Useful Links

Bradford Council’s Children’s Social Care Services:

01274 437500 (8.30am- 5pm Monday – Thursday, 8.30am – 4.30pm Friday)

01274 431010 Social Services Emergency Duty Team

01274 435600 Children’s Specialist Services

If you believe a child is in immediate risk of harm, contact the police on 999

Action for Children
Support families and provide expert advice, support and parenting programmes.

BBC Adult Learning
Lots of information about adult learning.

Bradford Metropolitan District Council
Various information about the services provided by the Bradford Council.

CEOP
Report online abuse

Child Accident Prevention Trust
The Child Accident Prevention Trust (CAPT) is dedicated to reducing the number of children and young people killed, disabled and seriously injured as a result of accidents

Citizens Advice Bureau
The Citizens Advice service helps people resolve their legal, money and other problems by providing free, independent and confidential advice, and by influencing policy makers.

Contact a Family
UK charity helping children with special needs and/or disabilities.

DirectGov
The new place to find government services and information.

Family and Childcare Trust
Runs a helpline for parents with general childcare queries. Their web site contains information on childcare options and details of financial support available to pay for childcare.

Family Holiday Association
A national charity dedicated to providing holidays for deprived families.

Home Start (UK)
Home-Start is the UK’s leading family support organisation for families with children in the 5+ age group. Home-Start volunteers provide emotional and practical support and friendship to families in their own homes. By doing so they represent a lifeline for many families when things are difficult.

NHS Choices
Provides a large database of information about common complaints together with self-help advice.

Open University
Look in to learning something new today.

ParentLine Plus
A source of help before a problem becomes a crisis! They provide help and information to anyone looking after a child including parenting courses.

ParentLink
ParentLink is designed to increase parents’ confidence and skills by supporting and linking them with a network of information, ideas and community services.

Save The Children
Long-term development and prevention work to help children, their families and communities to be self-sufficient. We learn from the reality of children’s lives and campaign for solutions to the problems they face.

Sesame Street Autism Resources for Parents
This site may provide help and advice for parents of children with Autism

Thinkuknow
Help to keep your child safe online

Visit Bradford
Keep up to date with places to visit and what is going on in Bradford

50 free things to do in Yorkshire
From the heart of the city to the open countryside, discover Yorkshire without spending a penny