Connect for Parents

Parenting can bring moments that feel intense, confusing, or hard to make sense of.

Connect for Parents workshops offer a supportive space for parents and carers to pause, reflect, and connect with others who understand the realities of family life.

Each session is guided by a therapist and shaped around themes that reflect the real challenges parents face creating space to explore these and offering new perspectives and ideas, while also creating connection with other parents who understand.

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Beacon Family Services CIC have supported a wide range of struggling families, including:

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Families who are worried about their child's anxiety, emotional wellbeing or mental health

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Parents / carers struggling with their child's behaviours or Childhood Challenging Violent and Aggressive Behaviours (CCVAB)

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Families experiencing a life change, such as illness, divorce or a bereavement

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Fostering, adoptive or blended families looking for support to develop new relationships

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Families looking for support with neurodivergence, such as Autism or ADHD, or disabilities

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Parents / carers who would like to deepen their relationships and be a more connected parent

If you are struggling with family life, please browse our support services and resources below. Learn more about what we offer, and fill out the relevant enquiry forms below to get in touch.

Alternatively, you can fill out our contact form and we will get back to you to discuss your family's needs. You can access our support immediately in our INSTANT SUPPORT section which is filled with information, advice and resources to support families.

Click here to find out more about who we are and what we do.

Funded support provided by our valued funders

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Help shape what we create next!

We’re currently redeveloping our Connect for Parents workshops, with generous funding from the National Lottery.

We love creating spaces for parents to come together with our therapists around the parts of family life that don’t always have easy answers. This has included neurodivergence, challenging, violent and aggressive behaviour and supporting for primary aged children.

We want to create more opportunities for parents to access these spaces in person, online, and through recorded sessions alongside developing new themes shaped by what families are experiencing right now.

If there’s something you’d like to see explored, or a particular challenge you’d value space to reflect on, tell us more through our short questionnaire.

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Professionals working with parents or carers who are feeling overwhelmed by the day to day challenges of supporting their child are welcome to request our support in providing a Connect for Parents workship.

We also work with schools and organisations to create tailored Connect for Parents sessions.

If you’d like to explore offering a workshop for the families or students you support, we’d love to hear from you.

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