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Child Maintenance Options is a free service that provides impartial information and support to help separated parents make decisions about their child maintenance arrangements. Child Maintenance Options also offers practical information in areas linked to child maintenance, such as housing, employment and money. The service…
0800 953 0191
Free for online training for professionals in Shropshire.  The Understanding Brain Development course is designed for practitioners who want an introduction to brain development from the antenatal period to adolescence.  The course includes: Antenatal brain development Early years brain development Mirror neurones The environment and…
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0121 296 4448
Free for online training for professionals in Shropshire.  The Understanding Attachment course is designed for practitioners who want to understand more about attachment and shows how containment and reciprocity underpin the quality of attachment.  The course includes: Key concepts The phases and timing of attachment…
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Free for online training for professionals in Shropshire.  The Understanding Trauma course consists of 13 modules and covers; Type 1 and Type 2 trauma The window of tolerance Stages of going through a traumatic experience Neurology and trauma Recognising trauma Recovery from trauma SELF model…
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0121 296 4448

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Have you ever wanted to know more about parenting and how children develop, to help you to understand your child’s behaviour better? Well now you can.  We have created an online, enjoyable and interesting course for parents, which looks at:- Having Fun Together Behaviour Difficulties…
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01743 254400

The helpline is open:
Monday – Friday: 10am-2pm
Weekends: 6pm–10pm

The Lullaby Trust raises awareness of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), provides expert advice on safer sleep for babies and offers confidential emotional support for bereaved families affected by the sudden and unexpected death of a baby or young toddler. This is available immediately or…
Bereavement Support: 0808 802 6868

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Friendly breastfeeding support from pregnancy onwards. La Leche League (LLL) Great Britain is an organisation of mothers who have breastfed their own babies and wish to pass on help, support, and information to others wishing to breastfeed. They provide help, support, and information by post, phone, e-mail, on-line…
LLL's National Helpline: 0845 120 2918

Helpline is available Monday to Friday 9am - 10pm and from 10am - 3pm at weekends

Families Need fathers is the UK's leading shared parenting charity. Families Need Fathers seeks to obtain, for the children, the best possible blend of both parents in the lives of children; enough for the children to realise that both parents are fully involved in their…
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0300 0300 363
Families First provides support and guidance in a safe space, to enable the whole family to cope with the demands of having a family member going through the criminal justice system. Their aim is that families across the West Mercia region feel supported and informed when…
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Free online courses for all parents, carers, grandparents and teens Nurturing emotional health and wellbeing from bump to 19+ years Shropshire Council and Telford & Wrekin Council has partnered with the Solihull Approach to offer free access to expertly designed online courses for parents, carers,…
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