Articles on Family Information Services (177)

  1. Help with housing costs

    If you are on low income and struggling to meet your housing costs, you may be eligible for help with your rent, council tax and mortgage or loan interest. The Council  also offers a variety of grants for people on low income to help ensure…
  2. Support for young carers

    If you are between 5 and 18 years and you spend a lot more time looking after a family member or carrying out household chores than other children/young people your age because a parent, brother, sister, grandparent or other relative is ill, disabled, has a…
  3. SEND - Family Finance

    Family Finance aims to inform and educate families, leading to their greater financial well-being and consequent improvements in lifestyle. At a time of huge change to the benefits system, the organisations listed below will help provide a much needed source of free, confidential, high-quality and…
  4. Registering At Your Local Children's Centre

    Our children's centre registration and session booking process has now changed and will be managed via our parent portal. Visit our children's centres page for information, guidance and links to the portal Reading Children's Centres Click here to view the Children Centre booklet   Next review date August…
  5. Grants

    The Family Information Service have put together information on organisations that can offer grants to support families.   Next review date November 2024
  6. Independent Living

    Independent Living  Leaving Home Are you ready to leave home? As you leave school and become an adult you might start thinking about leaving home. It is important to think about how independent you are before you leave home. You will need to think about…
  7. Young People

    The following organisations support young people in finding Careers, Employment & Training  Next review date February 2025    
  8. Young Parents

    Useful information for soon-to-be and new parents Regardless of how young or old we are, we all need a bit of help or advice when it comes to having children and bringing them up. Young Parents Drop In Group ~ no longer running. There are…
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Family Information Service

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Adult & Carers Support

CSAAdvice.Signposting@reading.gov.uk 0118 937 3747 0118 937 3747
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