Resources - Families

Babyfather Initiative - The BabyFather Alliance, set up by Patrick Augustus over ten years ago, aims to encourage responsible parenting amongst black males in the UK, particularly those separated from their children.
Being Seen and Heard . Royal College of Psychiatrists. A training package providing practical and creative suggestions about working with children and parents. It contains clips of children, young people and their parents talking about their experiences of mental illness and how professional can work effectively with them.
BME Parents with Mental Health Problems and their children SCIE Research Briefing 29
Children of Prisoners - SCIE e-learning resource
Family Minded - Barnardo's report supporting children in families affected by mental illness.
Fatherhood Institute: Website collating the research on fatherhood; helping shape the Government's family policy; influencing the public debate on fathers and training family services to be father-inclusive.
Keeping the Family in Mind Resource Pack (PDF file), including a video and young carers pack explaining mental health with their own drawings etc. For further details email louise.wardale@barnardos.org.uk
Law and Parents: The extent to which we can be held responsible for our childrens' behaviour can be a murky area. This site explains the law and your rights.
Making Time to Talk leaflet (explaining mental illness to your child, from NSF Scotland):
Mellow Parenting: 14 week group (1 day per week) designed to support families with relationship problems with their young children. Based in Scotland
MATCH - Mothers Apart from their Children. Support group started in 1979 but gained charitable status in 2006. Run by trustees who are or have been separated from their children.
MIB Families: the role of black men in families is a neglected area of family research.
PATCH - Parents Apart from their Children. A new group which meets regularly in Nottingham City centre aiming to bring disempowered parents together for mutual support.
Whole Family Pathway - ‘The Whole Family Pathway’ is a new free online resource from The Childrens Society Include project for practitioners working across all sectors including Adults and Children's Statutory Services, Health and Education to ensure that whoever or however the family (parent or child) in need of support first make contact with an agency the same pathway will be followed. It includes clear and accessible information about all stages of the care pathway and relevant policies and procedures.

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