Support available for families
There are a number of websites and agencies available to offer help and support to families, including:
- Early Help: https: //www.positive-steps.org.uk/
- Money Advice Referral: https: //www.actiontogether.org.uk/
- We Can Help: www.oldham.gov.uk/wecanhelp
- Free School Meals (FSM) eligibility checker: www.oldham.gov.uk/freeschoolmeals
- Children and family benefits: www.oldham.gov.uk/info/200230/early_years/194/children_and_family_benefits
- Help paying for childcare eligibility checker: www.childcarechoices.gov.uk
- Money Helper Service The free government-backed MoneyHelper service
- Online Solihull Parenting Courses (worth £100) aligned with best parenting practice is free to use for anyone in Oldham.
Parents, carers, grandparents, and staff can access the resources by entering the passcode: DAISY into this web page: https://inourplace.heiapply.com/online-learning.
- This May help – This is a new national initiative providing mental health advice to parents and carers who have concerns about their child’s mental health: https://thismayhelp.me
- Get Oldham Working: www.oldham.gov.uk/gow
- Positive Steps: www.positive-steps.org.uk/
- talk, Listen Change: talklistenchange.org.uk/how-we-can-support/
- Point...: www.point-send.co.uk/
- Can We Help - Families: www.oldham.gov.uk/We-Can-Help-Families
- Help to Heat your Home: www.oldham.gov.uk/info/
- Find a Food Bank: www.trusselltrust.org/get-help/find-a-foodbank/
- Tameside Oldham and Glossop Mind: www.togmind.org/