As childminders we have a great deal of experience in dealing with a wide range of children. In this section we hope to provide links to sites you will find informative and helpful. Linking to these sites does not indicate a recommendation from Peace of Mind Childminding Group nor any recommendation from these organisations to ourselves, and are included here to provide help, information and support for parents.

Advice, friendship and fun for parents. Our forum offers you a chance to chat to other parents from all over the country.

This site provides a wealth of information and support to the parents of premature babies. BLISS is dedicated to ensuring that more babies survive, have the best possible quality of life and that their parents and families get the support they need.

The National Autistic Society exists to champion the rights and interests of all people with autism and to ensure that they and their families receive quality services appropriate to their needs.

We aim to make daily life better for deaf and hard of hearing people. Our campaigns, information, services and support of scientific and technological research are some of the ways we're trying to help. We also support other organisations in their aim to provide better services to their deaf and hard of hearing employees and customers.

We are the UK´s leading charity offering information, support and advice to over two million people with sight problems. Our pioneering work helps anyone with a sight problem ­ not just with braille and Talking Books, but with imaginative and practical solutions to everyday challenges. We fight for equal rights for people with sight problems. We fund pioneering research into preventing and treating eye disease. Our projects such as Talk and Support and Parents´ Place make a difference to people´s lives.

I CAN is the children’s communication charity. We work to foster the development of speech, language and communication skills in all children with a special focus on those who find this hard: children with a communication disability.

We are the only organisation in this country focusing solely on all aspects of living successfully with Down´s syndrome. Since 1970, we have grown from being a local parent support group to a national charity with over 20,000 members, a national office in Teddington Middlesex, offices in Northern Ireland and Wales and a regional development team. Despite this, the organisation is run by a total staff of only 38 (many of them part time), and a network of around 100 regional volunteer-led support groups.

Our aim is that disabled people achieve equality: a society in which they are as valued and have the same human and civil rights as everyone else.

If you need information, advice or just someone to talk to, get in touch with us. Call free on 0808 800 3333. It's free, friendly and confidential.

Since the founding of the CF Trust in 1964, we have been working to improve the lives of people with CF, raise the profile of CF and fund research into a cure.

Our objectives are to:

* Fund medical and scientific research to develop a cure and provide effective treatments for Cystic Fibrosis.

* Ensure appropriate clinical care for those with Cystic Fibrosis.

* Provide information, advice, support and, where appropriate, financial assistance to anyone affected by Cystic Fibrosis

This annual project enables caring individuals, families, schools, churches, businesses, and other organisations to fill ordinary shoe boxes with small toys, school supplies, sweets, and other gifts for needy children around the world.

Operation Christmas Child sends a message of hope to children in need around the world through gift-filled shoe boxes.

We all know that raising children can be expensive both now and in the future. CDG Financial Services Ltd are Independent Financial Advisers based in Nottingham. They offer Financial Advice on a wide range of protection, pension, mortgage and investment products including Child Trust Fund Vouchers.

So if you would like any financial advice on protecting your children or investing for such things as university fees then give them a call on 0115 977 1155.

A forum for registered childminders, prospective childminders and parents and carers. Provides a wealth of information and expert help on all aspects of childminding. Ask questions, share experiences and offer your own help and advice to members.

Based in the UK Silkysteps is a website dedicated to providing FREE printable resources for the under fives and their early years education. It offers a huge resource of free downloadable and printable activities for the Under Fives, Foundation Stage & Early Years.