Courses and groups for parents and carers

Parenting can be challenging, but you are not alone - there are plenty of resources available to you which can help you through the various stages of raising children.

These include:

• parenting programmes - free for parents of children of all ages
• Better Conversations - an online tool to help you co-parent
• Stay Connected newsletter - find activities and events near you

Find parenting classes and resources on the Northamptonshire Children's Trust website.

Strong Start run a variety of free face-to-face programmes across North and West Northamptonshire to support families with babies and children under 5.

These include:

• Baby and me
• Developmental baby massage
• Sing and story with me
• Active child and me
• Bumps and babies
• Introducing solids
• Save a baby

Find out more and book Strong Start face-to-face programmes.

The Northamptonshire baby room project offers 3 courses and 3 half-day sessions.

The project's messages are that:

• every experience a baby has builds connections in the brain
• babies thrive when they have secure and loving attachments
• playing and exploring promotes brain development

Each course has sessions on:

• brain development
• emotional development
• playing and laughing

Find out more about Northamptonshire baby room courses for parents and carers.