Welcome to the Plymouth Parent Partnership Website

This website gives you information and links to services to help you as a parent or carer. Within this website you should be able to find information and links to services that will help you navigate through the difficult role of being a parent. The website has been designed to be parent friendly. Suggestions for improvements to the website are always welcome please contact us.

Parent Partnership is a service that gives impartial and confidential support to parents and carers. Included on this website is our revised Directory of Services to support parenting and families in Plymouth.

We play a key role in providing a city wide information strategy for parents, carers, families, young people and professionals in Plymouth. We provide a gateway to information via websites, telephone helplines, paper directories and opportunities for direct contact with information and support staff.

What's new on the website

School Closures: A list of schools closed in Plymouth and the surrounding area can be found on the Plymouth Heart FM Radio website.

Break out of winter (PDF - 3938 KB) - Issue 3 March 2010 - Break into choice at The Beckly Cente

Break Into Autumn Newsletter (PDF - 1899 KB) - Short break information for families of disabled children and young people

Service Description: Revised August 2009 (PDF - 772 KB)

Impartiality Policy: Revised July 2009 (PDF - 112 KB)

Plymouth Safeguarding Children Board - UPDATED - The PSCB has a responsibility to help children and young people to be safe and not be harmed. It has a responsibility to monitor how well people work with children, young people and families helping children to stay safe.

This is the complete Localities Directory 2009 (PDF - 366 KB)

Presentations and Notes of the Parent and Family Forum for the meeting of 9 July 2009.

Schools Out - find out what is going on in each of the Plymouth localities.

Parents Again Support Group

Strengthening Families Programme - leaflets added for the Strengthening Families Programme for parents and carers and young people aged 10-14.

Special Persons Information Network (SPIN) - Plymouth City Council use this database to collect and store information about the needs of children and young people in Plymouth with special needs and disabilities.

List of Directories updated

Plymouths Multi-agency Transition pathway for young people with additional needs has recently been published follow the link to access this document Transitions Protocol (PDF - 779 KB)

Stoke Damerel Primary School - Keeping Parents Informed

Widey Court Primary School - Keeping Parents Informed

Parent Support Adviser (PSA) Evaluation Report of the PSA Project piloted in Plymouth between 2006 and 2008.

Implementation plan Plymouth Parent and Family Support Strategy 2008 (PDF - 1302 KB)

Plymouth Childrens and Young Peoples Trust Plan 2007 - 2011 (PDF - 2193 KB)

Young Carers Project - Identifies young carers through raising awareness.