Home-Start Runnymede and Woking
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Free stay and play group in Byfleet for families with children under the age of 5
Home-Start Runnymede and Woking, run a weekly group in term time on a Tuesday morning from 10.00 am to 11.30 am at St Mary's Centre for the Community, Stream Close, Byfleet, KT14 7LZ.
Behind the Mask
Home-Start's partnership with ITV’s The Masked Singer is helping parents to share what is #BehindTheMask, so they don’t have to pretend everything is OK. We’re here for parents so that you can share your difficulties and find the support you need. Being a parent has...
New Out of Hours Phone Support for parents who are struggling with behaviours or difficulties
There is now an out-of-hours phone line which provides advice to parents and carers who are struggling with behaviours or difficulties which could be related to neurodevelopmental need, such as autism or ADHD. Skilled and friendly advisers will talk carers and...
Bonding with your Unborn Baby
Home-Start UK has released the first of a series of 6 Tips for Parents videos. The first one is bonding with your unborn baby.............. Even before they are born, your baby is listening and getting to know you. When they hear you speak, they settle and their...
Surrey Family Learning – free courses for parents
Do you know about asking for a package for Sandy at Morrisons?
Did you know... if you’re in need or struggling for sanitary products, you can head to the Customer Service Desk at any Morrisons store and ask for a package for Sandy. A colleague will then give you a discreet envelope with what you need, for free, no questions...
Look, Say, Sing, Play from NSPCC
A simple but useful resource for parents and carers of 0-2 year olds A new resource from NSPCC called Look. Say, Sing, Play which explains a child's brain development and offers tips and ideas on how you can contribute to your child's developing brain. Simple and...
Do you know about the Healthy Start scheme?
If you're more than ten weeks pregnant or have a child under the age of four, you may be entitled to get help to buy healthy food and milk. If you're eligible for the NHS Healthy Start Scheme, you'll be sent a Healthy Start card with money on it that you can use in...
Great directory and source of information
Surrey's Family Help Hub Have you used this service? Are you aware of the guidance, advice, information and directory of local services aware here? It's only new , but already this hub has an amazing amount on it! If you click on "all categories" once you are on...
Surrey Wellbeing Partnership
Looking after everybody including yourself Surrey Welbeing Partnership have a very useful Facebook page which contains ideas and advice on different aspects of family wellbeing. Take a look by clicking on the button below
Hungry Little minds
Ideas for different age groups from Hungry Little Minds Many little things light up hungry little minds. Kids take everything in, and even the smallest things you do with them can make a big difference. They love it when you chat, play and read with them, even when...
Surrey’s Family Help Hub
Help is at hand We all need a bit of help sometimes, especially when managing the highs and lows of family life. Surrey's Family Help Hub is a brand new service to help you find useful information, advice and support for those times when you need it. It's starting...
Helping your Baby’s Brain to Build
Long before they can talk, your baby begins conversations with you. By responding back and forth you can help their brain development.
A baby’s brains develop fastest in the early years of life – from birth until the ages of two or three, more than a million neural connections are made each second.
By picking up on your baby’s cues and interacting back and forth with them – as though playing a game of tennis – you can help their brain to develop. This could include copying gestures, gaze, sounds or facial expressions, and giving names to what they are doing or looking at.
Watch this short video to discover how you, and other loved ones, can use this ‘serve and return’ approach to help your baby’s brain to build: