Links to websites providing useful information on Educational and Development issues.
Basic Skills Agency
Support for children and adults who struggle with words and numbers.
www.basic-skills.co.uk
e-Parents
An independent charity, working to improve the lives of parents and families by campaigning for a more family-friendly society.
www.parents.org.uk
The Big Bus
The Big Bus offers interactive learning activities and is designed for use in the classroom and at home. The content, which is for children aged 3-11, supports the school curriculum.
http://www.thebigbus.com
Bigfoot Theatre Company
A registered charity that provides a broad range of drama workshops for children.
www.bigfoot-theatre.co.uk
The Children’s Project Ltd.
A small independent company that publishes books to support families with pre-school children and their carers.
cpshopping.co.uk
Curiosity and Imagination
The national network for practitioners dedicated to inspiring children’s exploration of the world around them through hands-on activities.
www.curiosityandimagination.org.uk
Dangerspot Books
Dangerspot Books, a series of children’s picture books, aims at helping to prevent children’s accidents within the home and elsewhere. The site includes various games for children to promote the safety issue.
www.dangerspot.co.uk
Disability Equality Duty
Guidance and information to support public authorities, disabled people and disabled people’s organisations
www.drc.org.uk/disabilityequalityduty/
Disability Sport Events
www.disabilitysport.org.uk
Early Years Educators
EYE magazine is the leading monthly magazine for early years professionals.
http://www.intered.uk.com/index.php?site=eye
Every Disabled Child Matters
A campaign for disabled children and their families to have the right to the services and support they need to live ordinary lives.
edcm.org.uk
The Football Association
Football’s governing body
http://www.the-fa.com
The Good Schools Guide Directory
A directory of all the public information available on UK schools.
www.gsgdirectory.co.uk
ICAN--The Talking Point
A site that provides quick, vital and accessible key facts, frequently asked questions, news and information as well as a database of organisations and professionals who can offer further help for children with speech, language and communication difficulties.
www.talkingpoint.org.uk
Lawn Tennis Association
An organisation that encourages children and parents to become involved in mini tennis, a game for 4-10 year olds.
www.minitennis.com
Mad Science
Mad Science provides science education and enrichment for children through the use of live programmes and activities. They offer a variety of after-school, summer and holiday programmes, workshops, special events and birthday parties.
www.madscience.org
National Family and Parenting Institute
http://www.nfpi.org
NEC
A leading UK supplier of educational and training resources.
http://www.nec.ac.uk/resources
NES Arnold
A leading UK education supplier.
www.nesarnold.co.uk
Parents Online
The web site to help parents with children through their primary school years.
www.parents.org.uk/index.html?parents-welcome.html&2
Reading is Fundamental
A UK initiative of the National Literacy Trust that helps children and young people (age 0-9) to realise their potential by motivating them to read. It promotes the ideas that reading is fun, that book choice is important and that it is beneficial for families to have books at home.
www.rif.org.uk
Sport England
The brand name of the English Sports Council – a distributor of Lottery funds to sport.
www.sportengland.org
Sustrans Safe Routes to Schools
Provides information and ideas on how schools can make their journey sustainable/safe.
www.saferoutestoschools.org.uk
Talking Point
The first stop online for information about speech, language and communication difficulties in children.
www.talkingpoint.org.uk
Teacher Net
www.teachernet.gov.uk/
UK Parents
An e-zine for UK mums and dads.
www.ukparents.co.uk/
The Youth Sport Trust
An organisation dedicated to creating opportunities for young people to receive a quality introduction to physical education and sport.
www.youthsporttrust.org
