Please find these useful links, providing information on how families can access help and support:

· We Can Help: https://www.oldham.gov.uk/wecanhelp

· Free School Meals (FSM) eligibility checker: https://www.oldham.gov.uk/freeschoolmeals

· Children and family benefits: https://www.oldham.gov.uk/info/200230/early_years/194/children_and_family_benefits

· Help to pay for childcare eligibility checker: https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/

· Healthy Start Voucher – pre-birth to 4 years: https://www.healthystart.nhs.uk/

· Benefits checker: https://www.entitledto.co.uk/

· School Readiness: https://www.oldham.gov.uk/info/200246/families_and_parenting/2828/birth_to_5_years/7

· Online Solihull Parenting Courses (worth £100) aligned with best parenting practice is

Free to use for anyone in Oldham.

Parents, carers, grandparents, and staff can access the resources by entering the

Passcode: DAISY into this web page: https://inourplace.heiapply.com/online-learning/

· Get Oldham Working: https://www.oldham.gov.uk/gow

· This may help – This is a new national initiative providing mental health advice to parents and carers who have concerns about their child’s mental health: https://thismayhelp.me/

Sign up to Love Oldham's weekly email newsletter about what's happening in Oldham https://www.oldham.gov.uk/info/200609/contact/1425/sign_up_to_email_alerts

Follow the useful social media accounts:

https://www.oldham.gov.uk/info/100004/about_the_council/1320/social_media