Catholic Children’s Society (Plymouth) A child welfare agency covering the Roman Catholic Diocese of Plymouth. You can find details about parenting courses and individual grants and bursaries for families and children in need.

Consortium of Voluntary Adoption Agencies Collection of agencies, based in the UK, that help place children in need of adoption with their most suited adopters.

www.doh.gov.uk This is the very large Department of Health website. Pease use the search option where you can find lots of child care material.

www.baaf.org.uk This is BAAF’s address with lots of information on publications, workshops and reactions to the Adoption White Paper and Bill.

www.adoptionuk.org.uk Adoption UK’s address.

www.norcap.org.uk NORCAP

www.adoption.org.uk Another site devoted to adoption issues.

www.talkadoption.org.uk This is advertised as a national helpline for the under 26 age group. I have no idea of its quality.

www.prb.org.uk The Policy Research Bureau is a small unit devoted to a range of child care issues. Summaries of projects commissioned are on this website.

www.cafamily.org.uk ContactAFamily is a national support organisation for families with children who have a disability. This site gives you access to their summary guide to disabilities – quite handy when you come across a condition that you have never heard of.

www.bmj.com The British Medical Journal is published weekly. This site gives you access to the current edition as well as an archive facility that enables you to search back to 1994. Whole range of stuff relating to adult and child health.

www.rcpsych.ac.uk This is the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ website, please use the search option for information on children and adolescent mental health.

www.psychiatry.ox.ac.uk This is the web address of the Centre for Evidence Based Mental Health. Among the resources available is access to the British Journal of Psychiatry.