The Early Learning Partnerships Project - Summary

This is a summary of a report that will be published shortly telling the story of the ELPP.

The Parenting Fund 2004 - 2006

This report tells the story of the Parenting Fund during its first round from 2004-2006.

'Hard to Reach' Families

This thoughtful report is based on interviews with frontline and strategic managers in ten highly reputed voluntary and community sector organisations.

How to help families in trouble

The first guide to help those who work with families in trouble do so most effectively in every setting. Full of tips and resources

Listening to parents

This short guide is for people working in services for children and families and local authorities who want to listen to parents' views on services and local authority...

The Parenting Fund 2004-2006

Summarises the full report showing how projects that were funded succeeded in achieving the aims set out by the Parenting Fund.

Family Support in Extended Schools

This paper highlights key findings from a new Family and Parenting Institute study into how extended schools provide family support.

Family Support in Extended Schools - Summary

This useful short summary discusses the key points in Family Support in Extended Schools

Children Talking about Brothers and Sisters

Children Talking about Brothers and Sisters is a short book which presents the views of children themselves. In it children discuss their feelings about a range of subjects,...

Cultural Competence in Family Support

This Toolkit is a clearly presented set of practical materials to help practitioners working with Britain's marginalised and/or racialised families in need.

It covers...

TIS Newsletter 9 - November 2007

Starting School project newsletter update

Assessment and tools to use: family trees and ecomaps

Describes tools like family trees (or geneograms) or relationship maps (or ecomaps) which can help families tell us about themselves.

Helping parents help their children to behave well: behaviours, star charts, rewards and discipline

Suggests a range to techniques that parents can use to modify behaviour, and ways of helping them to introduce these.

Using contracts in family work

Describes what contracts between familiy workers and the families they workwith look like, the advantages of using them and the issues that can arise

How to help families in trouble: a short guide

A guide to working with families who cause particular worry, either because they are hard to engage with or because their needs are overwhelming.

Listening to parents: a short guide

This short guide is for people working in services for children and families and local authorities who want to listen to parents’ views on services and local authority policies....

Settling into school - facilitators' guide

Facilitators Guide

List of toolkit materials for the Starting School Transition Information Sesssion (TIS)

Index page for TIS materials

Primary Facilitators Guide

Toolkit for facilitators on how to run a TIS session
settling into school:
parents helping children to keep safe, happy and learning

Childcare Choices

workshop activities for parents addressing childcare services to be used in conjunction with the childcare fact sheet, topic information and PowerPoint presentation.