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Parenting Strategy

All parents, from time to time, require support with parenting.  Finding 'answers' to parenting challenges is a need shared by parents in any situation, not an indication of failure. It is to be expected that we would all find parenting challenging.

The Parenting Strategy draws on intelligence gathered from a very wide range of stakeholders: mothers, fathers, carers, children and young people and practitioners. Their perspectives about what is currently helpful to parents and where we need to do better will inform the way that we build smarter and more integrated commissioning and organising of parenting support services in the future.

Parenting Support Strategy

All Local Authorities are required to have a Parenting Support Strategy in place by March 2008. This will inform the future commissioning and decommissioning of all parenting support services.

What you need to know about Newcastle's Parenting Support Strategy (642.1 KB, pdf)
Parenting Support Strategy (264 KB, pdf)
Summary for people working with children and families (548.7KB, pdf)
Parenting Support Strategy - Action Plan (42.2 KB, pdf)
What do we want our Parenting Support Strategy to do (16.3KB, pdf)

Parents play a key role in all aspects of a child or young person's development and therefore all five of the Every Child Matters outcomes. We know that the ability to parent positively is significantly influenced by factors such as where you live, economic, physical and emotional well being and education. For this reason there are strong connections between this strategy and each of Newcastle's other strategies and plans.  Visit our A - Z strategies section.

Parent and Think Family Commissioning Group

Proposed membership to cover parenting support elements of:

  • Children's Centres
  • Extended services/PSAs
  • Governor Services
  • Children's Fund
  • Family Learning
  • Inclusion
  • PCT Provider services
  • YOT
  • Social care
  • Voluntary sector
  • Anything else: e.g. Grant Aid

Contact

Sue Miller
Lead Specialist for Family Support and Parenting
Phone: (0191) 277 4686
Email: sue.miller@newcastle.gov.uk