Community Support Links

We know that parenting is not always easy but we want to help as much as we can. As well as the support detailed elsewhere in this section, there is a wealth of advice available online; we have listed some useful websites below.

We hope you find these links of interest. However, please note that Riverside Primary School is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.

The 0-19 Team consists of Health Visitors, School Nurses, CAMHS Community Nurses, Staff Nurses, Community Nursery Nurses and Admin Support Workers. They work with families, children and young people offering advice and information to support the health, development and well-being of children and their families.

One of the UK's leading children's charities, Barnardo's works directly with 248,000 children, young people, parents and carers every year. They run over 996 vital services across the UK, including counselling for children, fostering and adoption services, vocational training and disability inclusion groups.

Fed Up is a project run by the Wirral Development Trust and funded by Wirral Borough Council setup to combat the rising levels of food poverty in the Wallasey constituency. The Wallasey constituency consists of 6 local council wards, Leasowe & Moreton East, Liscard & Egremont, Moreton West & Saughall Massie, New Brighton, Seacombe, and Wallasey. Their goal is to work with existing charities, community groups, faith groups, schools and businesses to setup hubs within each ward, with the aim of giving people the support they need to move out of food poverty.

Catch 22 family support services offer flexible, evidence-based interventions adapted to the holistic needs of each family. Services include intensive rapid response support for families in crisis, support for children in need and bespoke therapeutic programmes for victims and children affected by domestic abuse.

Family Toolbox was launched in April 2022, it is available to all Wirral’s parents and carers. It aims to make resources and support more readily available, putting the power right in the hands of families to work out what you want to change, and what steps you want to take to do that.

While the site shows all of the organisations on Wirral that work to support children, young people and families, the Founding Members of the Family Toolbox have committed to making their support free from criteria, assessments, referrals and thresholds, so that you and your family can access support as and when you feel you need it. The Founding Members are: Caritas Shrewsbury, Ferries Families, Foundation Years Trust, Involve North West, Koala North West, Shaftesbury Youth Club and WEB.

Foodbank Wirral can provide three days’ nutritionally balanced emergency food and support to local people in crisis. They are part of a nationwide network of foodbanks, supported by The Trussell Trust, working to combat poverty and hunger across the UK.

F.U.P.S. (Free Uniform for Primary Schools) is set up and sponsored by the Wirral Methodist Churches Circuit and is a recycling service, saving tonnes of perfectly wearable clothing going into landfill, and ensuring they are used for purpose – to clothe our school children. They do not ask questions about finances, there is no means testing involved, if you need uniforms for children in your care, they will supply them.

Home-Start Wirral provides a range of services that help families deal with the challenges they face each day, supporting parents as they learn to cope, improve their confidence and build better lives for themselves and their children.

Tomorrow's Women is a project designed to benefit all women 18+ in the community to make permanent, positive lifestyle changes. TW offers space in a safe women-only environment so partner agencies can work with women, some of whom may not have accessed services previously. Partners include Wirral Met College, Novus Education Provider, CWP NHS, Alcohol and Drug Services, Counselling Services, Solicitors, Police etc.

WIRED works with and for disadvantaged people and carers across the North West, supporting people to live their lives as independently and with as much choice and control as possible.

The Wirral Autistic Society offers a wide range of specialist support services to people with autism and their families.

Wirral CAMHS offers a wide variety of support to young people between the ages of 0-18, including assessment, therapeutic interventions, consultation and training.

Wirral Children's Centres bring together a range of services for families and children from pre-birth to five. Every child will have a named children's centre allocated to them, but you are able to attend any children's centre in Wirral.

The Wirral Local Safeguarding Children's Board monitors and evaluates what is done by partner agencies individually and collectively to safeguard and promote the welfare of everyone who lives in Wirral.