Young Parents
What do we do?
We give young parents and parents to be - both mothers and fathers - aged 19 and under, information, support, advice and practical assistance however you need it.
We can help with:
- Relationships
- Choices in pregnancy
- Meeting other young parents
- Housing and benefit advice
- Education
- Your rights
- Counselling
- Loss of a child
- Communicating your needs and making informed choices about your own and your children's future
Who can we help?
- Any young parent or parent to be aged 19 or under who is living, studying or working in Bath and North East Somerset
- Anyone who is worried about someone who is pregnant or has a young child
- Anybody who works or is in contact with a young parent or parent to be and who wants to make a referral
Examples of how we have helped
- The project has advised a young father on his rights as a parent, including providing information on access to legal advice
- The project has provided transport and accompanied a young mum to a toddler group
- One young parent has been supported with her financial situation, including providing advice on budgeting matters, enabling her to manage her debt, and helping her to fill in forms to access possible grants
- The project has supported many young parents with their housing needs, including informing them of their choices in terms of housing, accompanying young parents to the housing department, and supporting them to access housing benefit
- Many young parents have also had home visits from the project, to inform them of what benefits they're entitled to, and how they go about accessing this
To contact the Young Parents Project worker directly please call or text 07921 041724 (please note that the project only runs 21 hours a week). Or you can contact one of our main offices.
Please click here to download the Young Parents Project Referral Form.
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