Free Online courses for parents and carers from Solihull 

All parents and carers in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly can access these self-guided courses for FREE. 

Courses include:

• Understanding your baby
• Understanding your preterm or sick baby in hospital
• Understanding your preterm or sick baby now you're home
• Understanding your child: from toddler to teenager (6 months - 19+ years)
• Understanding your child with additional needs (6 months - 19+ years)
• Understanding your child's feelings (6 months - 19+ years)
• Understanding your child's mental health and wellbeing (6 months - 19+ years)
• Understanding the impact of the pandemic on your child (6 months - 19+ years)

Visit the website and use the code TAMAR for free access.

Visit the Inourplace Solihull Approach Online courses website

Maternity Natters Bitesize

A series of educational videos to support individuals through the four trimesters of pregnancy.

Visit the Maternity Natters Bitesize - Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust

DadPad – The Essential Guide for New Dads

The DadPad was created because babies don’t come with a set of instructions, and dads told us they wanted important information on what to expect and how to care for their baby. 

• Download DadPad on the Apple Store
• Download DadPad on Google Play

EasyPeasy App

The best parenting advice and activity ideas for children aged birth to five shared by our community of parents and experts. 

Find our more about EasyPeasy

Empowered Parenting Podcasts

Our parenting podcasts give you top tips about a range of topics relating to your parenting journey. They are available on Spotify.

Listen to our podcasts

Arguing Better - a self guided resource for parents with a child of any age 

You will learn:

• Where stress comes from and the effect it can have on you
• Ways to recognise stress and talk about it
• How to support each other through difficult times 
• What causes arguments and how to stop them

To access the Arguing Better resource, please visit the oneplusone website

Getting it Right for Children - a self guided resources for separating or separated parents

You will learn:

• How to stay calm and listen as well as talk
• Why it's helpful to see things from a different point of view
• What to do to stop a discussion turning into an argument 
• Skills for finding solutions and making compromises

To access the Getting it Right for Children resource, please visit the oneplusone website

BBC Tiny Happy People  

Tiny Happy People is here to help you develop your child's language skills. Explore our simple activities and play ideas and find out about babies and toddlers' amazing early development. 

Visit the BBC Tiny Happy People website

Parent Talk

Parent Talk is a web-platform full of advice pages from mental health and wellbeing to sleep and behaviour. You can also connect with a parenting coach and sign up for emails. 

Visit the Parent Talk - Support for Parents from Action For Children website

Qwell - Support for Parents/Carers

Parents and carers in Cornwall have access to a free counselling service.  The service offers free online counselling and support for mental health and wellbeing and is staffed by a team of qualified counsellors. The support is free, safe and anonymous and does not require a referral.

Visit the Qwell website

Family Information Service

There are a number of community stay and play groups on offer across the county. To find groups in your local area visit the Family Information Service and search by keyword or using the map search to find services near you.

Visit the Family Information Service

Headstart

Parents and carers wellbeing workshops providing support to help you navigate the journey  of raising a child in a fast-changing world and to guide you to available services and support and to promote helpful conversation.

Visit the Headstart Kernow website

Bookstart

Bookstart was the first national baby book-giving programme in the world. The programme is run by BookTrust, an independent charity dedicated to encouraging people of all ages and cultures to engage with books. Bookstart works through locally-based organisations, giving a free pack of books to every baby, with guidance materials for parents and carers.  

Visit the Bookstart websiteMany libraries in Cornwall run regular free Bookstart Rhyme Time story sessions for families with young children. Check with your local branch for details.

Visit the Cornwall Library website

The Child Accident Prevention Trust

The Child Accident Prevention Trust, working to reduce the number of children and young people killed, disabled or seriously injured in accidents.

Visit the Child Accident Prevention Trust website

ERIC, The Children’s Bowel & Bladder Charity

ERIC, The Children’s Bowel & Bladder Charity is the UK’s leading charity supporting all children and teenagers with a bowel or bladder problem. ERIC offers a free helpline as well as information and resources via their website. 

Visit the ERIC website

Penhaligon's Friends

Penhaligon's Friends offers support to bereaved children, young people and parents and carers, through the opportunity to meet others and share experiences as well as practical resources for children and parents.

Visit the Penhaligon's Friends website 

Emotion Coaching

Helping your child to manage their feelings and behaviour.

Adults can help support children and young people with their feelings and behaviour. This can be done using an approach called Emotion Coaching. It provides adults with a way to help children understand the different emotions they experience, why they occur, and how to respond to them.

Our Educational Psychology Team have created five short films to help you. These use Emotion Coaching to support emotional regulation; while building positive relationships through:

• empathy
• atunement
• understanding, and
• respect

View the five short films