Useful Links

Barnardo's helps children, young people and their families over the long term to overcome the most severe disadvantages.

Located in South Belfast, it offers accommodation, assessment and support to young women aged 16 to 24 years and their children aged from birth to 3 years.

Child Maintenance Choices provide impartial information and support to help you decide on the best maintenance arrangement for you and your family.

A savings and investment account for children living in the UK for whom Child Benefit has been awarded and who were born on or after 1st September 2002.

Providing advice, information and support to the parents of all disabled children - no matter what their health condition. They enable parents to get in contact with other families, both on a local and national basis.

Provides an invaluable freephone childcare advice and information service to working parents covering areas such as childcare benefits advice, personal assessments for tax credits, maternity and paternity legislation, choosing and finding affordable childcare, balancing work and family life and savings on registered childcare through Childcare Vouchers.

Call us on Freephone 0800 028 6538.

Offering support, friendship and practical help to parents with young children. They recruit and train volunteers, who are usually parents themselves, to visit families at home offering informal, friendly and confidential support.

Offering a structured programme of information and practical activity for parents of children aged from birth to five years of age. It is delivered to parents in their own homes by trained Family Visitors and is offered to any parent with a child aged from birth to five years regardless of social, economic or other circumstances.

Working to support childminders, parents and children.  They promote the development of children by providing quality day care and education within registered, home based setting.

The UK's leading charity specialising in child protection and the prevention of cruelty to children.

Offering confidential relationship counselling for those who have relationship or marital problems.  They also offer RelateTeen, family counselling and psychosexual therapy.

A programme which aims to achieve better outcomes for children, parents and communities.

Works in partnership with children and other agencies committed to releasing children's rights.

Formerly known as NIMBA (Northern Ireland Mother and Baby Action), TinyLife is committed to funding medical research into the causes of premature birth, stillbirth and miscarriage and providing information to professionals and parents-to-be to ensure that every pregnancy has the best chance of a healthy outcome and a healthy baby. TinyLife also offers practical and emotional support to ensure that parents of premature and ill babies get all the help they need.

Promoting and improving the mental health of all babies, children and young people. The covering specific issues affecting children eg. depression, self harming, eating problems.

Promoting and safeguarding the interests of all consumers in Northern Ireland.  It campaigns on behalf of consumers for the best possible standards of service and protection; undertakes research and data collection; gives advice, information and issues publications. It deals with individual complaints about passenger transport, coal, natural gas and electricity.

Encouraging energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy sources in the UK. They promote the use of cleaner fuels for transport and better insulation and heating efficiency for buildings and homes and champion small-scale renewable energy, such as solar and wind power.

Working to ensure people with disabilities attain their full rights as citizens, by supporting inclusion, influencing Government policy and changing attitudes in partnership with disabled people.

EGSA is a local, independant, voluntary organisation providing education and guidance services to connect adults with learning.

Providing access to education and learning for adults from all backgrounds, in particular those who have previously missed out on education.

Steps to Work offers a number of different choices around work related activities that can be fitted to suit your needs when it comes to finding you employment. This page also includes information on the Step Ahead initiative.

Existing to support people experiencing, or at risk of experiencing depression or manic depression and their carers.

Dedicated to helping people deal with their housing problems.  Advice is available free of charge 24 hours a day from Shelterline on: 0808 800 4444.

Simon Community Northern Ireland are a voluntary organisation which provides emergency accommodation, advice and community support for people who are homeless or those who are at risk of becoming homeless.

Promoting, supporting, facilitating and sustaining a network of individuals and groups who have an active interest in raising awareness of the issues affecting all males, and who wish to support their personal development.  

Providing help, information and support for children and young people – whether currently living with violence, experienced violence in the past or if they know someone else going through it and are looking for help and information. They’ve included lots of information to explain what domestic violence is, how it affects you and where you can go for more help.