Useful contacts: Government information
www.direct.gov.uk
If you have access to the web, this is a government website on a vast range of public services including education, health, disability, rights and benefits. It has its own section on parenting. This includes help with finding a school, help with worries such as truanting and bullying and, under rights and responsibilities, there is legal information.
Another government website is: The Parents Centre at www.parentscentre.gov.uk.
This has information on a wide range of topics including bullying, truancy, behaviour, alcohol, Internet safety, and finding a school. It has information for specific age groups of children covering, for example, the school curriculum. It also has web chat sites.
