Family Services Directory

Advises, advocates and campaigns for families whose children are involved with, or may require, social care services. Provides confidential telephone advice and support for parents and family members, including grandparents who are raising grandchildren who cannot live at home. Callers can speak in confidence to…

A monthly group for new mums with babies up to 12 months old. We have been meeting on Zoom together to build friendships and encourage one another. Bring your own coffee and settle down to chat with other mums.  Each time we invite an experienced…

The Forced Marriage Unit provides practical support, information and advice to anyone who has been through or is at risk of a forced marriage.

Fostering is a way of providing a family life for children who cannot live with their own parents, and may be short-term or long-term. For more information about fostering in Merton, please click on the website link below.

The Fostering Network is the UK's leading charity for everyone with a personal or professional involvement in fostering. The Network supports foster carers, and aims to improve the lives of children in care. The Network's website provide lots of information and resources for foster carers…

The freedom progammes support Merton residents who are: Women who have or are experiencing domestic abuse, aiming to help them to make sense of and understand what has happened to them, how children are affected by being exposed to this kind of abuse and how…

Parent and toddler group that meets in Morden. This is a meeting place for young Mums, carers and their children - coffee for adults, toys for children.

A website providing practical advice on how to protect yourself, your computer and mobile devices against fraud, identity theft, etc.  The topics covered include shopping and banking online, cyberbullying, cyberstalking, gaming, skype, social networking sites, etc.  See the Get Safe Top 10 plus short videos explaining some of…

Gingerbread is a national organisation offering advice and support to all lone parent families. You can receive free and independent information and advice on all issues affecting single parents, including: child maintenance, contact, employment, education, welfare benefits and tax credits, housing and debt. The website…