Homestart – Home-Start is a local community network of trained volunteers and expert support helping families with young children through their challenging times. We are there for parents when they need us the most because childhood can’t wait.

Homestart Website

Aldershot Hive – The HIVE Information Service provides information on behalf of the chain of command to the Service community and welcomes enquiries from serving personnel, dependants, partners, extended families, and the wider military community including veterans and MOD civilians. 

Aldershot Hive Website

Aldershot Pre School’s

For details of local pre school please click on the following link.

Aldershot Preschools Website

Aldershot Sure Start –

Sure Start centres give help and advice on child and family health, parenting, money, training and employment.

Some centres also provide early learning and full day care for pre-school children.

Sure Start Website

Children’s Education Advisory Service – CEAS provides authoritative, bespoke, impartial advice to service and eligible MOD civilian families on a wide range of educational issues including:

• parental rights and responsibilities
• children or young person’s rights and responsibilities
• special educational needs and/or disability
• school admissions and appeals
• overseas education in non-MOD school areas
• retention of quarters for educational purposes
• Continuity of Education Allowance (CEA)

CEAS Website

SEN Services – The SEN Service is dedicated to supporting children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND)

SEN Services Website

SENDIAS – The Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Information Advice and Support Services offer information, advice and support for parents and carers of children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). This service is also offered directly to young people.

The service is free, impartial and confidential.

KIDS SENDIASS have developed resources providing information and advice for parents, carers, professionals and young people.

It is a legal requirement that all local authorities have a SENDIAS service and KIDS provide a number of these services across the country. Each KIDS SENDIAS service has a local page with their contact details, local information and local resources.

SENDIAS Website

Hampshire Parent Carer Network – offers parent carers of children and young people aged 0-25 with an additional need (diagnosed or not) or disability the opportunity to tell the Local Authority, Health and other services, what life is really like

http://www.hpcn.org.uk/

NSPCC – Discover all about the work we do to prevent abuse, help rebuild children’s lives and support families.

NSPCC Website

Children’s Services – Reporting concerns and general guidance

• reporting concerns for child welfare
• general education enquiries
• finding childcare
• sources of help and support
• adoption and fostering
• children with special needs

Childrens Services Website

Parent Support Advisor  – The main aim of the service is to help parents to:

• Improve/support parenting skills
• Improve school attendance
• Improve school punctuality
• Engage in their child’s learning

Parents Support Advisor Leaflet

Aldershot Library 

http://www3.hants.gov.uk/library/aldershot-library.htm