Support for Parents Through COVID-19

These are challenging times.  But there is a lot of expert help out there for parents.  Please see below a curated list of  support available which, though not exhaustive, will hopefully be useful. 
 
BBC Support with Home Schooling

The BBC has just announced it will show curriculum content on TV every weekday from Monday, 11 January:

  • primary-school programming, including BBC Live Lessons and BBC Bitesize Daily, from 09:00 to 12:00 on CBBC
  • at least two hours of programming to support the GCSE curriculum on BBC Two
Please see the BBC article published on 5th January 2021:  Home Schooling: How To Help Your Child’s Online Learning  – see HERE
 
COVID- 19 Support and Advice
 
Find  GOV.UK’s guidance for parents and carers concerned about the mental health and well being of children and young people during the COVID-19 crisis – see HERE
 
Find further  COVID-19 support for your family HERE and HERE
 
Digital Family Life 
 
Source advice on digital family life – see  HERE
 
Financial Difficulties 
 
Parents facing financial difficulties as a result of COVID-19 may apply to Turn To Us or to Family Action for financial help – see HERE and HERE.
 
Helplines
 
Parents who are worried about a child or young person can access YoungMinds’ free parents’ helpline (between 9:30 am and 4 pm, Mondays to Fridays) – see  HERE
 
Concerned parents may also call Family Action out of hours for  free – see  HERE
 
ParentZone offers a free 24/7 crisis messenger text service for  parents across the UK – see HERE
 
Legal Advice for Families
 
The Family Rights Group provides free legal advice to parents- see HERE 
 
Mindset
 
Our children’s mindset will often determine how resilient they are, and how well they learn and thrive.  This is a free 30-minute “growth mindset” course for parents. Parents learn what a growth mindset is, why it is important, and best practices to support their children in developing a growth mindset.
 

Other Parental Advice and Support

Find a list of other organisations that provide support and advice to parents HERE

End. PCS. 5th January 2021