Family life is wonderful when things are running smoothly but it can be tough when families face challenges. We will want to support you and your children at school. Please talk to us if you believe it might help. There are so many organisations in our community who are ready to support your family. You need never feel like you are on your own.
Visit https://www.norfolk.gov.uk/children-and-families to find out about:
- Childcare and Early Learning
- Children’s centres
- Early Help and the Family Support Process
- Children’s Health and Welbeing
- Children’s Safety
- Children in Care
- Foster care
- Special Educational Needs and Disability
- Activities for Children locally
What is early help and family support?
If you are experiencing difficulties in your family or are worried about your children, there are people who can offer help and support. Difficulties could be:
- Mental health problems
- Domestic abuse at home
- Drug or alcohol dependency
- Your child not going to school
- Struggling as a lone parent
- Debt problems
- Housing problems
If you need more help than your usual support network – for example your health visitor, child’s school, doctor or the Early Childhood and Family Service (ECFS) – the family support process can help.
Follow this link to find out more
https://www.norfolk.gov.uk/children-and-families/early-help-and-family-support
There are some really helpful videos to be found at
http://www.familylives.org.uk/how-we-can-help/parentchannel-tv
which is a free video service designed to support and encourage parents and carers of children from ages 0-19, with a collection of over 200 videos addressing day-to-day questions and concerns spanning wellbeing, behaviour and learning. In producing these videos, the makers have engaged experts and parents every step of the way.
Organisations supporting families
In the UK, the police receive a domestic abuse related call every minute and two women are killed each week as a result of domestic abuse. Leeway provide a range of services to help anyone affected by domestic abuse.
Nelsons Journey are a Norfolk charity that supports children and young people up to their 18th birthday who have experienced the death of a significant person in their life. They provide a range of support, appropriate for the needs of each child or young person. This may include one-to-one support and opportunities to meet others their age who have also experienced a bereavement.
Providing support that is relevant to the health and wellbeing needs of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender + community in Norfolk and Waveney since 2007
Point1 offer professional support for infants, children and young people experiencing the early signs of mental health and emotional problems.
Anyone can find themselves looking after someone else at any time – whether it happens gradually as an elderly relative becomes frailer or more suddenly following an accident or when a friend or family member is discharged from hospital. Norfolk Family Carers offer practical and emotional support for carers at all stages of their caring journey.
Drug and alcohol service for children, young people and their families across Norfolk; for those using substances themselves or affected by someone else’s substance misuse.
Norfolk Early Help and Family Focus
If you are experiencing difficulties in your family or are worried about your children, there are people who can offer help and support. Difficulties could be:
Mental health problems
Domestic abuse at home
Drug or alcohol dependency
Your child not going to school
Struggling as a lone parent
Debt problems
Housing problems
If you need more help than your usual support network – for example your health visitor, child’s school, doctor or Children’s Centre – the family support process can help.
MAP
MAP provides counselling and mental health support for young people age 11-25 from our drop-in centres in Norwich and Great Yarmouth and in schools and community bases around Norfolk. All of our services are free, confidential and carried out by professionals trained in youth counselling and youth mental health.
Leeway
In the UK, the police receive a domestic abuse related call every minute and two women are killed each week as a result of domestic abuse. Leeway provide a range of services to help anyone affected by domestic abuse.
Nelsons Journey
Nelsons Journey are a Norfolk charity that supports children and young people up to their 18th birthday who have experienced the death of a significant person in their life. They provide a range of support, appropriate for the needs of each child or young person. This may include one-to-one support and opportunities to meet others their age who have also experienced a bereavement.
Norfolk LGBT project
Providing support that is relevant to the health and wellbeing needs of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender + community in Norfolk and Waveney since 2007
Point 1
Point1 offer professional support for infants, children and young people experiencing the early signs of mental health and emotional problems.
https://norfolkfamilycarers.org/
Anyone can find themselves looking after someone else at any time – whether it happens gradually as an elderly relative becomes frailer or more suddenly following an accident or when a friend or family member is discharged from hospital. Norfolk Family Carers offer practical and emotional support for carers at all stages of their caring journey.
Matthew Project
Drug and alcohol service for children, young people and their families across Norfolk; for those using substances themselves or affected by someone else’s substance misuse.
Helping Hands
Our Family Support team offer a bespoke package of support based on your family’s needs. This could range from Benefit advice, educational issues to support and advice around behavioural issues. This service is open to anyone affected by an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) regardless of:
Stage of diagnosis
Age
Location
Condition on the Autism Spectrum
Norfolk Early Help and Family Focus
If you are experiencing difficulties in your family or are worried about your children, there are people who can offer help and support. Difficulties could be:
Mental health problems
Domestic abuse at home
Drug or alcohol dependency
Your child not going to school
Struggling as a lone parent
Debt problems
Housing problems
If you need more help than your usual support network – for example your health visitor, child’s school, doctor or Children’s Centre – the family support process can help.
MAP
MAP provides counselling and mental health support for young people age 11-25 from our drop-in centres in Norwich and Great Yarmouth and in schools and community bases around Norfolk. All of our services are free, confidential and carried out by professionals trained in youth counselling and youth mental health.
Leeway
In the UK, the police receive a domestic abuse related call every minute and two women are killed each week as a result of domestic abuse. Leeway provide a range of services to help anyone affected by domestic abuse.
Nelsons Journey
Nelsons Journey are a Norfolk charity that supports children and young people up to their 18th birthday who have experienced the death of a significant person in their life. They provide a range of support, appropriate for the needs of each child or young person. This may include one-to-one support and opportunities to meet others their age who have also experienced a bereavement.
Norfolk LGBT project
Providing support that is relevant to the health and wellbeing needs of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender + community in Norfolk and Waveney since 2007
Point 1
Point1 offer professional support for infants, children and young people experiencing the early signs of mental health and emotional problems.
https://norfolkfamilycarers.org/
Anyone can find themselves looking after someone else at any time – whether it happens gradually as an elderly relative becomes frailer or more suddenly following an accident or when a friend or family member is discharged from hospital. Norfolk Family Carers offer practical and emotional support for carers at all stages of their caring journey.
Matthew Project
Drug and alcohol service for children, young people and their families across Norfolk; for those using substances themselves or affected by someone else’s substance misuse.
Helping Hands
Our Family Support team offer a bespoke package of support based on your family’s needs. This could range from Benefit advice, educational issues to support and advice around behavioural issues. This service is open to anyone affected by an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) regardless of:
- Stage of diagnosis
- Age
- Location
- Condition on the Autism Spectrum
Anguish’s Educational Foundation
Helping people with the cost of education. The Charity makes grants to individuals as a contribution towards the cost of:
– School clothing and footwear
– Residential school trips, for approved educational purposes
– Fees for further education and vocational training, including necessary equipment
– University maintenance
– Further Education courses which run for at least 2 terms
– Personal tuition in music, the arts and sport where the beneficiary is likely to reach a professional standard in the field
– Specialist glasses not available through the NHS
Citizens Advice
Other useful links
https://www.home-start.org.uk/
https://www.actionforchildren.org.uk/
Asthma UK
BeatBullying
Care for the Family
Child Accident Prevention Trust
ChildLine
Fatherhood Institute
Gingerbread
NSPCC
Shelter
