Help & Support

Children's Centres offer many services and support for families with children age 0 - 5. Our local centres are on the website http://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/article/110067/Stroud-Childrens-Centres

MOBS - Mothers Offering Breastfeeding Support. A group supporting any mother who breastfeeds her baby, Very popular with our Tiddlywinks mums! 

CAP - Christians Against Poverty. A national charity, working across the UK to lift people out of debt and poverty. They offer free debt counselling through a network of centres based in local churches.
Stroud CAP Centre is run by Stroud Christian Fellowship. www.capuk.org

Stroud District Kids' Stuff  a project of Foodbank http//strouddistrict.foodbank.org.uk/ provide a wide range of goods for children ranging from emergency packs of toiletries to children's clothes and equipment, ie. pushchairs. Everything we provide is free of charge and we operate through a referral service that works with local health visitors, schools and children's workers. 
http://www.strouddistrictkidsstuff.org.uk/

Further information about local services offering help and support to families is available on the following website:
  http//www.glosfamiliesdirectory.org.uk/kb5/gloucs/glosfamilies/home.page

Footsteps Counselling and Care  support for anyone affected by a pregnancy related issue including miscarriage, still-birth, neonatal death, abortion, post/ante-natal depression, ectopic pregnancy, crisis pregnancy or infertility, recently or at any point in their lives.
Free Counselling Free Breast feeding and Emotional support Free Practical/Material support http//www.footstepscandc.org.uk