Your Local Support & Events

Discover single parent friendly support and events in your local area. From after school clubs to local singing groups; parenting classes to financial advice - Find out what’s happening near to you!

Here you'll be able to find low cost events and support - all recommended by single parents and those of us who know how important it is to find services that fit around our parenting responsibilities as well as our cashflow. You can also add your own events and services. Log in or Register then click on the Submit button you will see on the left to add an event or an organisation.

Upcoming Events

Sep
03
2010
Curiosity Gallery at Bristol's City Museum & Art Gallery
New workshops at Bristol’s City Museum & Art Gallery for younger learners. These workshops involve dressing up and exploring portraits, or ‘picnicking’ with the woodland animals in the British Birds and Mammals gallery. Budding explorers will be given the chance to seek out exciting objects around the museum, equipped with backpack, torches, binoculars and magnifying glasses.
Sep
03
2010
Abbey Gardening Club

The garden is open every day 7 days a week for gardening. Free garden club sessions take place on three days during the week from June to November 2010.

Booking not needed. Tools, seeds, water and advice are all available free.

Sep
03
2010
Frank Kiely - Bankside Gallery

This is the main event for 2010; a definitive exhibition of London in Kiely's cool iconic style. This exhibition guarantees to be filled with fun, charm and adventure.

11.00am - 6.00pm

Sep
03
2010
The Science Museum

The Science Museum was founded in 1857 with objects shown at the Great Exhibition held in the Crystal Palace. Today the Museum is world renowned for its historic collections, galleries and exhibitions. There are many thousands of objects in the collection, from aircraft to microchips.

Sep
03
2010
Create at Lancaster Youth Club - West London

Organised by Lancaster Youth Club, this is a drop in visual arts session at Lancaster - West London - on Fridays 4pm to 6pm. There is painting, drawing, photography, stencilling, and general making stuff!

FREE.  There are 2 age groups, 12 -14 years, and 15 - 17 years

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Organisations

3 Villages Youth Project

3VYP works in Mousehole, Newlyn and Paul to empower children and young people and improve their self-esteem, confidence and well-being through a range of creative activities. The aim is to give young people opportunities they would not otherwise have.

9 Lives Furniture

9 Lives Furniture provides good quality, low-cost second hand furniture to people living in Watford, Rickmansworth and the surrounding areas. Local people generously donate their unwanted furniture and other household items, the items are then supplied to people who wish to participate in this scheme. There is a two-tier pricing system that enables people on low incomes to benefit even more.

A. B. Mediation

 A. B. Mediation offer mediation services for family, divorce, residence, co-habitation, child contact and financial. Offices in Nottingham, Mansfield, Worksop, Newark, Retford, Chesterfield, Ilkeston, Derby, Lincoln and Leicester.

Acacia Family Support

Acacia provides telephone support and a weekly befriending service for mothers and their families affected by pre or post natal depression across North Birmingham. Acacia Dads is a free support service for dads and other family members who feel they may need some extra help and support after the birth of a child or help in finding ways to support their partner who may be experiencing Postnatal depression. Services also include creche facilities, pamper service for mums attending post natal support sessions, baby massage classes, resource library and family fun sessions..

Advice and Community Resource Centre
Advice and casework on welfare benefits, housing, debt and money problems. Initial advice on other rights issues like employment rights, consumer advice etc. Services for anyone who approaches the advice centre for help and lives or works in the catchment area: Moss Side, Hulme, Whalley Range, Chorlton, Rusholme, Fallowfield. Also provides advice to clients outside the catchment area but any casework is signposted to the client's nearest service provider.
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