The following organisations are all concerned with services for children and young people, either directly or indirectly, and where they have websites, they contain information which may be of interest to practitioners, managers commissioning services or students.


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4 Nations Child Policy Network. If you are interested in or need information about policy, consultations and legislation that relates to children and young people from the four devolved nations, the 4 Nations Child Policy Network website and e-mail services will be a source of information.
http://www.childpolicy.org.uk

ACAL The Association of Child Abuse Lawyers -
Practical support for Lawyers and other professionals working for adults & children who have been abused
www.childabuselawyers.com

Association for Research in the Voluntary and Community Sector
http://www.charitynet.org/arvac

Association of Directors of Social Services
http://www.adss.org.uk

Best Bear UK Directory of Childcare Agencies and Parenting Information
Best Bear Childcare is a unique and independent service listing recommended childcare agencies and nurseries throughout the UK, offering researched information on all areas of childcare and a comprehensive database of nurseries. With new services including parenting forums and the facility for parents to post their own classified ads, Best Bear Childcare can cater for all your childcare and parenting needs.

http://www.bestbear.co.uk

British Agencies for Adoption and Fostering
http://www.baaf.org.uk

Barnardos
http://www.barnardos.co.uk

Brief Therapy UK. With over 20 years experience of working with adults, families and young people, Eileen Murphy Consultants works with the clients of, and trains staff within Social Services; Criminal Justice; Education, Mental Health. The Consultancy also works with the commercial sector to resolve conflict and achieve change. All Consultants have Management experience in Social Services, Education and the commercial world.
http://www.brief-therapy-uk.com/

British Association of Social Workers (BASW)
http://www.basw.co.uk

Bullying Online - The website contains practical advice on a wide variety of topics including internet safety and how to deal with cyber bullying. It also includes information on racist abuse and information on how to deal with bullying outside school.
www.bullying.co.uk

CAFCASS – the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service – has launched a new website designed for children and families involved in the family courts. The user friendly website provides lots of information about what CAFCASS does and what might happen in the family courts.
www.cafcass.gov.uk

Care Leavers Reunited
It's a human phenomenon that as we grow older the need to visit the past grows stronger. Careleavers often face many obstacles in visiting the past, as thousands of homes and institutions have been closed or changed use. This site is modelled on the hugely successful "Friends Reunited"
www.careleaversreunited.com

CCETSW
http://www.ccetsw.org.uk

The Children's Society
http://www.the-childrens-society.org.uk

The Childcare Directory
A web based Directory for Parents to find a Daycare Nursery near to them or where they are moving to covering the whole of the UK and a useful source of information on all topics relating to Childcare with links to other websites.
www.childcaredirectory.co.uk

Children's Geographies
Children's Geographies is a peer-reviewed journal that provides an international forum to discuss issues that impact upon the geographical worlds of children and young people under the age of 25 and of their families. The journal aims to be accessible to new researchers, including postgraduate students and academics at an early stage of their research careers, and to practitioners with an interest in children, youth and families
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/14733285.asp

Children are Unbeatable - EPOCH-Worldwide is a project of the Charity APPROACH
www.childrenareunbeatable.org.uk

Children in Scotland
Click here for details

Community Care Magazine
http://www.community-care.co.uk

CORE - Coalition for Residential Education - Washington DC
http://www.residentialeducation.org

CRY - Campaign for the Registration of Workers with Children and Young People
Click here to read about CRY

CURBS (Children in URBan Situations) provides resources, support and training for church-linked children's workers in inner cities and on outer urban estates. CURBS was set up as a charity in 1999 and has two principal aims:
• to provide Christian resources specifically geared to the needs of inner city children and those on outer urban estates;
• to provide support, training and encouragement for children’s workers in such areas by means of locally-based training and resource days, networking and partnerships.
In meeting our aims, the ethos underlying CURBS marries up three important strands: children’s spirituality, their developmental processes and the urban context. We recognise the importance of starting in the child's world, earning the right to be heard and the crucial importance of building quality relationships. We offer a range of issues-based, low-cost photocopiable kits for use with Sunday or mid-week groups, holiday clubs and schools settings
.
http://www.curbsproject.org.uk

CYC-Net - The international child and youth care network
http://www.cyc-net.org

Durham CareOnline - Superb L/A Website for Durham young people - and young people everywhere.
www.careonline.ukhelp.com

Environmental Trainers Network (ETN) offering a wide range of training events - Youth - Education & Play - Working with Communities - Supervision etc etc
http://www.btcv.org/etn

European Network of Ombudsmen for Children (ENOC).
UNICEF Europe is currently hosting the secretariat, which can be found on

http://www.ombudsnet.org

Families are Best
www.families-are-best.co.uk

Family Onwards - The Jill Curtis helpsite for parents and grandparents
www.familyonwards.com

FESET - the European Association of Training Centres for Socio-Educational Care Work Visit the site and you will get more information about the Association and its activities
http://www.feset.dk

FICE Congress 2002
www.fice-congress2002.de

FICE - Europe
www.fice-europe.org

FICE International
www.fice-inter.org

Frontier Youth Trust: An organisation existing in order that young people who are marginalised from church and society are able to: Feel and experience God as well as hear Him, Contribute to changing the things which exclude them, Make a contribution to understanding and developing the Kingdom of God
http://www.fyt.org.uk

'Getting Life Right' - A Course that teaches young people (12-18 yrs) how to value themselves.
www.gettingliferight.com

Gingerbread
http://www.gingerbread.org.uk

Head Lice Advice
http://www.headliceadvice.net

Information for Practice
IP is a new, free, resource for social service professionals that is updated daily. The focus is on: professionally relevant stories in the world’s news outlets; new articles in scholarly journals; and new resources appearing in the grey literature (e.g., scientific and technical reports primarily from governments and organizations). The goal of this service is to provide social service professionals with easier access to high quality information that can be used to improve their practice.
http://www.nyu.edu/socialwork/ip/

Joseph Rowntree Foundation
http://www.jrf.org.uk

London Play
A site aimed at assisting and promoting the cause and effective provision of children's play and includes inclusion and equality of access to play for disabled children, and children with special needs
http://www.londonplay.org.uk

Math and Reading Help for Kids is a directory of articles offering tips for homework help, improving test scores, developing positive study habits, and more.
http://math-and-reading-help-for-kids.org

N A C R O - Changing Lives, Reducing Crime
http://www.nacro.org.uk

National Association for Gifted Children
http://www.nagcbritain.org.uk

National Association of Child Care Workers in South Africa
http://www.pretext.co.za/naccw

National Children's Bureau
http://www.ncb.org.uk

National Children's Bureau - NCB Young Members
www.youngncb.org.uk

National Council for Voluntary Child Care Organisations
The Umbrella body for voluntary child care charities in England. Membership
includes over 100 charitable organisations ranging from large national
organisations to small family centres, that work with children, young people
and families. The NCVCCO website highlights details of current activities,
publications and briefings, consultations to members on child care and
family isses and representation of members views, to central, regional and
local government.www.ncvcco.org


NCH Action for Children
http://www.nchafc.org.uk/home.html

National Institute for Social Work
http://www.nisw.org.uk

National Childminding Association
http://www.ncma.org.uk

National Youth Agency
http://www.nya.org.uk

North Yorkshire Youth Offending Team Information Site
http://www.ny-yot.org.uk

NSPCC
http://www.nspcc.org.uk

One to One Children's Fund
http://www.one2onekids.org

Professional Association of Nursery Nurses
and the Professional Association of Teachers
www.pat.org.uk

Purple Youth
An online resource for professionals working with young people
http://www.purpleyouth.com

Richard Webster. Author. Information on false allegations, trawling operations and the recent Newcastle nursery nurses libel trial
http://www.richardwebster.net

Right Track. The principal aim of this charity is to assist disadvantaged young people in Scotland to improve their opportunities in obtaining employment through training and work experience.
http://www.righttrackltd.sagenet.co.uk/

Save the Children Fund
http://www.oneworld.org/scf/

Shape the Debate: Five children's charities and a major crime reduction charity have set up Shape: children's lives and the youth crime debate. The aim of Shape is to change the way we think and talk about youth crime.
http://www.shapethedebate.org.uk

Sikh Kids - Giving young Sikh people support and platform to share their views experiences and knowledge with each other
http://www.sikhkids.com

Social Education Trust - Travel Bursary Fund
http://www.childrenuk.co.uk/chnov2002/set awards.html

Social Policy Research Unit, University of York
http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/spru/

Social Services Research Group
http://www.ssrg.demon.co.uk

Social Work Careers - The Department of Health's social work and social care website. Help on your decision to make a career in Social Work
http://www.socialworkcareers.co.uk

Social Work Student website for students currently on the DipSW course and for all people interested in social care and social work in the UK
www.socialworkstudent.co.uk

Solutions - Quality Care for Children
www.solutions-childcare.co.uk

Tower Hamlets Children's Fund
This fund supports services that identify and help vulnerable children and young people to prevent and reverse the effects of poverty and exclusion and realise their potential.
http://www.towerhamletschildrensfund.org.uk/

Training Organisation for the Personal Social Services
http://www.topss.org.uk

The Ty Glyn Davis Trust is a registered charity providing self-catering holiday accommodation for people with disabilities. Primarily, we take bookings from groups or families with children or young people with disabilities. Our property is in West Wales, near the Cardigan Bay coast.
The web site address is :
www.tyglyndavistrust.co.uk

UK Children's Directory
http://www.ukchildrensdirectory.com

UK Playworkers - the Virtual Community for Playworkers
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UKplayworkers

Votes at 16 Campaign
http://www.votesat16.org.uk

Young Minds Website
National charity that works to improve and promote the mental health of babies, children and young people. Useful info for young people
http://www.youngminds.org.uk/youngpeople

Youth Justice Vacancies
http://www.yot-jobs.org.uk


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