Single Parents, Step Families, Fostering and Adoption
With many families now consisting of one parent, just dads, grandparents, foster carers, adoptive families, disabled parents - each with their own problems - it's good to know their are lots of useful sites with useful advice and information
- Single, Solo and One Parent Families
- Dads Only
- Grandparents Rights
- Alternative Parenting - Fostering, Adoption, Disabled & Gay
Single, Solo and One Parent Families
- Action For Children - aimed at parents and children going through a family break up
- Care For The Family - promotes the welfare of lone parents & their kids
- Gingerbread -the leading support organisation for single parents
- Lone Parents - learn the art of survival as a single parent
- Mango Kids -is a Single Parent Holiday Group and has designed a series of holidays aimed at single parents and their children both in the UK and abroad.
- MOSAC - support for non-abusing parents when your child has been abused
- Shared Parenting - promoting responsible shared parenting
- Single Parents Club - loads of relevant info and support
- Single Parent Travel Club - join other single parents on family trips and jaunts
- Small Families - provide quality escorted holidays for single parent families, in child friendly hotels and during every school holidays. Sun and beach or snow and ski holidays catered for.
- Womens Aid - for women who have suffered domestic violence
Single Dads - Solo Fathers
- Dads Uk - forum for single dads
- Families Need Fathers - keeping children and dads in contact
- Fatherhood Institute - the UK's national information centre for fathers
- Fatherville - USA site - written by real fathers
- Home Dad UK - everyday is Father's day - bulletin boards, news & chat
Grandparents
- Family Onwards - helping grandparents & parents
- Family Rights Group - information for grandparent carers
- Grandparents Association - advice and information for troubled grandparents
- Grandparents Plus - helping grandparents find the best information
- 50 Connect - devoted to those of us over 50
Alternative Families
- Adoption.org.uk - the most popular site on adoption
- Adoption Interlink - information for anyone interested in adoption
- Bliss - support for parents of premature babies
- British Agencies for Adopting & Fostering - for information and guidance
- Disability, Pregnancy and Parenthood - info for disabled parents
- Disabled Parents Network - support for disabled parents
- Fostering Network - for everyone involved in fostering be it personally or professionally
- Multiple Births Foundation - advice on how to cope with a multiple birth
- Norcap - counselling & support for adoptees and parents
- StepFamilies - help and advice facing the problems of a new stepfamily
- Stonewall - advice for same sex parents
- Tamba - for parents who have twins ... triplets ... or more!
