We run courses tailored to meet the needs of today's parents. Unlike at school, there are no exams to pass - we focus on group work. . On our courses we work with you to look at the issues that are important to you. Together we explore strategies and approaches that can help you in the real world of parenting.
We work through our network of parent facilitators. This is because we know that the best people to help parents are other parents. We all develop skills and expertise as we bring up our children. Our facilitators give parents the opportunity to share these skills and learn from each other in a more focused way.
We have a menu of different programmes for you to choose from. Our core course, Parenting Matters, explores key issues around communication between parent and child, setting boundaries and maintaining positive relationships. Our other courses look at more specific issues.
Our core work is delivering courses and workshops in parenting skills to parents and professionals. Our courses are informal, practical and participative. We encourage parents to recognise and celebrate their existing skills, as well as developing new strategies for the future. In addition we:
- Provide information and other resources to parents and professionals.
- Work in partnership with voluntary and statutory agencies to support and educate families.
- Use our experience to develop and inform national and local policies on family issues.
Find out more about us.
The course really made me think about the way I was behaving, I realised I wasn’t being really clear and consistent with Calum. Being able to talk things out with other parents helped me see there were other ways of doing things. It’s been great both for him and me. It’s like I’ve got this toolkit in my head that I can dip into for different ways to handle things. And as some of us kept in touch after the course, I know there is always someone I can phone or meet up with for a moan, or laugh about his latest attempt to wind me up.
Ella and Calum aged 8
