The Aveta Home Birth Team is a 24-hour team of dedicated home birth midwives, providing bespoke support for mums-to-be who want to have their babies at home.
Aveta Home Birth Team, Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Trust. 07825 115367.
Three-hour course for parents, family members and anyone else caring for babies and young children. Covering all the basic first aid knowledge to keep children safe in your care, including resuscitation, choking, poisoning, meningitis and burns and scalds.
Babies and toddlers welcome, but please let us know.
Baby & Child Emergency First Aid, KDA Training, Halifax. Contact 07949 478867.
Supporting children and adults with the assessment of dyslexia, dyscalculia, dyspraxia and dysgraphia. Offers services to individuals, educational establishments, businesses and organisations. Also offers tuition and services for schools.
Brighouse Dyslexia Centre, Woodhouse Lane, Brighouse. 07971 105743.
Provides information, advice and guidance on parenting and family support services, childcare, early education and more.
The service can also offer extra support to parents struggling to find the right sort of childcare.
Free and confidential help and support for ANYONE aged 16 and over who lives in Calderdale and has been affected by domestic abuse. Support is also available for children aged 5 years and over.
Our skilled workers can offer you:
Calderdale Staying Safe, Domestic Abuse Support. Phone 01422 323 339 (Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm) or out of hours on 07590 884 206.
Family support drop in at Field Lane Children’s Centre. Mondays, 9-11am. No need to book. Phone 01484 386621.
Family Support Drop In. Fridays, 9.30am-11.30am. No need to book. Elland Children’s Centre, 01422 266197.
Support session running alongside a Stay and Play group. A Family Support Worker will be available for informal advice on issues such as parenting, personal issues, emotional support, housing, benefits and financial advice. Tuesdays, 9am – 10.30am, term time only.
Southowram Surestart Centre, Withinfields, Southowram. 01422 395501.
A forum for parents and carers of children and young people (from pre-school to 25) with additional needs in Calderdale.
It meets monthly and hosts events, is part of decision-making groups and attends regional meetings of parent carer forums in Yorkshire and Humberside.
Packages include birth debriefing, emotional support and companionship, peer support, basic baby care, basic domestic support and dog walking.
Bumps and Beginnings Postnatal Transitional Support, Calderdale. Contact 07949 478867.
Out-of-hours weekend support for adults in Calderdale – a place of safety for people experiencing mental distress or approaching crisis.
Open Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from 6pm until
Contact via Facebook or call 01422 345154 or text 07388 990227. Lines open at 6pm and the last appointment time is 11pm.
The team will take some basic details and offer one or more options of either a face-to-face appointment, group support or support over the phone.
SafeSpace is run by workers and volunteers who all have personal experience of emotional distress.
A parent-led charity supporting families with disabled children in Calderdale.
Membership is free for families with children and young people with additional need.
