Bringing up a baby, a child or a young person is a difficult job. They aren’t born with a set of instructions and their needs change as they grow and develop.
A wealth of Parenting support is available across the City, including fun, engagement activities where parents / carers can brush up their skills and meet other parents; free Parenting programmes, which allow adults to access a longer intervention and parent support groups, which meet the specific needs of parents / carers and children / young people.
In Sunderland, a range of Parenting programmes are offered at a universal, targeted and specialist level, depending upon the needs of families. For further information on the content and how to access programmes please click on the relevant links below.
Universal Programmes
This means that all parents and carers have early access to information, advice and signposting to other services to other services by self-referral, in places and times that are convenient for them.
Targeted Programmes
This means that more specific services are available at a local level to meet the needs of children, families and communities where a child or family may have some additional needs.
Specialist Programmes
This specialist support is for parents who are experiencing significant challenges in their parenting role. This includes parents whose children/young people have a diagnosis of Autism of ADHD. |
