Below are some useful guides that you may find helpful.
- Promoting sleep in the early years
- Progress Check At Age 2 Letter To Parents
- Early Learning Goals Parent and Carers Guide
- Guidance on infection control in childcare settings
- Steps to starting school
- A Guide for Parents to EYFS Framework
Children and family Centres
Activities, services and support for families with children under five.
Learning and play activities
Children and family centres, provide group activities for children to learn and develop through play and parents to learn about their child. They are a great way to meet other mums, dads, and carers. Play sessions include story time, music and rhymes, sensory experiences, messy play, arts and crafts, and much more.
Informative sessions and courses cover baby massage, building closer relationships, communication and language, food and nutrition, active families, healthy teeth, feeding, sleep support, and much more.
Chingford Children and Family Centre Hub
5 Oaks Grove
Chingford
E4 6EY
020 8496 1551
Opening times: Monday – Friday 9am-5pm
Walthamstow Children and Family Centre Hub
313 Billet Road
Walthamstow
E17 5PX
020 8496 3511
Opening times: Monday – Friday 9am-5pm
Parenting and family support
Lloyd Park Children’s Charity (LPCC) offer the following parent support groups and programmes:
- Flourish – a support group for parents with low mood or high anxiety levels
- Somewhere to belong – a group for children with special educational needs
Contact familysupport@lpcc.org
They also provide baby and food banks:
- Call 020 8527 1737
- Email babybank@tlpcc.org.uk
Early Help
The Early Help Service works in partnership with other professionals, parents and carers to intervene early in a child’s life to ensure that children have the best start in life. The aim is to address problems at the earliest opportunity – before they can escalate – and to enable families to support their children to reach their full potential.
https://thehub-beta.walthamforest.gov.uk/earlyhelp#toolkit
Waltham Forest SEND Service
If you would like to find out anymore information about Special Educational Needs, follow the link below
https://thehub-beta.walthamforest.gov.uk/wf-send-service
Waltham Forest Health and child development
Midwives, health visitors and infant feeding specialists all work together in our centres to support parents and provide child health checks:
- Health visiting service (NELFT) – offer regular virtual and home visit appointments and baby weight clinics
- HENRY (Healthy exercise and nutrition for really young) – infant feeding helpline, infant feeding workshops, one to one support on fussy eating, dental health, speech, language and communication
Remember to register for your eRedbook, the NHS secure digital child health record.
Healthy Eating
- https://parents.actionforchildren.org.uk/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/healthy-eating/
- https://www.nhs.uk/start4life
- https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/eat-well/
Sleep
Things to do