
• 67.36% of households with children had access to a car or van (2001 census).
• The average for pupils changing school other than at usual transition points was 7.7% as at March 08.
• At any one time, around 6 families in Tameside required an intensive multi-agency intervention for antisocial behaviour (March 2008).
• DFES figures showed 59 child protection (S47) enquiries per 10,000 in Tameside, compared to a national figure of 24 per 10,000. There were 28.5 per 10,000 new registrations compared to 27 per 10,000 nationally. Of these registrations, 38.09% were for neglect, 7.94% for physical abuse, 8.74% for sexual abuse, and 45.23% for emotional abuse (December 2006).
• Population statistics showed that of all young people ages 0-15 years in Tameside, 1.8% belong to a minority ethnic group, (ME). The largest ethnic group to which children belong is Asian or Asian British, 1.2%. 
• The ONS VS Tables indicate that 1731 births were outside of marriage. This is the only data we have available to suggest the number of births to a single parent.
• The 2001 Census identified 8.4% of Tameside households as lone parent households with dependent child/children. Dependent children are defined as 0-15 years, or a full time student aged 16-18 years. Therefore Tameside ranks 34 out of 376 local authorities (with rank 1 indicating the highest proportion). This compares to an England and Wales average of 6.5%.
• The 2001 Census reports that 61.5% of adults aged 16 to 74 years in Tameside are employed, compared to an England and Wales average of 60.6%. Although 7.9% of Tameside’s population are permanently sick or disabled compared to 5.5% in England and Wales.
• 2006 live birth data indicates 7.3% of children born in Tameside (3214 All births) weighed under 2500g. This compares to 7.6% for England and Wales. The North West Strategic Health Authority region compares with 7.8%.
• Between 2004-2006, the infant mortality rate for Tameside was 4.5 per 1000, which is lower than the England rate, 5.0 per 1000 live births.
• The General Health questionnaire (GHQ) was designed to identify general, rather than severe, mental ill health. This was used in Tameside and Glossop Primary Care Trust’s Health & Lifestyle Survey. The self reported results showed that in Tameside, 20% had scores indicating psychological distress, compared to 13% nationally.
• The Mental Health Index measures the need for treatment of more severe mental disorders .The results for Tameside & Glossop PCT fall into the worst 20% when compared to all PCT’s in the UK.
• In 2005-2006, the number of individuals per 1,000 people aged 15 to 44 years in contact with drug treatment services in Tameside was12.29 compared to 13.09 in the North West.
• The age standardised rate (with England having the rate of 101) of admissions to hospital of under 20 year olds in Tameside with mental and behavioural disorders due to substance misuse, was 150 in 2003-2006.
• For 2006 the teenage pregnancy rate was recorded as 54.44 per 1000.

More than 30 parenting courses a year have been run since 1999 in Tameside, with attendances of between 4 and 15 parents each time. Clear progress has been made in the delivery of parenting courses to black and minority ethnic groups, and those on Parenting Orders. There has been some limited provision for parents of children with learning disabilities, teenage parents, and parents with disabilities.

Height and weight monitoring for 2007 indicated; reception class children – overweight 14.3%, obese 9.5%, year 6 children – overweight 13.6%, obese 15.3%.

i,ii -Office of National Statistics, (2007), Ethnicity, http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/ 

The majority of parents in Tameside are doing a great job parenting their children and some of them are doing so in very challenging circumstances. The parenting skills of these adults can be an invaluable resource to support other parents.

However, for some parents their own level of difficulties and needs make it very hard for them to meet the needs of their children. High levels of poverty, transience and complex family difficulties (including mental health problems, domestic violence, and drug and alcohol problems) all affect outcomes for children. If we are to improve outcomes for children in Tameside working to support parents to meet their responsibilities will be crucial.

6. Who leads on parent power in Tameside?

Each Local Authority in England has a nominated “Parenting Champion” (Single Commissioner for Parenting Support Services). Tameside’s nominee is the Head of Strategy and Commissioning in Services for Children and Young People at Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council (TMBC). Developing and delivering PARENT POWER is a multi-agency responsibility and two groups have been established to assist in this.

Commissioning of parent support will be a multi-agency responsibility and commissioners from the PCT, Adult services and services for Children and Young People will work together.

The first group is the “Multi-Agency Reference Group” and their role has been to map all the support services for parents and to identify any gaps in services. They also developed a number of key messages which have influenced the strategy. The Multi-Agency Reference Group has 36 members from the Local Authority, NHS Trusts, national and local voluntary agencies, parents and representatives from the private sector.

The second group is the “Multi-Agency Strategy Group” which is a smaller group from a range of agencies with responsibility for teenage parents, youth offending, extended schools, parenting courses, health, working with black and ethnic minority parents, developing services in neighbourhoods, and crime prevention. This group will oversee the development, implementation and monitoring of the strategy and report on the progress to the Children and Young People’s Strategic Partnership (CYPSP).

Services for Children & Young People are delivered across four areas, (Dukinfield, Stalybridge, Mossley), ( Denton, Droylsden, Audenshaw), (Hyde, Longdendale, Hattersley) and Ashton. 

The PCT and Local Authority will bring together resources to deliver the strategy. A Parent Support Strategy Manager will be appointed and the PCT Parenting Facilitator will take on a multi-agency role in training and supporting staff, ensuring quality and monitoring outcomes of all parenting programmes in the borough, as part of a wider role (this post holder also has responsibility for supporting the delivery of parenting programmes in Glossopdale). Supporting the agenda will be a named person in each of Tameside’s four geographical areas who will have responsibility for the delivery and coordination of parenting programmes within the area.

7. How does parent power fit in with other plans for Children & young people?

Tameside’s Children & Young People Plan (C&YPP) prioritises support for parents and carers across all five outcome themes

• be healthy
• stay safe
• enjoy & achieve
• make a positive contribution
• achieve economic well-being

Parent Support is included in each of them.

The six key priorities for Tameside in 2008-9 are as follows:-

1. Promote healthy lifestyles with particular focus on Obesity and Oral Health
2. Improve emotional health and well-being for all young people
3. Increase the proportion of young people moving into education, employment and training
4. Continue to raise attainment at all phases of learning with a strategic focus on under-achieving groups and schools
5. Reduce the rates of teenage pregnancy
6. Continue to reduce the gap in the outcomes of Looked After Children and other vulnerable groups.

The Government’s “Respect” agenda, which is about reducing crime and nuisance behaviour in our communities includes Parent Support as a crucial element to enable parents to manage their children’s behaviour.

The Connexions Service, Social Landlords, Regeneration, Sure Start Children’s Centres, Extended Schools, Teenage Pregnancy, Children’s Information Service, Family Support, Health Services, Libraries, the Youth Offending Team, the Youth Service, Parent Partnership, Education Welfare, Private, Voluntary and Faith sectors all have plans to provide support to parents and will contribute to the delivery across Tameside. There is also a Children’s Services Directory called SID which can be accessed through the Tameside MBC web-site. More details of these services and the web address of SID are included in the glossary at the end of this document.

Parent Power will link with all the current strategies that involve or impact on children, young people and their parents, these include the:

• Play Strategy.
• 10 year Childcare Strategy.
• Every Parent Matters.
• Child & Adolescent Mental Health Strategy (CAMHS).
• Children’s Workforce Development Strategy.
• Extended Schools Strategy.
• Youth Justice Plan.
• Behaviour Strategy.
• Children with Disabilities Strategy.
• Teenage Pregnancy Communications Strategy.
• Preventative Strategy.
• Obesity Strategy.
• Integrated Youth Strategy.
• Healthy Schools Strategy.
• Our health, Our care, Our Say (DoH 2006) / Choice Agenda.
• Aspiration Strategy.
• Early Years Strategy.

As a priority for Tameside, Parenting Support is intrinsic to the key priorities set for 2008/9. Progress will be monitored by the Children and Young People’s Strategic Partnership through all the above plans and strategies.

8. Consultation on the development of the strategy

Several groups of parents were consulted on the development of the strategy, these included men who care for children, teenage parents, black & minority ethnic parents and parents of disabled children.

Parents were consulted in a variety of ways across the four geographical areas in the borough. 226 parents were consulted by the NCH Participation Project using a set of questions asked on a 1:1 basis. 148 parents were also consulted in group discussions during visits to specific groups such as teenage parents, BME parents, parents of children with disabilities and men who care for children.

The main points from the consultation were:

• Difficult to find out what is available.
• Difficult to access if you are a working parent.
• Services are good, they need to be promoted more!
• Too much reliance on web sites for information.
• There needs to be continued support for parents who have completed parent courses.
• Uncertainty over the continuation of some of the support due to funding finishing March 2008.
• Services for parents are better in some areas of Tameside.
• Rename the positive parenting course.

The Multi-Agency Reference Group also contributed to the consultation process, through mapping all the support services available to parents and identifying any gaps in provision.

9. What do we mean by parenting support?

Parenting Support is defined as ‘any activity or facility aimed at providing information, advice, and support to parents and carers to help them in bringing up their children’ (ref Parenting Support Guidance for Local Authorities in England October 2006).

Effective parenting can be defined as:

• Giving love, warmth, consistency, advocacy, provision of moral guidance.
• Keeping children safe and healthy.
• Ensuring children learn, achieve and enjoy childhood.
• Ensuring children positively contribute to society and their local community.
• Ensuring families are economically stable.

Parent support can range from simple advice or information to much more structured and intensive interventions. It might include classes, workshops or taster sessions which give general advice and guidance to parents, as well as manual based intensive programmes (Respect (2006)).

Parenting programmes are manual-based, structured, focused and short-term. They are aimed at enhancing the quality of the parent-child relationship by improving family functioning, parent mental health, and the emotional and behavioural adjustment of children. The approach is one of empowerment, building on existing strengths, and partnership. Programmes are usually delivered in groups and the power of peer experiences and group learning is key. Workers trained in delivering parenting programmes often use the tools in work with individuals.

10. How will Tameside implement parent power?

This multi-agency strategy charges all services to coordinate their resources and effectively engage parents in achieving the five outcomes for their own children. The Parent Support Strategy Manager will enable services to achieve this and drive the developments.

The Children & Young People’s Strategic Partnership has agreed a number of objectives to develop Parent Power. These objectives are based on our local needs assessment and mapping exercises so that existing good practice and resource use can be built upon, and consultation with parents and staff. They will be supported by all agencies to provide a single model to deliver a sustainable, integrated response to meet parent’s needs.

Objective 1

All service plans for children & young people and their families should indicate how they will include and support parents.

We will achieve this by:

• Including the delivery of parent support standards within the contract for all commissioned services. (Included in the action plan)
• Services identifying how parenting links with their discrete service targets and overarching organisational objectives. (Included in the action plan)
• Developing minimum standards for all services based on the National Occupational Standards and other national good practice guidance in partnership with local parents.
• Monitoring and evaluate how services are achieving the standards thorough regular audit.
• Collating information regarding how parents are involved in service development and decision making.
• Gaining sign up from all agencies, thereby making a formal commitment to the strategy.

Objective 2

Services will recognise their role in supporting parents by mapping their position on the Parenting Support Framework that mirrors the Tameside Children’s Needs Framework to reflect the different levels of support.

We will achieve this by:

• Identifying where services fit on the framework and working with them to quantify the resources they are committing at each level (particularly in respect to the delivery of parenting programmes). (Included in the action plan)
• Linking this information with the needs assessment to build on existing good practice, and to further identify overlaps and gaps in services to shape service developments.
• Recognising that parents may need to access services at level 3 or above without having accessed support at a lower level.
• Promoting the Parenting Support Framework across all agencies.
• Centrally coordinating parenting programmes to enable delivery at levels 1-3 in local neighbourhoods and support equitable access to borough wide services at levels 4-5. 

Objective 3

Parent Support will be developed and delivered to meet the needs of parents

We will achieve this by: 

• Commissioning parent support to support needs identified by parents.
• Seeking parent’s views about the further development of services across the parenting needs framework and the monitoring of this strategy.
• Engaging parents, including those from disadvantaged groups and those with specific needs in the development of all new services and in the evaluation of existing services.
• Ensuring that parents are aware that parent support services link clearly and effectively with CYPP objectives.
• Delivering services locally wherever possible.
• Developing a coordinated family learning programme across children’s centres.
• Delivering services at different times to meet the needs of working parents.
• Working with local employers to deliver parent support to their employees.
• Working with Adult Services to meet the needs of parents with learning difficulties/disabilities, or needs relating to mental health, substance misuse and domestic abuse.

Objective 4

Parents know about what is available

We will achieve this by:

• Developing Parent Power web pages on Local Authority and NHS web-sites. (Included in the action plan)
• Developing Local What’s On guides for parents, area based information (as per TMBC Area Coordinators plan). (Included in the action plan)
• Developing an improved marketing and information strategy,
• making sure all workers have up to date knowledge about what is available for parents.
• Improving the Service Information Directory (SID).
• Utilising public notice boards, free newspapers and libraries.
• Ensuring that parents share a clear understanding with professionals about common information sharing and assessment processes.
• Setting targets for services to ask parents views about the level of information provided and monitor developments.

Objective 5

Develop a local delivery model for parenting courses and informal support

We will achieve this by:

• Having clear local leadership and ownership for each geographic locality. (Included in the action plan)
• Reviewing the evidence base for the different courses on offer and agree the local offer.
• Identifying the need for the different types of courses within each of the 4 geographical areas.
• Establishing a clear care pathway to ensure that parents access reach the right course to meet their needs.
• Then establishing a rolling programme in each area, meeting the needs of parents who work by providing out of hours and Saturday options.
• Coordinating the delivery of parenting courses from local Children’s Centres, Extended Schools and other local venues.
• Continuing to develop parenting skills and knowledge of frontline staff to support the delivery of parent support and sharing skills and resources across Tameside.
• Making sure there is local, informal support for parents by developing drop-ins and support groups and to ensure there is continued support for those who have completed parenting courses.
• Continuing to develop the support for teenage parents, men who care for children, parents of disabled children and parents who are from Black & Minority Ethnic Communities.
• Encouraging local parents to take an active role in participating and facilitating informal support groups and parenting courses, and agreeing how the time these parents give can be recognised.
• Establishing a pool of local professionals and workers to deliver parenting courses in a multi-agency format whenever possible.
• Providing local crèche facilities for parenting courses.
• Providing a range of parenting courses for all ages of children & young people.
• Providing parent support at transition phases through local schools.
• Providing parenting books, DVDs, information leaflets locally.
• Developing new ways of supporting parents through Local Area Coordination Management Teams.

Objective 6

Develop a skilled and knowledgeable workforce to provide quality parent support

We will achieve this by:

• Conducting a parenting skills audit amongst practitioners.
• Making sure practitioners have the skills and have received the appropriate training to work proactively, provide effective support and engage parents in the common processes.
• Continue to deliver high quality multi-agency training programmes and provide peer supervision for professionals charged with delivering parenting courses.
• Ensuring the delivery of parenting support courses is multi-agency.
• Ensuring Tameside’s training strategy reflects the National Occupational Standards for Work with Parents.
• Providing regular supervision and update training for all staff involved in the delivery of parenting courses.
• Sharing good practice across agencies and ensuring there are consistent standards for professionals and volunteers.
• Working with the private, voluntary, independent and faith sectors and ensuring they have access to training for their workers.
• Developing quality standards for all parenting courses and a performance framework for monitoring standards.
• Keeping abreast with the evidence base and good practice developments in the development and delivery of parent support.
• Providing administrative support to Parenting Course Facilitators.
• Providing support to staff in schools to develop their role in working with parents.

Objective 7

Parents have the opportunity to influence services for children & young people

We will achieve this by:

• Having a clear understanding and method as to how parent’s feedback will influence policy decision. (Included in the action plan)
• Using a variety of methods to consult with parents.
• Promoting, supporting, facilitating and collating information on parent involvement.
• Learning from our experiences of involving parents in the development of Sure Start.
• Reporting back to parents about how their involvement has influenced decisions.

Objective 8

Parent support and involvement is adequately funded

We will achieve this by:

• Identifying the existing resource commitment for parenting programmes
• in all agencies. (Included in the action plan)
• Bringing together existing specialist resources in the PCT and Local Authority.
• Commissioning according to needs identified by parents and statistical indicators.
• Bidding to fund innovative work.
• Reviewing the delivery of the strategy after twelve months.
• Building capacity within the voluntary sector.

Objective 9

Parent support and involvement is monitored and evaluated

We will achieve this by:

• Developing quantitative and qualitative indicators, including recording outcomes from parenting programmes. (Included in the action plan)
• Defining what we mean by parent support.
• Developing quality assurance for all aspects of parenting programmes.
• Recording the numbers of parents receiving parenting programmes across all the levels of need.
• Consulting with parents to influence development.
• Reporting progress to the Children & Young Peoples Strategic Partnership.
• Having clear lines of responsibility and accountability for services delivering parenting programmes.

Parent Power Action Plan April 2008 to March 2009

Glossary of services working with C&YP

Adult & Family Learning - delivers introductory and basic skills training to support family learning.

Connexions - advice, support and services for young people aged 14-19.

Children’s Centres - services delivered in neighbourhoods for parents and children aged 0-5 and services for older children delivered in partnership with other agencies.

Children’s Information Service (Family Information Service) – information service for parents regarding childcare, early years education, training and support for parents.

Education Welfare – Support and guidance for parents regarding responsibilities around school attendance and welfare issues. Family Support- provides a package of support for referred families.

Extended Schools – development of services in schools delivered before and after school and during school holidays.

Family Support - provides a support package to referred children and families.

Libraries - provides a range of books, DVDs, leaflets to support parents and a range of books/DVDs/activities/projects for children & young people.

Parent Partnership - support for parents of disabled children.

Private, Voluntary & Faith Sector - private providers of early years services such as Private Day Nurseries, the voluntary sector can include national children’s charities such as Barnardo’s, NCH and smaller local voluntary organisations such as Our kids Eyes, scouts, guides etc. Faith Sector includes church youth clubs and local mosques.

Regeneration - areas in Tameside which have received specific Government funding to develop services and support the community.

Service Information Directory - a web-based directory that details services and activities for children & young people. (www.tameside-sid.org.uk ).

Social Landlords - provides housing accommodation and support to parents, children & young people.

Teenage Pregnancy - Advice and support for pregnant teenage mums and their partners and teenage mums and dads with children.

Youth Offending Team – works with children and young people aged 6-18 to prevent offending and anti-social behaviour.

Youth Service - Activities, drop ins, advice, accredited awards for 14-19 and junior awards for 10+.

Appendix 1 – Summary of agencies delivering parent courses during 2005/6 (extracted from parent research report 2006)